Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full-(2oo7-SAW)

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Posted:2007-05-29 01:47:26 | Category:Rock

Artist : Paul McCartney
Album : Memory Almost Full
Label : Universal Music
Genre : Rock
Bitrate : 201 kbps avg
Source : CD (LP)
Playtime : 00:41:59 (63.4MB)
Rls date : 2007-05-28
Store date : 2007-06-05

[Track List]
1. Dance Tonight 2:54
2. Ever Present Past 2:57
3. See Your Sunshine 3:20
4. Only Mama Knows 4:17
5. You Tell Me 3:15
6. Mr. Bellamy 3:39
7. Gratitude 3:19
8. Vintage Clothes 2:22
9. That Was Me 2:38
10.Feet In The Clouds 3:24
11.House Of Wax 4:59
12.The End Of The World 2:57
13.Nod Your Head 1:58

From the Artist:

I actually started this album, Memory Almost Full, before
my last album Chaos And Creation In The Backyard (released
September 2005). The first recording session was back in
the autumn of 2003 at Abbey Road with my touring band and
producer David Kahne. I was right in the middle of it when
I began talking with Nigel Godrich about a brand new
project (which became Chaos And Creation In The Backyard).

When I was just finishing up everything concerned with
Chaos and had just got the Grammy nominations (2006) I
realised I had this album to go back to and finish off. So
I got it out to listen to it again, wondering if I would
enjoy it, but actually I really loved it. All I did at
first was just listen to a couple of things and then I
began to think, `OK, I like that track - now, what is
wrong with it?' And it might be something like a drum
sound, so then I would re-drum and see where we would get
to.

I took it from there and built it up. I went through,
track by track, making changes as I went along. I fixed
things I wasn't too keen on and it just evolved from
there. Without me knowing, or really trying, it started to
get its own theme, a sort of thread that holds it all
together. So I suppose it's about half new stuff and half
old stuff from 2003.

In places it's a very personal record and a lot of it is
retrospective, drawing from memory, like memories from
being a kid, from Liverpool and from summers gone. The
album is evocative, emotional, rocking, but I can't really
sum it up in one sentence.

There is a medley of 5 songs towards the end and that was
purposefully retrospective. I thought this might be
because I'm at this point in my life, but then I think
about the times I was writing with John and a lot of that
was also looking back. It's like me with `Penny Lane' and
`Eleanor Rigby' - I'm still up to the same tricks!

I know people are going to look at some of the songs and
interpret them in different ways but this has always been
the case. The thing is that I love writing songs, so I
just write and write. I never really get to a point where
I start thinking I'm going to write about specific
subjects. Inevitably though, what I am thinking is going
to find its way into what I'm doing.

The opening track of the album is `Dance Tonight'. I
recently got myself a mandolin and I was just playing
about with it and came up with the basis of this track. A
couple of weeks ago we made the video, which was great
fun. It's directed by Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine Of
The Spotless Mind) and stars Natalie Portman and Mackenzie
Crook. I'm not going to give the plot away. You'll have to
go and watch it for yourself, but we had a good time doing
it.

The album title came after I had finished everything. For
me, that's when they normally come, with the exception of
maybe Sgt. Peppers, otherwise I don't think I have ever
made an album with The Beatles, Wings or solo where I have
thought of a title and a concept. I was thinking about
what would sum the whole thing up and `Memory Almost Full'
sprung to mind. It's a phrase that seemed to embrace
modern life; in modern life our brains can get a bit
overloaded. I realised I had also seen it come up on my
phone a few times. When I started bouncing the idea round
with some friends they nearly all got different meanings
out of it, but they all said they loved it. So the
feedback helped solidify the title.

After completing the album I then started thinking about
the album artwork and how I'd want it to look. I really
wanted to make the CD a desirable object. Something that I
know I'd want to pick up from the shelf, something that
would make people curious. I hope our final concept has
done that. The album sleeve itself includes an etching by
a friend of mine, Humphrey Ocean. As with the album
lyrics, I'm looking forward to seeing how people might
interpret the artwork.

Currently I'm just starting out on the promo trail and
beginning to get the first bits of feedback about the
album and so far so good! It's interesting now as I'm
getting to hear what other people are making of the songs
and what their feelings are. I'm also talking about the
album myself and I'm really enjoying the discovery
process.

I really enjoyed making this album with David Kahne and
I'm proud of all the songs. We had a great time. I hope
that the fun we had will communicate itself to the people
who are going to listen to it.

All the best,

Paul McCartney, April 2007
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Product Description

The 13 new songs on Memory Almost Full are performed
entirely by Paul McCartney (excluding strings) and
produced by Grammy Award-winner David Kahne (The Strokes,
Sublime, Bruce Springsteen and more).

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