Great album, no matter what some people think! (Memory Almost Full - Paul McCartney)

Member Name: blood_smear

Product:	Memory Almost Full - Paul McCartney
Date:	18/06/08 (23 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Some great songs, very creative [as you'd expect], some catchy some musical adventures.

Disadvantages: "Nod Your Head" in general...

There are a lot of opinions floating around about Paul McCartney, that he's not made anything worth listening to since Let It Be, that he wasn't the talent in the band, etc etc. Well this album proves all of those wrong.

Memory Almost Full is his most recent album, and while people will want to believe it's no different to the kind of stuff he's been doing for years, this is modern stuff.

Another reason people have dismissed this album is because of the first single "Dance Tonight", some liked it, some thought it was simple and boring. Well personally I think it's the least creative and the worst song on the album. He explains that it was intended to be very simple.

However, this is nothing to judge the album by, songs such as "Ever Present Past" or "Vintage Clothes" are obviously McCartney creations but great ones. However, I think the highlight of the album is "Only Mama Knows", packed full of emotion, a brilliant song.

The song goes up and down, there are fairly fast moving pop songs, then slow moving songs which build up such as "Mr. Bellamy".

Great album generally, don't believe the [anti-]hype.

Summary: Great album, some fantastic songs on here, for beatle fans or not.