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From paulmccartney.com:
The David Kahne-produced Memory Almost Full was Paul’s first album to be released through Starbucks’ Hear Music label. “I actually started Memory Almost Full before the album Chaos And Creation In The Backyard,” Paul remembers. “The first recording session was back in the autumn of 2003 at Abbey Road with my touring band and producer David Kahne. I was right in the middle of it when I began talking with Nigel Godrich about a brand new project [which became Chaos And Creation In The Backyard]. When I was just finishing up everything concerned with Chaos… and had just got the Grammy nominations [in 2006] I realised I had this album to go back to and finish off. So I got it out to listen to it again, wondering if I would enjoy it, but actually I really loved it.” There was a lot of speculation about the album’s title, with many people pointing out that it was an anagram of “for my soulmate LLM” (LLM being Linda Louise McCartney). At first, Paul was enigmatic about whether or not this had influenced his decision, before eventually claiming it to be a mysterious, but happy, accident. It was also a personal album from Paul, one that drew on the past: “A lot of it is retrospective, drawing from memory, like memories from being a kid, from Liverpool and from summers gone.”
Last updated on May 29, 2019
Special editions
Memory Almost Full - 2CD limited edition bonus disc
By Paul McCartney • Official album
Nod Your Head (Dancehall Remixes)
By Paul McCartney • Official album
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By Paul McCartney • CD Single
By Paul McCartney • 7" Single
By Paul McCartney • 7" Single
By Paul McCartney • CD Single
By Paul McCartney • Single
Related bootlegs
Memory Almost Full - Ultimate Archive Collection
By Paul McCartney • Unofficial album
Memory Almost Full Acoustic Teaser 2007
By Paul McCartney • Unofficial album
Related songs
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Related films
2007 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Marco Sandeman
2007 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Michel Gondry
2007 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Phil Griffin
2007 • For Paul McCartney
Related Concerts, TV & radio shows
Oct 25, 2007 • United Kingdom • London • Roundhouse
Oct 22, 2007 • France • Paris • Olympia Hall
Jul 05, 2007 • United Kingdom • London • Institute for Contemporary Arts
Los Angeles • Amoeba Music • USA
Jun 27, 2007 • USA • Los Angeles • Amoeba Music
New York City • Highline Ballroom • USA
Jun 13, 2007 • USA • New York City • Highline Ballroom
Jun 08, 2007 • United Kingdom • London
London • Electric Ballroom • United Kingdom
Jun 07, 2007 • United Kingdom • London • Electric Ballroom
Related sessions
"Memory Almost Full" first sessions
End of February 2004 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Memory Almost Full
Memory Almost Full sessions #2
March 2006 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Memory Almost Full
Memory Almost Full sessions #4
April - July 2006 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Memory Almost Full
"Memory Almost Full" sessions #5
January - February 2007 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Memory Almost Full
Related interviews
Nov 22, 2007 • From Billboard
Q&A: McCartney looks forward with "Memory"
2007 • From Billboard
July 2007 • From Clash
MACCA Memories - "The Summer Of Love could have been Yesterday"
July 2007 • From Record Collector
Interview with The Onion/A.V. Club
Jun 27, 2007 • From The Onion/A.V. Club
Paul McCartney: Living Without Fear
Jun 14, 2007 • From ABC News
When I’m Sixty-four: Paul McCartney Then and Now
Jun 04, 2007 • From The New Yorker
Still Needing, Still Feeding the Muse at 64
Jun 03, 2007 • From The New York Times
David Kahne talks about Memory Almost Full
Jun 01, 2007
May 21, 2007 • From Pitchfork
There is a tunnel and there is light, and I will get there
May 19, 2007 • From The Guardian
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