Paul McCartney

After concentrating on a foray into classical composing that yielded the Liverpool Oratorio, McCartney returned to the successful elements of Flowers In The Dirt for this 1993 LP using a similar band and songs co-written with Elvis Costello. The LP benefits by leaving the '80s aesthetic behind, giving "Biker like an Icon" and "Hope of Deliverance" an undecorated directness. The indignant anti-animal abuse dictum "Looking for Changes" might not be a highlight, but "Golden Earth Girl" is every bit as warm and sunny as the title might suggest.

In addition to copiloting the greatest bands in rock & roll history, Paul McCartney and Mick
Jagger have something else in common: Both have watched their solo careers sputter.
McCartney hasn't placed an album or single at the top of the charts in nearly a decade, and
only one album, an "unplugged" MTV concert, has broken the Top Twenty. Jagger waited
until 1985 to test the solo waters and has thus far found them icy. His last album, ... More >