Label: Toshiba Records (Japan), TOCP-3135
Style: Rock, Pop Rock, Classic Rock
Country: Liverpool, England (18 June 1942)
Time: 41:10
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 270 Mb
Charts: UK #1, AUS #2, BEL #3, GER #1, NLD #1, NOR #1, NZ #4, SWE #1, US #1. UK, CAN & FRA: Gold; AUS & US: Platinum.
Following
the release of the solo album McCartney II, McCartney's band Wings
regrouped in July and October 1980 to rehearse several songs which later
appeared on Tug of War and Pipes of Peace. Feeling the need for
direction, McCartney called upon his former producer, George Martin, to
begin recording a song written for the animated Rupert Bear character
(to which McCartney acquired the film rights in 1970), titled "We All
Stand Together", among others. The productive sessions continued until 9
December, the morning McCartney woke up to discover his former
songwriting partner and fellow ex-Beatle, John Lennon, had been shot and
killed in New York City the previous night. Abandoning that day's
session (in which he and Denny Laine were recording future B-side
"Rainclouds") part-way through, both Martin and McCartney felt it was
best to leave the project for the time being and start anew once they
were ready.
In February 1981, two months after Lennon's death,
McCartney resumed the sessions, recording that month with Stevie Wonder,
Stanley Clarke, Carl Perkins and Ringo Starr, and laying down several
songs in the process. The sessions were held at AIR Studios in
Montserrat, in the Caribbean, and lasted from 3 February to 2 March,
ending with "Ebony and Ivory" and "What's That You're Doing", two songs
featuring Stevie Wonder. 10cc guitarist Eric Stewart also became a
frequent collaborator of McCartney during this period. Further sessions
were undertaken that summer at Martin's AIR studios in Oxford Street,
London. The sessions were so productive that several resulting tracks
were held over for McCartney's next album, Pipes of Peace, which
followed in 1983. The rest of 1981 was spent in a quiet fashion, with
McCartney and Martin giving the finishing touches to the album.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tug_of_War_(Paul_McCartney_album))
01. Tug Of War (04:22)
02. Take It Away (04:16)
03. Somebody Who Cares (03:19)
04. What's That You're Doing? (06:22)
05. Here Today (02:28)
06. Ballroom Dancing (04:08)
07. The Pound Is Sinking (02:55)
08. Wanderlust (03:49)
09. Get It (02:28)
10. Be What You See (Link) (00:33)
11. Dress Me Up As A Robber (02:42)
12. Ebony And Ivory (03:42)
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