This Tuesday, June 5, 2007, Paul McCartney's newest album, Memory Almost Full will be released and BC Magazine is proud to be able to give you a sneak peek at this highly anticipated first release from Starbucks Hear Music label.
The album is also a follow-up to McCartney's critically praised and Grammy nominated Chaos and Creation in the Backyard. Though the album received many accolades, McCartney felt Capitol did not promote it as well as they could have and left the label. In a recent press release concerning Memory Almost Full McCartney confides he actually stalled work on this album to record Chaos. "The first recording session was back in the autumn of 2003 at Abbey Road with my touring band and producer David Kahne. I was right in the middle of it when I began talking with Nigel Godrich about a brand new project (which became Chaos And Creation In The Backyard). After the Grammy nomination when everything concerning Chaos was finished I returned to making this album. I was wondering if I would enjoy it, but actually I really loved it."
The album is thirteen tracks, and the full album can be heard in streaming format. Continue reading to see notes on each track from Paul McCartney, taken from a recent press release, and also hear audio streams and watch video streams from Memory Almost Full.
"Dance Tonight"
The song is the first single from Memory Almost Full and will be released to radio June 18, but you don't have to wait until then to hear this upbeat number sure to remind you of past great McCartney songs. An audio stream of "Dance Tonight" is available.
The song has a very light and cheerful feel, and features a mandolin, an instrument McCartney says he discovered in one of his favorite guitar shops, and enjoyed fiddling around with and learning to play. "I fell in love with this song and with the mandolin. The song kind of wrote itself. I thought I’m just gonna keep it simple," McCartney says. Below is the video, hosted on Youtube.
"Ever Present Past"
Of this song, McCartney says, "Sometimes I just sit down and try and write a pop song. I’ve done it throughout my life and it’s an interesting thing to do, to make something kind of catchy that might be attractive." And a catchy little pop tune it is. Against a contagious melody are lyrics that speak of how lives move in a circular motion, ever mindful of and affected by their personal past. Listen to the audio stream.
Article comments
1 - suexian
out now on STARBUCKStm RECORDS !
2 - Marcelo Baeza Sequeira
I like it a lot this new album, Driving Rain & Chaos could be a double album, but this have really new sound however the vintage clothes of The Wings.
Sometimes Paul forgot the he could sing rock, like in Run Devil Run, but now he's back ...
3 - Connie Phillips
I agree, Marcelo, I was quite impressed with what I've heard.