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McCartney II was Paul’s first solo album since the formation of Wings in 1971. While its highly electronic style was certainly innovative, its cosily domestic origins were reminiscent of 1970’s McCartney album. (Aptly, the two were reissued at the same time in 2011, as part of the remastered Paul McCartney Archive Collection, with extra audio and video material.) As Paul said at the time, “I made a couple of albums, the normal way you make albums, and I felt like doing it the homemade way again because I quite like recording like that – where I play all the instruments. It’s almost like a hobby to do it that way.” Recorded in the summer of 1979, when the future of Wings remained uncertain, the album was conceived at home on Paul’s farm in Scotland. The first song recorded for the project was ‘Check My Machine’ (eventually included as a B-side on the ‘Waterfalls’ single), inspired by Paul’s experiments with his new equipment. Work on the album was interrupted to make way for what turned out to be Wings’ last tour, but it was finally released in May 1980.
Special editions
By Paul McCartney • 12" Single
By Paul McCartney • 7" Single
By Paul McCartney • Official album
McCartney II (Dolby Atmos - 2022)
By Paul McCartney • Streaming
McCartney II - Archive Collection
By Paul McCartney • Official album
By Paul McCartney • 7" Single
Related singles
By Paul McCartney • 7" Single
By Paul McCartney • 7" Single
By Paul McCartney • 12" Single
McCartney II (Dolby Atmos - 2022)
By Paul McCartney • Streaming
Temporary Secretary / Secret Friend
By Paul McCartney • 12" Single
By Paul McCartney • 7" Single
By Paul McCartney • 7" Single
Related bootlegs
McCartney II - Ultimate Archive Collection
By Paul McCartney • Unofficial album
By Paul McCartney • Unofficial album
By Paul McCartney • Unofficial album
Related songs
Officially appears on McCartney II - Archive Collection
Officially appears on McCartney II - Archive Collection
Officially appears on McCartney II
Officially appears on McCartney II - Archive Collection
Officially appears on Waterfalls / Check My Machine
Officially appears on McCartney II
Officially appears on McCartney II
Officially appears on McCartney II
Officially appears on McCartney II
Officially appears on McCartney II - Archive Collection
Officially appears on McCartney II
Officially appears on McCartney II
Officially appears on McCartney II
Officially appears on McCartney II
Officially appears on McCartney II
Officially appears on McCartney II
Officially appears on McCartney II - Archive Collection
Related films
1980 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Keith McMillan
1980 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Keith McMillan
2011 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Jack McCoy
Related artists
Related sessions
June - July 1979 • Songs recorded during this session appear on McCartney II
September - October 1979 • Songs recorded during this session appear on McCartney II
Overdubs and mixing "Summer's Day Song"
October 1979 • Songs recorded during this session appear on McCartney II
Related interviews
Check His Machine: Paul McCartney Interviewed On McCartney II
Jun 14, 2011 • From The Quietus
Oct 01, 1980 • From Club Sandwich
July 1980 • From The Beatles Monthly Book
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