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- Original Release Date: 1 Dec 2010
- Format - Music: MP3
- Compatible with MP3 Players (including with iPod®), iTunes, Windows Media Player
- Also available in CD Format
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| Play | 1. My Brave Face | 3:17 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 2. Rough Ride | 4:43 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 3. You Want Her Too | 3:11 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 4. Distractions | 4:39 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 5. We Got Married | 4:56 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 6. Put It There | 2:07 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 7. Figure Of Eight | 3:25 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 8. This One | 4:10 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 9. Don't Be Careless Love | 3:17 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 10. That Day Is Done | 4:18 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 11. How Many People | 4:13 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 12. Motor Of Love | 6:17 | £0.69 |
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Paul McCartney's solo career has always been a patchy affair - for every Band On The Run there was a Wild Life - and some of his biggest hits have been the most saccarine and ropey songs (Ebony & Ivory, Pipes Of Peace, Frog chorus). Critically the 80's were'nt great for Macca. The hits kept coming but the quality of the albums and singles took a severe nosedive.
So the arrival of 1989's Flowers In The Dirt was something of a second coming. Fired up by his collaborations with Elvis Costello and finally able to accept his role as a Beatle, Paul turned out an album that was his best for a decade. The Beatley influences are all over it - the jangling guitars, harmonies, melodic bass playing (his Hofner came out of mothballs) and perfectly realised songs.
The tracks co-written with Costello remain the best - 'My Brave Face' is perfect powerpop with a smart lyric and a huge chorus, 'You Want Her Too' is dripping with sarcasm and great one liners and 'That Day Is Done' is understated and stately. McCartney himself contributed the beautiful 'Distractions' - one of his best post Fabs ballads, the rocking Figure Of Eight, 'This One' and the Dave Gilmour assisted 'We Got Married'. Fine songs all and proof that the muse hadn't entirely deserted.
The album received positive reviews and McCartney embarked on a massive world tour that would see him fill almost half the nightly set with Beatles classics - many of which had never been performed live - ever.
Flowers In the Dirt isn't as good as Band On The Run or Flaming Pie but it's still up there with the best of his solo work.
So the arrival of 1989's Flowers In The Dirt was something of a second coming. Fired up by his collaborations with Elvis Costello and finally able to accept his role as a Beatle, Paul turned out an album that was his best for a decade. The Beatley influences are all over it - the jangling guitars, harmonies, melodic bass playing (his Hofner came out of mothballs) and perfectly realised songs.
The tracks co-written with Costello remain the best - 'My Brave Face' is perfect powerpop with a smart lyric and a huge chorus, 'You Want Her Too' is dripping with sarcasm and great one liners and 'That Day Is Done' is understated and stately. McCartney himself contributed the beautiful 'Distractions' - one of his best post Fabs ballads, the rocking Figure Of Eight, 'This One' and the Dave Gilmour assisted 'We Got Married'. Fine songs all and proof that the muse hadn't entirely deserted.
The album received positive reviews and McCartney embarked on a massive world tour that would see him fill almost half the nightly set with Beatles classics - many of which had never been performed live - ever.
Flowers In the Dirt isn't as good as Band On The Run or Flaming Pie but it's still up there with the best of his solo work.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I bought this after watching the DVD of the band playing 'Flowers in the Dirt' in the studio which is such a good DVD. Sadly the CD doesn't match the quality of the band playing it live, the CD production sounds 'electronic' with no depth and really struggles to match up to Macca's top session musicians. My advice - get the DVD 'Put it there'
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Paul-McCartney-Put-There-DVD/dp/B0000DCXZ9
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Paul-McCartney-Put-There-DVD/dp/B0000DCXZ9
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
When I first started to listen to Beatles music it was way back in 1989. Just by coincidence , it was the year Paul had released the magnificent Flowers in the Dirt. As I listened to it, it certainly triggered me to handling all the Beatles and related albums. The reason for such an impact can easily be described as the beatle magic you can see in all songs.
The songs start with a catchy rocker , my brave face , co written with Costello ( I am a fan of him as well ) simply catches the listener, with a message that the album was a quite melodic one. I would strongly belive that my brave face can have such an effect on everybody.
The album contains some McCartney classics, like many of them, which are not recognized and credited by the public. We can name them the hidden gems, any listener would agree with me, when they listen to the magnificent distractions, which is a melodic sad tune, one of Paul's best melodies I belive. To this day, I can not stop tears filling my eyes when I listen to distractions for the 1000th time maybe. It is that wonderful.
An other gem, which is Put it there, it is a McCartney miracle written in only one go as he pointed out. It is an acoustic song , a style which I find most appreciate for Paul. Being a kind of an acoustic guitar player myself, I think that he uses the acoustic guitar very effectly, his playing with nail style. Very yesterday-ish.
This one, we got married,how many people,that day is done,rough ride,figure of eight,motor of love,oue est la solleil,don't be careless love and the bonus tracks in my own cd are all wonderful. I have to comment on each of them as I did for the previous ones but I don't think that there will be enough space for that. Shortly, these are all wonderful Macca songs, which the listener never gets bored of. It grows on you more as you listen more. It is good Paul music as John once said about Band on the run. I have been listening to this album for 11 years now, and I still listen with the same pleasure. John couldn't hear this but I am quite sure that he would feel the same if he could. It is good Paul McCartney music.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great Album
This second hand album arrived in good time, good condition. I had'nt heared the album for well over 10 years. Read more
Published 10 months ago by David Groves
An underrated classic
It's always been a mystery to me how this album didn't do better. It has some superb songs on it, very well produced and performed, and the McCartney/Costello collaboration really... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mr. John M. Harding
Definitely not dirt
Everybody should check this album out. It is one of Macca's best. Definitely the pop maestro of the Universe. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Enda
Back to the Future, Part 1!!
Completely agree with all the reviews posted for this gem of an album. 5 stars for sure! I also bought this CD the day it was released (from the former music shop, Our Price). Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2009 by Wild child
One of Macca's best solo cds.
This cd is a real gem,i have listened to it many times since it came out in 1989 and never tire of it.Quality music indeed.Highly recomended.
Published on 23 Nov 2009 by Carl Fitzgerald
Flowers in the Dirt
Ultra-modern sounding album. Futuristic and spellbounding. Has a magical, 'out of this world' sound about it. I highly recommend this album.
Published on 10 April 2009 by Mr. W. G. Eatock
A fantastic album. A crime that it now sells for pennies.,
This album is the most underated album that Paul has produced . I bought this on cassette the day it was released and it is by far my favourite cd in my collection. Read more
Published on 30 Mar 2009 by Swervin J
Flowers but no dirt.
This is my favourite solo/Wings offering from Paul McCartney. Also, two songs on here are co-written and sung as a duet with Elvis Costello, who also recorded his own solo version... Read more
Published on 12 July 2008 by Guitar Heroine
Not bad but...
Som people have called this Paul's best album of the 80's. I really disagree. This is, in my opinion, his worst album from the 80's (with the possible exception of GIVE MY REGARDS... Read more
Published on 2 April 2008 by Unsmart
A True Return To Form
This was a return to form for sure. Easily better than anything since 'Tug Of War' (1982) and an album which showed McCartney effortlessly producing a strong album just when us... Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2005 by John Heaton
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