Flowers in the Dirt

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Enlivened and challenged by his songwriting collaboration with Elvis Costello, who cowrote three songs here, McCartney made one of his best albums of the 1980s with Flowers in the Dirt. The Costello tracks, "My Brave Face," "You Want Her, Too," and "That Day Is Done," are complex and acerbic, qualities rarely applied to songs penned by McCartney alone. Yet Sir Paul rises to the occasion on "Put It There," a touching remembrance of his father, and some of his best pop-rockers in a while, such as "This One," "Figure of Eight," and "Rough Ride." --Daniel Durchholz

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Flowers in the Dirt

Average customer rating: Best Solo McCartney album FLowers Paul can bring these flowers anytime not happy Still Beatlesque, but full Sir Paul also... Great album!

Flowers in the Dirt Paul McCartney Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Off the Ground Flaming Pie Tug Of War Driving Rain Run Devil Run ASIN: B000002UUM Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. My Brave Face
2. Rough Ride
3. You Want Her Too
4. Distractions
5. We Got Married
6. Put It There
7. Figure Of Eight
8. This One
9. Don't Be Careless Love
10. That Day Is Done
11. How Many People
12. Motor Of Love
13. Ou Est Le Soleil

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Enlivened and challenged by his songwriting collaboration with Elvis Costello, who cowrote three songs here, McCartney made one of his best albums of the 1980s with Flowers in the Dirt. The Costello tracks, "My Brave Face," "You Want Her, Too," and "That Day Is Done," are complex and acerbic, qualities rarely applied to songs penned by McCartney alone. Yet Sir Paul rises to the occasion on "Put It There," a touching remembrance of his father, and some of his best pop-rockers in a while, such as "This One," "Figure of Eight," and "Rough Ride." --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews:

Best Solo McCartney album.......2007-06-17

I just love this album, a great mix of old and new styles from Paul McCartney. If there is any post-Beatles McCartney albums you need to have then this is the one, even over Band on the Run (the classic Wings album, but over rated in my opinion). In many ways you can almost hear perhaps what the Beatles could have sounded if they had lasted together until 1990. Elvis Costello's influence is huge however, and the partnership honed the best out of Paul, just as Lennon and Harrison did in the 60s. Great clean production and great sounding tracks - top marks for this one Paul!

FLowers.......2007-01-29

Sacherine trivia
With the exception of the costello collaberations,this album misses the point by a country mile
I'm amazed at the majority of reviews here-obviously from McCartney fans.

The dedication to Chico Mendes is really a new low in McCartney lyric writing -trite,vacantly sentimental,and so loose in its generalizations
that I found it,frankly,embarassing !
McCartney's best work,Beatles apart,is his McCartney II album
and Band On The Run and Venus aand Mars

Otherwise,listen to to almost any other copyist to get better work than this sentimental slush.

Paul can bring these flowers anytime.......2007-01-24

I finally got tired of listening to the cassette version I bought -- wow, was it almost 18 years ago? Yikes. I know it's a cliche, but like wine, this album just gets better with age. The collaborations Paul made with Elvis Costello and so many other good musicians sound even better through the years.

One thing you'll notice, if you've been buying most of Paul's CDs like I have, is the strength of Paul's voice on this album. He is at his peak here, and still has a great range I don't hear on his latest, "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard." The combo of his voice, Elvis Costello's work and superb instrumentals just knock you out, especially if you haven't heard it in a while.

I'm not saying "Chaos" isn't a good CD, it has to rely more on his musicianship than vocals and I'm not sure yet that "Fine Line" and some of the other songs will stand the test of time. But of course, true Sir Paul fans won't really care, will we?

To sum it all up, this is Paul's best 1980s album and one of the top four in his solo career. Buy it!!!! You won't be sorry.

not happy.......2007-01-12

Sorry i even thought this would be any good, maybe one cut was any good and i gave that 1 star.

Still Beatlesque, but full Sir Paul also... Great album!.......2006-10-26

This is one of my "MUST HAVE 100 albums". A good friend of mine sent me the LP version from Spain a long time ago, as soon as it was put for sale at the record shop shelves in Madrid. Even when Paul McCartney cannot deny being still under the shadows of Beatles' influence, this album has terrific music, and really beautiful songs like "This One" and "Put It There" (a small musical jewel!). "Figures Of Eight", "My Brave Face", "Rough Ride" and even "We Got Married" bring the part of excellent PMcC Rock. Definitely one of McCartney's best!

