I really like it. It didn't grab me in the way that "NEW" instantly did, but after several repeated plays in the car I can honestly say there isn't a song on it I dislike. The overall standard is high and the effect is very positive, even if there are no all timers, as blmeanie said.
Can I get "Fuh You" out of the way first? I don't get these concerns over whether the lyric is "wanna" or "want it". Either "Want to" OR "Want it" work with Fuh as "For". But if it's a cheeky abbreviation of the expletive we know we're all thinking of then I'll share the laugh with Paul. I like it when he delivers an occasional V sign to his "goody goody" image. John gets critically lauded for effing and blinding way back in 1970 yet shock! horror! it may be 2018 but not our Paulie, never! Come on, this was the cheeky fellow who was singing "She's a prick teaser, she took me half the way there" with a wink and a smile fifty odd years ago.
And in a way, it's that sassy, confident, self contented vibe which pervades this album and I love it. I'm hearing a Macca very much at ease with himself, wise, mature, back on top of his game (plenty of polished melodies) but rediscovering that endearing spark of mischief which I surely detected on "NEW" and even "Memory Almost Full" before it. He's regained some of his vocal prowess too. Gone is the rather depressing self doubt and trepidation of "Driving Rain" and the tremulous uncertainty and semi-crushed spirit of "Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard" with its rather warbly, old lady vocals.
Like tkitna I gravitate towards the tangible CD (wouldn't have a clue about these mp3 download things) and as a fellow sufferer of completitis I had to get the standard and the deluxe versions. The deluxe, with those two additional cuts, was tracked down in a branch of HMV for £12.99 - a third of the price it would have cost me on Amazon.
