Commonly recieved, listed and assessed as a regular McCartney studio album, which probably is the reason it's got so many bad reviews through the years. I myself have a hard time understanding the need of re-recording already iconic Beatles numbers and thereby messing with perfection, though guess if you evalue it as the soundtrack it is, with the music as part of the plot, it'll make more sense. Haven't seen the film myself, but then again just listening to it as a regular album there are still things to enjoy. It came with a stunning crew - apart from George Martin producing and playing some piano there were participants as David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Eric Stewart (10cc), Dave Mattacks (Fairport Convention), John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), Ann Dudley (Art Of Noise), Steve Lukather (Toto), Stewart Elliott (Cockney Rebel), Dave Edmunds, Chris Spedding and Ringo Starr among others. And I also get three then new McCartney songs to enjoy. The ballad "No More Lonely Nights" is a killer, both soothing and catchy, with top guitars by David Gilmour. The rockers "Not Such A Bad Boy" and "No Values" maybe not absolute magic, yet very enjoyable listening. To me a must in the McCartney/Beatles vinyl collection with at least some icing on the cake. Due to the length of the recording this LP version has shorter edits to some of the numbers and also omitts two tracks - the remake of "So Bad" and the new "Goodnight Princess" - all of that showing up on contemporary or later CD and cassette issues. Premiere UK vinyl on Parlophone (EL 260278 1), US on Columbia (SC 39613). The one here shown as an "EEC" pressing, but probably made in Germany. It had label as shown here in a laminated fold/out cover with picture/lyric/credit inner. (BÄ*) (MÄCC*) (ZÖNT*) (PÖX*)
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