All the Best

Paul Mccartney - All the Best

All the Best
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Artist: Paul Mccartney
Brand: MCCARTNEY,PAUL
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
  1. Band On The Run
  2. Jet
  3. Ebony And Ivory
  4. Listen To What The Man Said
  5. No More Lonely Nights
  6. Silly Love Songs
  7. Let 'Em In
  8. Say Say Say
  9. Live And Let Die
  10. Another Day
  11. C Moon
  12. Junior's Farm
  13. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
  14. Coming Up
  15. Goodnight Tonight
  16. With A Little Luck
  17. My Love

Music reviews of All the Best

Music Review: Good Content - but where is "Maybe I'm Amazed"?
Rating: 4 Stars

For his post-Beatles career, Paul McCartney's work is basically intertwined between work that is credited what is considered "Paul McCartney Solo Work" and his work with Wings. When McCartney left the Beatles, he would release two solo albums "McCartney" and "Ram". While "Ram" would produce the classic song "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey", "Ram" would be trashed by the critics. It was at that point that McCartney formed the band Wings. Wings would basically be a "project" type of band by McCartney that would consist of himself, his wife Linda McCartney, vocalist Denny Laine, and a revolving door of studio musicians. Wings would eventually be dissolved in 1980 (and Laine would depart), and McCartney would return to recording under his own name (with wife Linda by his side). Despite the decade of recording under the "Wings" umbrella, no mistake would be made - Paul McCartney would still be in control and it would very much be his music. Therefore, Paul McCartney's 1987 greatest hits release "All the Best" basically is a snapshot of his post-Beatles career throughout 1984. This collection does a good job at providing this snapshot, however there are some omissions that hurt this collection.

I once heard an interview with Paul McCartney and he was asked basically what is the best song he ever wrote. I remember McCartney mulling the question and finally the song "Maybe I'm Amazed" came from his mouth. With all of the amazing work he has done throughout his career - including creating some of the most legendary songs with the Beatles, many might be surprised by this answer. However after thinking about it, I think one can make the argument that this song is in the upper echelon of his musical portfolio. Yet, when I look at the listing of tracks on this collection, "Maybe I'm Amazed" is no where to be found. I think this song has a major importance from McCartney's career because it was on that first post Beatles album - 1970's "McCartney". The bottom line is that I am completely shocked that this collection doesn't include this song. To a lesser extent, I am pretty disappointed that "Take it Away" is not included as well.

One positive thing about "All the Best" is that it includes several songs that were originally only released as singles. These songs include the popular theme song "Live and Let Die" (from the James Bond film), "Another Day", "Goodnight Tonight", "C Moon", and "Junior's Farm".

When looking at this collection, there are really two other Paul McCartney compilations to consider. Like "All the Best", these compilations basically include mixes of his work recorded under the Paul McCartney name and those recorded under the Wings umbrella (Note: These compilations are actually released under the "Wings" umbrella). The first of these is 1978's "Wings Greatest". This is a more dated collection (obviously including material only until 1978). All of the songs that are on "Wings Greatest" are included on "All the Best" with the exception of "Hi Hi Hi" and "Mull of Kintyre". Like "All the Best", this collection omits one of the most legendary McCartney songs - "Maybe I'm Amazed". "Wings Greatest" also doesn't contain 1975's "Listen to What the Man Said" that is included on "All the Best".

In 2001, a more comprehensive collection was released under the Wings umbrella that included both Wings and Paul McCartney "solo" material. This collection entitled "Wingspan: Hits and History" is two disc set. This collection contains all of the material on "All the Best" with the exception of two popular duets that McCartney recorded in the 1980s: "Ebony and Ivory" with Stevie Wonder and "Say Say Say" with Michael Jackson. (It is worth noting that McCartney recorded another duet with Michael Jackson - "The Girl is Mine", but this was released on Jackson's "Thriller" album and is not included on any McCartney compilation.) This collection doesn't miss the mark - it does include "Maybe I'm Amazed". It also includes the five songs listed above that were only released as singles.

As for "All the Best", it is also worth noting that there were actually two versions released, a U.S. version and a U.K. version. The songs exclusive to U.K. version are "Pipes of Peace", "Once Upon a Long Ago", "We All Stand Together" and "Mull of Kintyre" while the U.S. version contains "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey", "Goodnight Tonight", "With a Little Luck", and "Junior's Farm". There is a slight reordering of the tracks between the U.S. and U.K. versions.

When looking at a greatest hits collection, I normally prefer the tracks to be arranged in chronological order in which they were either released and/or recorded. This allows me to see how the artist has progressed over a period of time. One thing that also disappoints here is that the tracks are in a shuffled order. I really think this is a drawback - especially in the case of Paul McCartney where I find it interesting to track his post-Beatles career.

One thing that I found very positive were the liner notes. One thing that I found entertaining each of the songs on this collection is represented with a graphic illustration. Although these illustrations don't contribute anything to the musical experience, I still found this entertaining. One thing that is unusual about the liner notes is that they include the lyrics to all of the songs. The downside is that the corresponding albums (or denotations for songs that were listed only as singles) are not listed each song that is included in the collection. I also would have liked to have seen musician credits listed - particularly for the Wings songs.

Despite some of these shortcomings that are listed above, the bottom line is that this collection still contains enough good content to be a collection worth considering. This is a good collection, but some McCartney fans still may want to look to the "Wingspan" collection to get a more comprehensive collection.
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Description of All the Best

International version of this collection includes tracks that don't appear on the U.S. version, 'Once Upon A Long Ago', 'We All Stand Together', 'Mull Of Kintyre', 'Coming Up' (Studio Version) and many more. 17 tracks in all. EMI.
Truth-in-packaging regulations are strained to the breaking point--some previous work with a former band was pretty darn "best" too--but if we're talking about Macca the Singles Artist, this compilation does highlight the many sides of a celebrated melodist, bandleader, and hitmaker--from the banalities of "My Love" to the electrifying buzz of "Jet." It won't win any stylistic cohesion awards, and followers will miss album tracks like "Picasso's Last Words" and "That Would Be Something." But All the Best collects the more popular Wings hits and throws in some necessary rarities ("C-Moon," one of many great B-sides that McCartney has thrown away), star duets (former friend, now-Fabs copyright-holder Michael Jackson on "Say Say Say"; Stevie Wonder on the inevitable "Ebony and Ivory"), live cuts (an un-Chipmunked "Coming Up"), and soundtrack odds and ends, like the freaky Bond theme "Live and Let Die." --Don Harrison

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