Paul McCartney – Venus And Mars (Deluxe Edition) (1975/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Paul McCartney – Venus And Mars (Deluxe Edition) (1975/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:33:36 minutes | 2,01 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © 2605/Hear Music

Venus and Mars is the fourth album by Paul McCartney’s band Wings and was originally released on May 27, 1975. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, as well as portions being recorded at Sea Saint in New Orleans and Wally Heider’s Studio in Los Angeles. The album followed the enormously successful album Band on the Run, and was itself a huge success. Venus and Mars peaked at #1 on the UK Albums Chart, the US Billboard 200, and a number of other international albums charts. It has been certified Platinum in the UK, US, and Canada. Singles from the album included “Listen to What the Man Said” and “Letting Go”.

This Deluxe Edition features 14 additional tracks including the hit single “Junior’s Farm” and several rare and previously unreleased songs.

Band on the Run was a commercial success, but even if it was billed as a Wings effort, it was primarily recorded by Paul, Linda, and Denny Laine. So, it was time to once again turn Wings into a genuine band, adding Joe English and Jimmy McCulloch to the lineup and even letting the latter contribute a song. This faux-democracy isn’t what signals that this is a band effort — it’s the attitude, construction, and pacing, which McCartney acknowledges as much, opening with an acoustic title track that’s a salute to arena rock, leading to a genuine arena rock anthem, “Rock Show.” From that, it’s pretty much rocking pop tunes, paced with a couple of ballads and a little whimsy, all graced with a little of the production flair that distinguished Band on the Run. But where that record was clearly a studio creation and consciously elaborate, this is a straightforward affair where the sonic details are simply window dressing. McCartney doesn’t really try anything new, but the songs are a little more varied than the uniform, glossy production would suggest; he dips into soft-shoe music hall shuffle on “You Gave Me the Answer,” gets a little psychedelic with “Spirits of Ancient Egypt,” kicks out a ’50s rock & roll groove with “Magento and Titanium Man,” and unveils a typically sweet and lovely melody on “Listen to What the Man Said.” These are a slight shifts on an album that certainly feels like the overture for the arena rock tour that it was, which makes it one of McCartney’s more consistent listens, even though it’s possible to scan the song listing after several listens and not recognize any song outside of “Listen to What the Man Said” and the opening medley by title.
– Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Tracklist:

01. Wings – Venus And Mars (2014 Remaster) (01:17)
02. Wings – Rock Show (2014 Remaster) (05:32)
03. Wings – Love In Song (2014 Remaster) (03:03)
04. Wings – You Gave Me The Answer (2014 Remaster) (02:14)
05. Wings – Magneto And Titanium Man (2014 Remaster) (03:16)
06. Wings – Letting Go (2014 Remaster) (04:32)
07. Wings – Venus And Mars (Reprise) (2014 Remaster) (02:05)
08. Wings – Spirits Of Ancient Egypt (2014 Remaster) (02:58)
09. Wings – Medicine Jar (2014 Remaster) (03:37)
10. Wings – Call Me Back Again (2014 Remaster) (04:58)
11. Wings – Listen To What The Man Said (2014 Remaster) (04:01)
12. Wings – Treat Her Gently – Lonely Old People (2014 Remaster) (04:23)
13. Wings – Crossroads (2014 Remaster) (01:00)
14. Wings – Junior’s Farm (2014 Remaster) (04:22)
15. Wings – Sally G (2014 Remaster) (03:40)
16. Wings – Walking In The Park With Eloise (2014 Remaster) (03:09)
17. Wings – Bridge On The River Suite (2014 Remaster) (03:11)
18. Wings – My Carnival (2014 Remaster) (03:59)
19. Wings – Going To New Orleans (My Carnival) (2014 Remaster) (02:07)
20. Wings – Hey Diddle (Ernie Winfrey Mix) (2014 Remaster) (03:51)
21. Wings – Let’s Love (2014 Remaster) (02:05)
22. Wings – Soily (2014 Remaster/From “One Hand Clapping”) (03:57)
23. Wings – Baby Face (2014 Remaster/From “One Hand Clapping”) (01:41)
24. Wings – Lunch Box / Odd Sox (2014 Remaster) (03:55)
25. Wings – 4th Of July (2014 Remaster) (03:49)
26. Wings – Rock Show (Old Version) (2014 Remaster) (07:09)
27. Wings – Letting Go (Single Edit) (2014 Remaster) (03:34)

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