- UK release date:
- Nov 12, 2001
- US release date:
- Nov 12, 2001
Timeline
More from year 2001
Related sessions
This album has been recorded during the following studio sessions
Feb 16, 2001
Feb 17, 2001
Feb 18, 2001
Feb 19, 2001
Feb 20, 2001
Feb 21, 2001
Feb 25, 2001
Feb 27, 2001
Feb 28, 2001
Mar 02, 2001
Jun 19, 2001
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Track list
Disc 1
1.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:16 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Bass, Electric guitar, Executive producer, Vocals
- Rusty Anderson :
- Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar, Pedal steel guitar
- Abe Laboriel Jr. :
- Drums, Tambourine
- Gabe Dixon :
- Electric piano
- David Kahne :
- Mixing engineer, Organ, Producer
- Mark Dearnley :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Jaime Sickora :
- Assistant engineer
- Kevin Mills :
- Second assistant engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 16, 2001
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studio, Los Angeles
2.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:49 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Executive producer, Piano, Vocals
- Rusty Anderson :
- 12-string electric guitar
- Abe Laboriel Jr. :
- Drums
- Gabe Dixon :
- Piano
- David Kahne :
- Mixing engineer, Producer
- Mark Dearnley :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Jaime Sickora :
- Assistant engineer
- Kevin Mills :
- Second assistant engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 20, 2001
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studio, Los Angeles
3.
Written by Paul McCartney
4:57 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Bass, Drums, Executive producer, Vocals
- Rusty Anderson :
- Electric guitar, Leslie pedal
- Abe Laboriel Jr. :
- Electronic percussion
- Gabe Dixon :
- Hammond organ
- David Kahne :
- Electric guitar, Mixing engineer, Producer
- Mark Dearnley :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Jaime Sickora :
- Assistant engineer
- Kevin Mills :
- Second assistant engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 17, 2001
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studio, Los Angeles
4.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:27 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Bass, Executive producer, Vocals
- Rusty Anderson :
- 12-string electric guitar, Electric guitar
- Abe Laboriel Jr. :
- Drums
- Gabe Dixon :
- Electric piano
- David Kahne :
- Mixing engineer, Producer, Synthesizer
- Mark Dearnley :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Jaime Sickora :
- Assistant engineer
- Kevin Mills :
- Second assistant engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 27, 2001
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studio, Los Angeles
5.
Written by Paul McCartney
2:56 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Bass, Executive producer, Vocals
- Rusty Anderson :
- Electric guitar
- Abe Laboriel Jr. :
- Drums, Tambourine
- Gabe Dixon :
- Piano
- David Kahne :
- Mixing engineer, Orchestral samples, Producer
- Mark Dearnley :
- Recording engineer
- Jaime Sickora :
- Assistant engineer
- Kevin Mills :
- Second assistant engineer
- David Leonard :
- Mixing engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 17, 2001
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studio, Los Angeles
6.
Written by Paul McCartney
4:21 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Electric guitar, Executive producer, Piano, Vocals
- Rusty Anderson :
- Electric guitar
- Abe Laboriel Jr. :
- Drums
- Gabe Dixon :
- Hammond organ
- David Kahne :
- Mixing engineer, Producer
- Mark Dearnley :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Jaime Sickora :
- Assistant engineer
- Kevin Mills :
- Second assistant engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 25, 2001
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studio, Los Angeles
7.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:59 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Bass, Electric guitar, Executive producer, Vocals
- Rusty Anderson :
- Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar
- Abe Laboriel Jr. :
- Drums
- Gabe Dixon :
- Piano
- David Kahne :
- Mixing engineer, Producer, Synthesizer
- Mark Dearnley :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Jaime Sickora :
- Assistant engineer
- Kevin Mills :
- Second assistant engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 25, 2001
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studio, Los Angeles
8.
