Not a big fan of any Paul album all the way through. I love bits and spurts from all of them, to be honest. That's how I organize my McCartney.

That being said, Ram would be number 1, Flaming Pie number 2, and then I like McCartney, Flowers in the Dirt, Tug of War pretty evenly. BOTR is OK but hasn't worn well on me for some reason.

The others I'd rather forget, aside from a few tracks.

I think in every Beatles solo career there are gems. That's my take.

I'm gonna go with Back in the U.S. I really enjoyed that album...does it count since it's a live album?

Well, I have an embarassingly small collection of Paul's albums, but still I say Tug of War (though I can't stand Ebony and ivory)

VENUS AND MARS.

Venus and Mars would rank very high with me if the production was consistent. One song sounds good and then the next sounds like mud and etc,,,. I do enjoy the material though.

I think the production on Venus and Mars is great..........it all has a very slick rock feel to it.....fantastic album.

Quoted from Rowdy, posted July 15, 2004, 12:28am at here

I think the production on Venus and Mars is great..........it all has a very slick rock feel to it.....fantastic album.

Wow! I definately disagree with you on this one Rowdy. An example would be 'Rockshow'! This song could have been a contender, but when you listen to it, it sounds like its being played under water. It sounds horrible. Especially after listening to the clean cut 'Venus and Mars'. I wish they could clean it up some. Oh well.

You have a point about "Rockshow" but the songwriting on that album is so great that the production takes a backseat I guess...but I don't know, "Rockshow" still sounds great on the whole....much better than his 80's albums that suffered from the same production of most of the decade's releases.....very cheesy, outdated.

"Rockshow" sounds like a rock song. Rock and roll should sound somewhat rough, I think.

The song sounds like mess and I dont think that it should. Another song Paul rushed out of the studio.

Oh well, I guess we have to agree to disagree on Rockshow.

i agree with rowdy, only in reverse:
ram
venus and mars
band on the run
(and i have to throw the sentimental vote to McCartney album, i remember buying it and thinking how neat it was that paul could do it all by himself out in the middle of nowhere)

i buy me this week thrillington who have this album too

I have most of the MP3s from it.........a novelty release really, but it's an interesting way to listen to Ram once you've heard the original a bit too much.

At the mo I would say Chaos and Creation although I have just embarked on a voyage of solo Macca discovery. Just checkin out RAM.

Why do these Beatles have to get their wives appearing on their albums? lol