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Wings – Wings At The Speed Of Sound (UK)

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Original UK Pressing

If Venus and Mars had the façade of being an album by a band, At the Speed of Sound really is a full-band effort, where everybody gets a chance to sing, and even contribute a song. This, ironically, winds up as considerably less cohesive than its predecessor despite these efforts for the community, not because Wings was not a band in the proper sense, but because nobody else in the band pulled as much weight as McCartney, who was resting on his laurels here. Consider this: the two hits “Let ‘Em In” and “Silly Love Songs” are so lightweight that their lack of substance seems nearly defiant. They have sweet, nice melodies and are well crafted, but as songs they’re nonexistent, working primarily as effervescent popcraft of their time. And that’s the case for most of At the Speed of Sound, as tracks like “She’s My Baby” play like the hits, only without memorable hooks. There is a bit of charm to the record, arriving in Linda McCartney’s awkwardly sung “Cook of the House,” the mellow “Must Do Something About It,” and especially “Beware My Love,” the best-written song here that effortlessly moves from sun-drenched harmonies to hard rock. Apart from the latter, these are modest pleasures buried on an album that may have been a chart-topping blockbuster but now seems like one of McCartney’s most transient works.

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MPL PAS 10010, OC 064 o 97581 LP, Album UK 1976-03-26

Side 1.

1. Let ‘Em In
2. The Note You Never Wrote
3. She’s My Baby
4. Beware My Love
5. Wino Junko

Side 2.

1. Silly Love Songs
2. Cook Of The House
3. Time To Hide
4. Must Do Something About It
5. San Ferry Anne
6. Warm And Beautiful

Credits:

Horns – Tony Dorsey
Performer – Denny Laine
Performer – Jimmy McCulloch
Performer – Joe English
Performer – Linda McCartney
Written-By – Paul McCartney
Written-By – Jimmy McCulloch
Written-By – Denny Laine
Written-By – Colin Allen
Producer – Paul McCartney
Photography By [Inside Club] – Robert Ellis
Photography By [Back Cover] – Clive Arrowsmith
Photography By [Cover And Label] – Linda McCartney
Performer – Paul McCartney
Horns – Thaddeus Richard
Horns – Steve Howard
Engineer – Peter Henderson
Horns – Howie Casey
Artwork [Inner Sleeve] – Humphrey Ocean

Media Condition: Mint- (M-)
Sleeve Condition: Mint- (M-)

On the spine: PAS 10010 (OC 064 o 97581)

Issued with a die-cut illustrated card inner sleeve.

Available on tape.

Publishers:
A1 to A4, B1, B2, B4 to B6: McCartney Music Ltd by Arrangement with ATV Music Ltd.
A5: J.M. Music Ltd administered by McCartney Music Ltd.
B3: Naimed Laine Songs Ltd. Administered by McCartney Music Ltd.

℗ 1976 McCartney Productions Ltd.

Made in Gt. Britain

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Matrix / Runout YEX 954-5U GDN
Matrix / Runout YEX 953-5U TL 0

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Weight0,5 kg
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