🎧 Now streaming / deluxe vinyl available. What’s your deep cut from the late Wings era?
Launched in 2010 with the reissue of Band on the Run , Paul McCartney’s Archive Collection sets the gold standard for historical music reissues. Curated personally by McCartney, each release features pristine audio remastering, wealths of unreleased bonus audio, rare video footage, and lavishly illustrated hardback books detailing the era's history.
Released originally in 1979, Back to the Egg represents a fascinating pivot point in McCartney’s career. It was the moment he traded the polished pop-rock of London Town for the jagged edges of the burgeoning New Wave and punk scenes. The Sonic Shift: Paul Goes Punk? paul mccartney archive collection back to the egg
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Details about the previous Archive Collection sets that are currently available. Information about upcoming concerts or tours. Which of these Back To The Egg - Ultimate Archive Collection 🎧 Now streaming / deluxe vinyl available
: A smooth, electric-piano-driven R&B track that sounds years ahead of its time.
Upon release in June 1979, the album received mixed reviews. Critics called it "bloated" and "confused." But fans heard the tension, the grit, and a vulnerability McCartney rarely showed on tracks like "Arrow Through Me" (with its funky, synthetic sheen) and "Winter Rose/Love Awake." The Sonic Shift: Paul Goes Punk
Tracks like "Getting Closer" and "Spin It On" feature blistering tempos and jagged guitar riffs that stand toe-to-toe with early New Wave punk. "Old Siam, Sir" delivers a heavy, synthesised hard-rock crunch that remains one of McCartney's heaviest tracks.