Vinyl L.P · Apple Records · 5C 062-04394.
1970 · Holland.
Album Lyrics:
The Lovely Linda.
(McCartney)
La la la la la lovely Linda
With the lovely flowers in her hair
La la la la la lovely Linda
With the lovely flowers in her hair.
That Would Be Something.
(McCartney)
That would be something
really would be something
that would be something
to meet you in the fallin' rain momma
to meet you in the fallin' rain
Meet you in the fallin' rain
meet you in the fallin' rain.
Valentine Day.
(McCartney)
Instrumental.
Every Night.
(McCartney)
Every night I just wanna go out, get out of my head
every day I don't want to get up, get out of my bed
every night I want to play out
and every day I want to do ooh ooh oh oh
but tonight I just want to stay in
and be with you,
and be with you.
Ooh ...
Ooh ...
every day I lean on a lamp post, I'm wasting my time
every night I lay on a pillow, I'm resting my mind
every morning brings a new day
every night that day is through ooh ooh oh oh
but tonight I just want to stay in
and be with you,
and be with you.
Ooh ...
Ooh ...
Believe me mama ooh ...
Ooh ...
Hot as Sun / Glasses.
(McCartney)
Instrumental.
Junk.
(McCartney)
Motor cars, handle bars
Bicycles for two
Broken hearted jubilee.
Parachutes, army boots
Sleeping bags for two
Sentimental jamboree.
Buy buy
Says the sign in the shop window
Why why
Says the junk in the yard.
Candlesticks, building bricks
Some old and new
Memories for you and me.
Buy buy
Says the sign in the shop window
Why why
Says the junk in the yard.
Man We Was Lonely.
(McCartney)
Man we was lonely
Yes we was lonely
And we was hard pressed to find a smile.
Man we was lonely
Yes we was lonely
But now were fine all the while.
I used to ride on my fast city line
Singing songs that I thought were mine alone
Now let me lie with my love for the time I am home.
Man we was lonely
Yes we was lonely
And we was hard pressed to find a smile.
Man we was lonely
Yes we was lonely
But now were fine all the while.
Now let me lie with my love for the time I am home.
Man we was lonely
Yes we was lonely
And we was hard pressed to find a smile.
Man we was lonely
Yes we was lonely
But now were fine all the while
But now were fine all the while
But now were fine all the while.
Oo You.
(McCartney)
Look like a woman
Dress like a lady
Talk like a baby
Love like a woman.
Oo you
Oo you.
Walk like a woman
Sing like a blackbird
Eat like a hunger
Cook like a woman.
Oo you
Oo you.
Look like a woman
Dress like a lady
Talk like a baby
Love like a woman.
Oo you
Oo you.
Momma Miss America.
(McCartney)
Instrumental.
Teddy Boy.
(McCartney)
This is a story of a boy named ted
If his mother said ted be good, he would
She told him ted about his soldier dad
Then it made her cry, oh my.
Ted used to tell her
He could be twice as good
And he new he could
Cause in his head he said.
Mommy don't worry now teddy boy's here
Taking good care of you
Mommy don't worry teddy boy's here
Teddy's gonna see you through.
Then came the day she found herself a man
Teddy turned and ran
Far away
Ok.
He couldn't stand to see his mother in love
With another man
He didn't know
Oh no.
He found a place where he could settle down
And from time to time
In his head, he said.
Mommy don't worry now teddy boy's here
Taking good care of you
Mommy don't worry now teddy boy's here
Teddy's gonna see you through.
She said teddy don't worry now mommy is here
Taking good care of you
Teddy don't worry your mummy is here
Mummy's gonna see you through.
This is a story of a boy named ted
If his mother said ted be good, he would.
Singalong Junk.
(McCartney)
Instrumental.
Maybe I'm Amazed.
(McCartney)
Maybe I'm amazed at the way you love me all the time
Maybe I'm afraid of the way I love you
Maybe I'm amazed at the the way you pulled me out of time
And hung me on a line
Maybe I'm amazed at the way I really need you.
Maybe I'm a man and maybe I'm a lonely man
Who's in the middle of something
That he dosen't really understand.
Maybe I'm a man and maybe you're the only woman
Who could ever help me
Baby won't you help me understand.
Maybe I'm amazed at the way you're with me all the time
Maybe I'm afraid of the way I leave you
Maybe I'm amazed at the way you help me sing my song
Right me when I'm wrong
Maybe I'm amazed at the way I really need you.
Kreen-Akrore.
(McCartney)
Instrumental
Paul & Linda McCartney:
Paul McCartney: Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, piano, organ, percussion, wineglasses, Mellotron, effects.
Linda McCartney: Harmony vocals.
Liner notes:
The Lovely Linda
That Would Be Something
Valentine Day
Every Night
Hot As Sun / Glasses
Junk
Man We Was Lonely
Oo You
Momma Miss America
Teddy Boy
Singalong Junk
Maybe I'm Amazed
Kreen-Akrore
Instruments and voices by Paul, Photos and harmonies by Linda
Credits:
Released: 17 April, 1970.
Produced & arranged: Paul McCartney.
Recorded: 1 December, 1969 – 25 February, 1970.
Studios: McCartney's home, London; Morgan, Willesden, London; EMI, London
All tracks composed by Paul McCartney
ReplyDeleteMcCartney is the debut solo album by English musician Paul McCartney, released on 17 April 1970 by Apple Records. McCartney recorded it in secrecy, mostly using basic home-recording equipment at his house in St John's Wood. Mixing and some recording took place at professional London studios.
In its loosely arranged performances, McCartney eschewed the polish of the Beatles' past records in favour of a lo-fi style. Apart from occasional contributions by his wife, Linda, McCartney performed the entire album alone by overdubbing on four-track tape.
McCartney recorded the album during a period of depression and confusion, following John Lennon's private departure from the Beatles in September 1969.
Conflicts over the release of McCartney's album further estranged him from his bandmates, as he refused to delay the album's release to allow for Apple's previously scheduled titles, notably the Beatles' album Let It Be.
A press release in the form of a self-interview supplied with UK promotional copies of McCartney led to the Beatles' break-up.
McCartney received mostly negative reviews, while McCartney was vilified for seemingly ending the Beatles. The record was widely criticised for being under-produced and for its unfinished songs, although the ballad "Maybe I'm Amazed" was consistently singled out for praise.
Commercially, McCartney benefited from the publicity surrounding the break-up; it held the number 1 position for three weeks on the US Billboard Top LPs before yielding that position to Let It Be. It peaked at number 2 in Britain.
In later years, the album was credited for having had an impact on DIY musicians and lo-fi music styles.
McCartney also recorded two successor albums: McCartney II (1980) and McCartney III (2020). In 2011, the first McCartney record was reissued with bonus tracks as part of the Paul McCartney Archive Collection.