Average customer rating: Simple at Best Not as good as other solo albums Very good album but overproduced: Costello adds edge The Loveliest Thing I've Seen All Day Flowers Grow

Flowers In The Dirt Paul McCartney Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Classic Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Press to Play London Town McCartney II Tug of War At The Speed Of Sound ASIN: B00000721G Release Date: 1993-08-16

Tracks:

1. My Brave Face
2. Rough Ride
3. You Want Her Too
4. Distractions
5. We Got Married
6. Put It There
7. Figure of Eight
8. This One
9. Don't Be Careless Love
10. That Day Is Done
11. How Many People
12. Motor of Love
13. Que Est le Soleil
14. Back on My Feet [*]
15. Flying to My Home [*]
16. Loveliest Thing [*]

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Reissue of the Original Album with My Brave Face / Put it There / this One / Ou Est Le Soleil / Rough Ride / Figure of Eight and More, plus Three Bonus Tracks Added: Back on My Feet / Flying to My Home / Loveliest Thing.

Customer Reviews:

Simple at Best.......2007-04-26

Paul is gifted, Paul is married. I'm glad he told us about it in his song "We Got Married". "Rough ride" is regular for me. "Figure of Eight", one could have an imagination with this one. Again, a real rocker.
"That day is done" is clearly a lesson to be heard. "How Many People" doesn't lack any concern for life and it's privilege. I'm rocked!
"My Brave Face" was definitely welcomed and submerged in my thoughts and as a mind of it's own. Lets face it, Paul is great by magnitude and structure. Even it's own develoment. His songs support an interesting vision. Lets get on with it.

Not as good as other solo albums.......2006-10-29

This product was purchased because the original one was almost 20 years old. Although better than both the Pipes of Peace and Flaming Pie albums, not as good as McCartney II or Tug of War albums.

Very good album but overproduced: Costello adds edge.......2005-10-26

While I'm a big fan of evrything Beatles and their individual branches, I feel that Sir Paul just went a little too far with the production of this collection. One very bright positive aspect was the addition of Elvis Costello to the mix. He definitely added some edge to the songwriting results as well as quite possibly pushing Mr. McCartney to take his songs off in a somewhat fresher direction. Paul McCartney is immensely talented and sometimes underrated songwriter musician and even his sub-apr works shine brighter than most.

The Loveliest Thing I've Seen All Day.......2005-07-09

As for most other classic artists, the 80s were a tough time for Paul McCartney. Starting with McCartney II in 1980 things had only gone downhill for him both artistically and commercially, with the exception of Tug of War and a few hit singles in the early part of the decade. Add to that the fact that he hadn't toured in ten years and you can see why, by the time 1989 rolled around, Paul needed to reassert himself in the public consciousness. He needed a comeback. And a comeback he had indeed, releasing his best album in years and embarking on a record-breaking world tour. The album was 1989's Flowers in the Dirt.

As I've observed elsewhere, Paul has a disposition to benefit from collaboration. Over the past decade he had tried on a number of collaborators - Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, and Eric Stewart to name a few - but they pale in comparison to his partnership with Elvis Costello which debuted on Flowers in the Dirt. Playing a role similar to John's in Lennon-McCartney, Elvis provided a pessimism and edge to Paul's innate upbeat tunefulness. This is nowhere more apparent than on You Want Her Too, a Getting Better-esque duet that sees a romantic Paul go it head-to-head with a bitter, sneering Costello. And the instantaneous, hook-laden My Brave Face may be THE highlight.

But don't think for a moment that Paul wasn't competent on his own. His collaboration with Elvis not only produced some great tunes but fuelled his individual songwriting fire, inviting him to square with the results of this synergy. Whether in communion or on his own, Flowers in the Dirt features both some of Paul's most accessible and most mature song-craft, particularly in the lyrical department. Supported by the band that would accompany him on his world tour the record is meticulously arranged, with dense layering of guitars and keyboards. So saying, it's admittedly tied to its time - there are a few places where a, well, less "80s" take would have benefited the material favourably. In addition, it also runs out of steam toward the end, closing UNfavourably on the experimental Ou Est le Soleil.

In spite of all complaints however Flowers in the Dirt remains polished, professional, and one of Paul's very best. And quite apart from objective quality, it is very special to me for personal reasons I won't elaborate on here. So Flowers in the Dirt may not be the best or most significant album in Paul's catalogue (though it's definitely up there); but for me it may be his most important.

NOTES FOR THE REMASTERED PAUL MCCARTNEY COLLECTION:

Flowers in the Dirt has the best bonus tracks of any PMcC edition I've yet seen. The McCartney-MacManus Back on My Feet, soaring (pun intended) Flying to My Home, and romantic Loveliest Thing are every bit as good as, even better than, anything on the album proper.

Flowers Grow.......2005-06-26

Flowers In The Dirt was a rebirth for Paul McCartney. After tripping through most of the 80's, he came back strong in 1989 with his best album since 82's Tug of War. He also formed a songwriting partnership with Elvis Costello. Though on the surface it may have seemed like an odd paring, but Mr. Costello's acerbic, snarky writing style is similar to another writing partner of his, John Lennon. Their three songs, the single, "My Brave Face", "You Want Her Too" a fabulous duet between the two and "That Day Is Done" are great songs. Mr. McCartney seems to be reinvigorated and the rest of the album is first rate. "Rough Ride" is a good pop song, "We Got Married" (with some good guitar work by David Gilmour) is a powerful song, "Put It There" is a tender song about his late father, "Figure Of Eight" is a keyboard workout (played by ex-Cars keyboardist Greg Hawkes) and "How Many People" is a reggae flavored song about world unity. Flowers In The Dirt was his biggest seller in years (although it only peaked at number 21 on the charts) and Mr. McCartney used it as the basis for his first US Tour since 1976.

