MCCARTNEY PAUL/WILD LIFE (50TH ANNIVERSARY) HALF SPEED LP

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FOLLOWING THE ECLECTIC CHARM AND INTIMACY OF 1970S SOLO MCCARTNEY AND 1971S HOMESPUN LO-FI INDIE-POP PROGENITOR RAM CREDITED TO PAUL AND LINDA MCCARTNEY WILD LIFE FOUND PAUL ONCE AGAIN REDEFINING HIS POST-BEATLES CREATIVE IDENTITY THIS TIME BEGINNING HIS TENURE AS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF WINGS. A ROLLICKING LEFT TURN FROM ITS PREDECESSORS WILD LIFE WAS RECORDED IN BARELY MORE THAN A WEEK WITH MORE THAN HALF OF THE SONGS CAPTURED IN A SINGLE TAKE. THE END RESULT WOULD BE EIGHT SONGS RUNNING THE GAMUT FROM JOYOUS FREEWHEELING JAMS TO PROTO-CHAMBER POP TO SPARE INTROSPECTIVE MUSINGS ALL BRISTLING WITH A RAW JAGGED ENERGY AKIN TO THE GRUNGIEST OF GARAGE BANDSWHETHER ON THE CAREENING BLUES-ROCK RAVE-UP OF OPENER MUMBO A REGGAE-TINGED REIMAGINING OF MICKEY SYLVIAS LOVE IS STRANGE OR THE PLAINTIVE AND HEART WRENCHING BALLAD DEAR FRIEND.