Quoted from lennonlegend

huum, is crossroads on there, the cream song?

i mean this in a loving way too.NO

Just got this album. Haven't listened to it yet. Any good anyone?

Haven't heard it in years but I liked it. It's got some strong stuff on it and it has a good mood.

Would it go down well with a few joints?

Quoted from TheMasterOfGoingFaster

Would it go down well with a few joints?

Yes. (but then again, what doesn't  )

Quoted from pc31

i mean this in a loving way too.NO

Of course.

It's a classic.

My favorite Wings album, full of rockers and such. It's also choc full of potential Wings singles. I listen to Venus and Mars more than Band on the Run, I think its better for the inclusion of "Listen To What The Man Said." The segue between the said song into the final track "Treat Her Gently/Lonely Old People" is my favorite moment.

Quoted from MagicAlex

My favorite Wings album, full of rockers and such. It's also choc full of potential Wings singles. I listen to Venus and Mars more than Band on the Run, I think its better for the inclusion of "Listen To What The Man Said." The segue between the said song into the final track "Treat Her Gently/Lonely Old People" is my favorite moment.

Yep, a delight.

Does anyone know why Letting Go flopped? It's such a groovy rocking thingy.

No idea. It's criminally underrated.

Well, all his albums post-BOTR are criminally underrated.

Has anyone heard the surround version of this?  Is it worth it?

Quoted from MagicAlex

The segue between the said song into the final track "Treat Her Gently/Lonely Old People" is my favorite moment.

Amen. Talk about comedy/tragedy. I still get choked up listening to the latter. He should be playing that in concert.

This album is pretty darn good.  

I think the first three songs are classics and LWTMS too.  I'm not wild about "You Gave Me the Answer" and "Magneto"--the former is too much in the "Your Mother Should Know" vein I never really liked; "Magneto" is weird, almost T-Rex lyric glam rock that seems like it should lead somewhere but doesn't (interesting idea, though).  "Medicine Jar" is pretty strong--an anti-drug written and sung by the guitarist Jimmy McCulloch (who died young, of something like a heart attack).  It shows that Paul was capable of generosity when his backup guys brought something to the table.  I like the layered guitar sounds on the album (VAM, particularly)--Denny and Jimmy were a good guitar combo.  


1.Venus and Mars
2.Rock Show
3.Letting Go
4.You Gave Me the Answer
5.Love in Song
6.Magneto and Titanium Man
7.Venus and Mars (Reprise)
8.Spirits of Ancient Egypt
9.Call Me Back Again
10.Crossroads
11.Medicine Jar
12.Listen to What the Man Said
13.Treat Her Gently/Lonely Old People

"Magneto..." was about his love for comic books. "Medicine Jar" is sad irony at its finest because its about the perils of drugs and Jimmy died of an overdose, not a heart attack.