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Released to widespread critical acclaim, and earning Paul three Grammy nominations, Chaos And Creation In The Backyard saw McCartney hand over production to the R.E.M and Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich. “When Paul and I got together we had a common goal,” said Godrich. “We wanted to make a great album that was true to Paul. I think that’s exactly what we did.” “We really made a lot of it up as we went along,” added Paul. “I’d try something and if it didn’t work I’d try something else until it did. It was like making a go-cart in the backyard.” Featuring a black-and-white cover image, taken by his brother Mike, of a young Paul absentmindedly strumming a guitar in his back garden, and with a song inspired by George Harrison (‘Friends To Go’), it’s a deeply personal collection of songs enhanced by Godrich’s fairly stark production. It also features ‘How Kind Of You’, which was triggered by Paul’s love of language. “I suddenly started to notice that posh British people not only have a different accent, they have a different vocabulary. There’s a gentility to it,” Paul recounts. “So it’s all written from the point of view of a rather genteel language and me examining this way of putting the same thoughts.”
Last updated on June 3, 2019
Special editions
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (Japanese edition)
By Paul McCartney • Official album
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (Limited Edition - Gold LP)
By Paul McCartney • Official album
Chaos And Creation In The Backyard (Special Edition)
By Paul McCartney • Official album
Chaos And Creation In The Backyard Interview Disc
By Paul McCartney • Official album
By Paul McCartney • 7" Single
By Paul McCartney • CD Single
Related singles
By Paul McCartney • 7" Single
By Paul McCartney • CD Single
By Paul McCartney • CD Single
By Paul McCartney • 7" Single
By Paul McCartney • 7" Single
By Paul McCartney • CD Single
By Paul McCartney • CD Single
Related bootlegs
Chaos And Creation In The Backyard - Ultimate Archive Collection
By Paul McCartney • Unofficial album
Chronicles in the Backyard Disc 1
By Paul McCartney • Unofficial album
Chronicles in the Backyard Disc 2
By Paul McCartney • Unofficial album
Chronicles in the Backyard Disc 3
By Paul McCartney • Unofficial album
Chronicles in the Backyard Disc 4
By Paul McCartney • Unofficial album
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Unreleased song
Related films
2005 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Simon Hilton
2005 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Simon Hilton
2005 • For Paul McCartney
2005 • For Paul McCartney
Related Concerts, TV & radio shows
Shows: 37 • Countries: 2
Sep 15, 2005 • USA • Miami • Hit Factory Studio • TV show
Sep 10, 2005 • USA • Miami
Aug 29, 2005 • United Kingdom • Radio show
Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road
Jul 28, 2005 • United Kingdom • London • Abbey Road Studios, Studio 2
Jul 27, 2005 • United Kingdom • London • Abbey Road Studios • Radio show
Related sessions
"Chaos And Creation In The Backyard" first sessions
September 2003 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
"Chaos And Creation In The Backyard" sessions #2
April 2004 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Overdubs for "Riding To Vanity Fair"
April 2004 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
"Chaos And Creation In The Backyard" sessions #3
September 2004 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
"Chaos And Creation In The Backyard" sessions #4
October 2004 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Overdubs for "Growing Up Falling Down", "Jenny Wren"
Oct 25, 2004 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Chaos And Creation In The Backyard sessions #5
November 2004 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Overdubs for "Riding To Vanity Fair"
January 2005 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Chaos And Creation In The Backyard sessions #6
April 2005 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Related interviews
Paul McCartney talks tone, taste and why he wasn't allowed to play his Les Paul on his new album
November 2005 • From GuitarPlayer
Oct 20, 2005 • From RollingStone
October 2005 • From Bass Player
Yesterday and today - MACCA His Biggest Interview In Years
October 2005 • From Record Collector
Sep 18, 2005 • From The Guardian
Paul McCartney - Chaos And Creation In The Backyard
Sep 03, 2005 • From Billboard
July 2005 • From EMI
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Hello,
I've been looking through your albums list and have noticed (or overlooked) several omissions. These relate to the Hear Music reissues of Off The Ground, Run Devil Run, Driving Rain, Chaos And Creation In The Backyard. I noticed that the Archive Collection releases are included, so assumed thet the Hear Music one would be too.
Hi @Mark, thanks for the suggestions ; I'm adding that to my (too long) to-do list !