PAUL McCARTNEY SET TO RELEASE FIRST NEW STUDIO ALBUM IN FOUR YEARS




"CHAOS AND CREATION IN THE BACK YARD" IN RECORD STORES SEPTEMBER 12TH


"Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard," Paul McCartney's 20th studio recording since The Beatles, marks an end to a nearly four-year hiatus since his last studio recording, 2001's platinum certified "Driving Rain." The new 13-track album is co-produced by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Travis and Beck) and McCartney, and was recorded in London and Los Angeles over the course of the past two years. Its release coincides with the September 16th launch of McCartney's all new 37-city "US" Tour, his fastest selling concert tour ever.

"Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard" is a return to the basics for McCartney. The album successfully fuses his undeniable song writing talents with his unparalleled musicianship. In fact, McCartney is credited with playing the majority of the instruments on the album, which is somewhat reminiscent of "McCartney" (1970) when he was credited with playing all of the instruments. They include the drums, guitar, bass, keyboards, as well as many of the less traditional instruments such as block flute, harmonium and flugelhorn.

"Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard" is a mix of up-tempo piano driven McCartney instant classics such as 'Fine Line' and 'Promise To You Girl' and more introspective darker tracks such as 'At The Mercy,' 'Too Much Rain' and 'Riding To Vanity Fair.' One of the many highlights is a track entitled, 'Jenny Wren,' which Paul describes as "daughter of Blackbird," as well as 'Follow Me,' which McCartney debuted at The Glastonbury Festival, while on his '04 Summer European Tour.

But "Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard" would not have been either if not for the suggestion of now legendary Beatles producer Sir George Martin. Familiar with Nigel's credentials and with his published desire to work with an established artist, Paul made the call that finally put the two together in the studio. The collaboration seemed an unlikely one and thus the rumors began. What type of album was McCartney making?

"I did not want to rush this album," said McCartney, who despite repeated inquiries, touring commitments and pressure from his record label, managed to maintain his focus. "I think it was worth the wait though. The music became more interesting over time and I'm really proud of what we did."

The results are evident throughout. The songs are sonically robust, the instrumentation and orchestration first rate and the chemistry between Paul and Nigel apparent. The album has an organic feel reminiscent of Paul's first solo release, "McCartney," (1970) and some of The Beatles later recordings.

"We really made a lot of it up as we went along," added McCartney. "I'd try something and if it didn't work I'd try something else until it did. It was like making a go-cart in the backyard."

"When Paul and I got together we had a common goal," said Godrich. "We wanted to make a great album that was true to Paul. I think that's exactly what we did."


Full Tracklisting - "Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard"

Fine Line 3:05
How Kind Of You 4:47
Jenny Wren 3:47
At The Mercy 2:38
Friends To Go 2:43
English Tea 2:12
Too Much Rain 3:24
A Certain Softness 2:42
Riding To Vanity Fair 5:07
Follow Me 2:31
Promise To You Girl 3:10
This Never Happened Before 3:26
Anyway 3:50

Total Running Time: 46:54


www.paulmccartney.com

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Updated: Found this site and it reveals the front cover. Hopefully this is the real deal cause it looks like an old picture of paul.. in the backyard.. I dig that.

http://www.jiggler.de/var...eneral.htm
[Edited 8/10/05 22:33pm]

i'm actually kinda interested to hear this. i like nigel godrich as a producer an awful lot - "sea change" and "ok computer" are two of my favorite albums.

I know someone who heard some of the new tracks live.. he said it felt like McCartney is back where he belongs songwriting wise.. Said the songs are very Beatlish sounding songs...

This album will perhaps be the album of the year for me.. im hoping.. because I got a GREAT vibe it will.. look at this album title? songs titles too.. very suprising to me.. i expect great things

Anxiety said:

if not for anything else, I'd buy it for the title

is Jesse McCartney, Paul McCartney's son?

IstenSzek said:

That title raises antennas!

I like it.. made me go..

Xavier24 said:

I dont believe so.. but I'm not 100% sure..

I also think, pairing McCartney up with someone like Nigel is something that wont come by too often. I think really highly of nigel for his work on some of my all time favorite albums, and I believe his ideas and creativity as a producer is somewhat hard to come by.

Should be a 5 star album, just by the credits

i'd love it if nigel godrich did for paul what rick rubin did for johnny cash.

i'd actually love that a whole lot.

I heard one of his tracks "Follow Me".. delish!

It was live, but it had strings etc in it..

http://www.jiggler.de/var...eneral.htm

Here is the front cover (scroll to the bottom)

Im looking forward to this album. McCartneys albums always contain, at the very least, a handful of great songs, but he's definitely been more consistent with his last few albums, producing more rounded and well thought out albums. The only worrying thing for me is that the record wont have the great band sound that the last album had. His touring band is pretty cool, and it makes a difference IMO to the way his songs translate onto record, particularly the drums. Much as i love maccas albums where he does everything (McCartney, McCartney II, Flaming Pie), I feel there is more character and depth of sound to the stuff he records with his bands.

always look forward to the new McCartney album.

and i LOVE the cover. gorgeous.

well.. uhmm... yes, so.. fine... so this is it, isn' it?

Some writing, probably..? No? ...album tile? No? indicate the artist? No? okaaayyyyy....

actually.. if I take something like that on my digi-cam... I'll most likely delete it

Dancelot said:

Well, It hasnt been released yet.. so I wouldnt jump to conclusions.. might have writing or something on the released front.

and I would like to say, since im in photography and have been doing it for the last 4 years..This is a wonderful black and white photograph.