Written by Paul McCartney
2:55 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Drums, Electric guitar, Executive producer, Percussion, Vocals
- Rusty Anderson :
- Backing vocals, Bass, Pedal steel guitar
- Abe Laboriel Jr. :
- Backing vocals, Drums, Electronic drums
- Gabe Dixon :
- Backing vocals, Hammond organ
- David Kahne :
- Mixing engineer, Producer
- Mark Dearnley :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Jaime Sickora :
- Assistant engineer
- Kevin Mills :
- Second assistant engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 18, 2001
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studio, Los Angeles
9.
Written by Paul McCartney, James McCartney
5:16 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Bass, Electric guitar, Executive producer, Percussion, Vocals
- James McCartney :
- Percussion
- Rusty Anderson :
- Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar, Percussion
- Abe Laboriel Jr. :
- Drums, Percussion
- Gabe Dixon :
- Percussion
- David Kahne :
- Mixing engineer, Piano, Producer
- Mark Dearnley :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Jaime Sickora :
- Assistant engineer
- Kevin Mills :
- Second assistant engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 21, 2001
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studio, Los Angeles
10.
Written by Paul McCartney
2:54 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Electric guitar, Executive producer, Vocals
- Rusty Anderson :
- 12-string electric guitar, Bass
- Abe Laboriel Jr. :
- Drums, Tambourine
- Gabe Dixon :
- Electric piano, Hammond organ
- David Kahne :
- Mixing engineer, Producer
- Mark Dearnley :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Jaime Sickora :
- Assistant engineer
- Kevin Mills :
- Second assistant engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 16, 2001
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studio, Los Angeles
11.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:26 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar, Executive producer, Piano, Vocals
- Rusty Anderson :
- Backing vocals
- Abe Laboriel Jr. :
- Drums
- Gabe Dixon :
- Backing vocals
- David Kahne :
- Mixing engineer, Producer, Strings sampling
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- Ralph Morrison :
- Violin
- Paul Hicks :
- Recording engineer
- Mark Dearnley :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Jaime Sickora :
- Assistant engineer
- Kevin Mills :
- Second assistant engineer
- Session Recording:
- Mar 02, 2001
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studio, Los Angeles
12.
Written by Paul McCartney, James McCartney
4:23 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Electric guitar, Executive producer, Vocals
- James McCartney :
- Electric guitar
- Rusty Anderson :
- Electric guitar
- Abe Laboriel Jr. :
- Drums
- Gabe Dixon :
- Piano
- David Kahne :
- Mixing engineer, Producer
- Mark Dearnley :
- Recording engineer
- Jaime Sickora :
- Assistant engineer
- Kevin Mills :
- Second assistant engineer
- David Leonard :
- Mixing engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 28, 2001
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studio, Los Angeles
13.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:44 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass, Executive producer, Piano, Tambourine, Vocals
- Rusty Anderson :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Electric guitar
- Abe Laboriel Jr. :
- Backing vocals, Drums
- Gabe Dixon :
- Backing vocals, Hammond organ
- David Kahne :
- Mixing engineer, Producer, Strings sampling
- David Campbell :
- Viola
- Matt Funes :
- Viola
- Joel Derouin :
- Violin
- Larry Corbett :
- Cello
- Mark Dearnley :
- Recording engineer
- Jaime Sickora :
- Assistant engineer
- Kevin Mills :
- Second assistant engineer
- David Leonard :
- Mixing engineer
- Session Recording:
- Jun 19, 2001
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studio, Los Angeles
14.
Written by Paul McCartney
4:08 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Bass, Electric guitar, Executive producer, Vocals
- Rusty Anderson :
- 12-string electric guitar, Tampura
- Abe Laboriel Jr. :
- Electronic percussion
- Gabe Dixon :
- Piano
- David Kahne :
- Mixing engineer, Producer, Synthesizer
- Mark Dearnley :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Jaime Sickora :
- Assistant engineer
- Kevin Mills :
- Second assistant engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 16, 2001
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studio, Los Angeles
15.