Average customer rating: Best Solo McCartney album FLowers Paul can bring these flowers anytime not happy Still Beatlesque, but full Sir Paul also... Great album!

Flowers In The Dirt ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Classic Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Off the Ground Flaming Pie Tug Of War Driving Rain Run Devil Run ASIN: B00000721F Release Date: 1996-05-07

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Enlivened and challenged by his songwriting collaboration with Elvis Costello, who cowrote three songs here, McCartney made one of his best albums of the 1980s with Flowers in the Dirt. The Costello tracks, "My Brave Face," "You Want Her, Too," and "That Day Is Done," are complex and acerbic, qualities rarely applied to songs penned by McCartney alone. Yet Sir Paul rises to the occasion on "Put It There," a touching remembrance of his father, and some of his best pop-rockers in a while, such as "This One," "Figure of Eight," and "Rough Ride." --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews:

Best Solo McCartney album.......2007-06-17

I just love this album, a great mix of old and new styles from Paul McCartney. If there is any post-Beatles McCartney albums you need to have then this is the one, even over Band on the Run (the classic Wings album, but over rated in my opinion). In many ways you can almost hear perhaps what the Beatles could have sounded if they had lasted together until 1990. Elvis Costello's influence is huge however, and the partnership honed the best out of Paul, just as Lennon and Harrison did in the 60s. Great clean production and great sounding tracks - top marks for this one Paul!

FLowers.......2007-01-29

Sacherine trivia
With the exception of the costello collaberations,this album misses the point by a country mile
I'm amazed at the majority of reviews here-obviously from McCartney fans.

The dedication to Chico Mendes is really a new low in McCartney lyric writing -trite,vacantly sentimental,and so loose in its generalizations
that I found it,frankly,embarassing !
McCartney's best work,Beatles apart,is his McCartney II album
and Band On The Run and Venus aand Mars

Otherwise,listen to to almost any other copyist to get better work than this sentimental slush.

Paul can bring these flowers anytime.......2007-01-24

I finally got tired of listening to the cassette version I bought -- wow, was it almost 18 years ago? Yikes. I know it's a cliche, but like wine, this album just gets better with age. The collaborations Paul made with Elvis Costello and so many other good musicians sound even better through the years.

One thing you'll notice, if you've been buying most of Paul's CDs like I have, is the strength of Paul's voice on this album. He is at his peak here, and still has a great range I don't hear on his latest, "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard." The combo of his voice, Elvis Costello's work and superb instrumentals just knock you out, especially if you haven't heard it in a while.

I'm not saying "Chaos" isn't a good CD, it has to rely more on his musicianship than vocals and I'm not sure yet that "Fine Line" and some of the other songs will stand the test of time. But of course, true Sir Paul fans won't really care, will we?

To sum it all up, this is Paul's best 1980s album and one of the top four in his solo career. Buy it!!!! You won't be sorry.

not happy.......2007-01-12

Sorry i even thought this would be any good, maybe one cut was any good and i gave that 1 star.

Still Beatlesque, but full Sir Paul also... Great album!.......2006-10-26

This is one of my "MUST HAVE 100 albums". A good friend of mine sent me the LP version from Spain a long time ago, as soon as it was put for sale at the record shop shelves in Madrid. Even when Paul McCartney cannot deny being still under the shadows of Beatles' influence, this album has terrific music, and really beautiful songs like "This One" and "Put It There" (a small musical jewel!). "Figures Of Eight", "My Brave Face", "Rough Ride" and even "We Got Married" bring the part of excellent PMcC Rock. Definitely one of McCartney's best!

Average customer rating:

Flowers In The Dirt - CD Set Paul McCartney Manufacturer: Parlophone ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000008IAH

Average customer rating:

Flowers In The Dirt + 6 Bonus Tracks Paul McCartney ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items: Memory Almost Full [Deluxe Limited Edition] Venus and Mars ASIN: B000RAFUPS

Product Description

Import. Two albums on one CD. 01. My Brave Face 02. Rough Ride 03. You Want Her Too 04. Distractions 05. We Got Married 06. Put It There 07. Figure Of Eight 08. This One 09. Don't Be Careless Love 10. That Day Is Done 11. How Many People 12. Motor Of Love 13. Ou Est Le Soleil 14. Back On My Feet 15. Flying To My Home 16. Loveliest Thing 17. It's Not True 18. Tough On A Tightrope

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