Written by Paul McCartney
10:13 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Executive producer, Spanish guitar, Vocals
- Rusty Anderson :
- Electric guitar
- Abe Laboriel Jr. :
- Accordion, Drums
- Gabe Dixon :
- Electric piano, Hammond organ, Piano
- David Kahne :
- Mixing engineer, Producer
- Mark Dearnley :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Jaime Sickora :
- Assistant engineer
- Kevin Mills :
- Second assistant engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 19, 2001
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studio, Los Angeles
16.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:34 • Studio version • L1
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Bass, Electric guitar, Vocals
- Rusty Anderson :
- Electric guitar
- Abe Laboriel Jr. :
- Drums
- Gabe Dixon :
- Electric piano
- Eric Clapton :
- Electric guitar
- Will Lee :
- Bass
- Live recording :
- Oct 20, 2001
- Studio :
- Madison Square Garden
- Overdubs :
- Oct 23, 2001
- Studio :
- Quad Studios, New York
About
From Wikipedia:
Driving Rain is the twelvth studio album by Paul McCartney, recorded and released in 2001.
Background
Clearly determined to follow the example of Run Devil Run‘s brisk making, Driving Rain – except for two songs – was cut with David Kahne co-producing in two weeks, starting in February 2001 and with a set of new musicians whom McCartney intended on backing him on tour. The cover of the album featured a photograph taken with a Casio wristwatch that had a built-in camera.
Music and lyrics
Driving Rain features many songs inspired by and written for Heather Mills. “Back in the Sunshine Again” was co-written by McCartney and his son, James. On 11 September 2001, McCartney was sitting on a plane in New York City when the terrorist attacks occurred and was able to witness the events from his seat. Incensed at the tragedy and determined to respond, he composed “Freedom” and helped organise (alongside Harvey Weinstein) The Concert for New York City, a massive all star show at Madison Square Garden on 20 October where “Freedom” was performed to a very receptive audience.
The song “About You” was written for Mills, as thanks for helping McCartney grieving the death of his first wife, Linda McCartney.
Release
In November 2001, Driving Rain was released to generally strong reviews but stunned many with its very low sales. The album sold 66,000 copies in its first week in the US. Perhaps due to the lack of a hit single to support it, Driving Rain peaked at number 46 in the UK, and became McCartney’s lowest-selling album in his homeland. The US reaction was a little stronger, with the album peaking at number 26 and being certified Gold by the RIAA.
Reviewing the album for Uncut magazine, Ian MacDonald noted McCartney’s spontaneous approach to its recording, such that, “In parts (for example, the lengthy closer ‘Rinse The Raindrops’), the results are almost ferocious, coming as close to a McCartney-esque Tin Machine as one could reasonably imagine.” MacDonald considered the more “polished and produced” tracks to be “the most successful“, however, and concluded: “Possibly a grower, this album is certainly better than anything Macca’s done for some while, if not the late masterpiece some of us have been hoping for.”
Impulsively, McCartney halted the pressing of Driving Rain so that “Freedom” could appear as a hidden track (since the artwork had already been printed). The just-released “From a Lover to a Friend” (which only reached number 45 in the UK) was repackaged with “Freedom“, although the single failed to re-chart.
Beginning in April 2002, the Driving USA tour – a significant success which would lead to worldwide tour extensions – was launched.
In May 2007, McCartney said there are those who ascribe “militant” connotations to “Freedom” and, because of this, he had decided to remove the song from his 2007 setlist, while also suggesting that it could possibly return when he next mounted a US tour. About the song, McCartney added: “I thought it was a great sentiment, and immediately post 9/11, I thought it was the right sentiment. But it got hijacked. And it got a bit of a militaristic meaning attached itself to it, and you found Mr. Bush using that kind of idea rather a lot, in a way I felt altered the meaning of the song.” […]
Last updated on October 20, 2015
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