Band On The Run: 25th Anniversary Edition by Paul McCartney (CD, Feb-1999, 2 Discs, Capitol/EMI Records)

Album Features
UPC:	724349917620
Artist:	Paul McCartney
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1999
Record Label:	Capitol/EMI Records
Genre:	Rock & Pop
Number Of Discs:	2

Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Band on the Run
2. Jet
3. Bluebird
4. Mrs. Vandebilt
5. Let Me Roll It
6. Mamunia
7. No Words
8. Helen Wheels
9. Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)
10. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five

DISC 2:
1. Dialogue Intro / Band On The Run - (Nicely Toasted mix)
2. Band On The Run / Dialogue Link I - (original)
3. Band on the Run
4. Dialogue Link II / Mamunia / Denny Laine (Dialogue) / Mamunia / Linda McCartney (Dialogue) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link III) - (original, original)
5. Bluebird (live version - Australia 1975)
6. Bluebird / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 4) - (original)
7. Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 5) / No Words / Geoff Emerick (Dialogue) - (original)
8. No Words / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 6) / Tony Visconti (Dialogue) / Band On The Run / Tony Visconti - (original, original, dialogue)
9. Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 7) / Jet (Original From Picasso's Last Words) / Al Coury (Dialogue)
10. Jet (Berlin soundcheck - 3rd Sept. 1993)
11. Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 8) / Clive Arrowsmith (Dialogue)
12. Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five (Original) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 9) / James Coburn (Dialogue) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 10) / John Conteh (Dialogue)
13. Mrs. Vanderbilt (Original) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 11) / Kenny Lynch (Dialogue)
14. Let Me Roll It / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 12) (Cardington Rehearsal - 5th February 1993)
15. Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 13) / Mrs. Vanderbilt / Linda McCartney (Band On The Run Photo Shoot) (Dialogue) / Michael Parkinson (Dialogue)
16. Helen Wheels (Crazed) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue link 14) / Christopher Lee (Dialogue)
17. Band On The Run / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 15) / Clement Freud (Dialogue)
18. Picasso's Last Words (Original) / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 16) / Dustin Hoffman (Dialogue)
19. Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me) - (acoustic version)
20. Band On The Run / Paul McCartney (Dialogue Link 17)
21. Band on the Run

Details
Playing Time:	96 min.
Producer:	Paul McCartney, Eddy Pumer
Distributor:	EMI Music Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
This deluxe edition of BAND ON THE RUN contains the original album with superbly remastered sound, a detailed booklet, and a bonus disc that features dialogue from and interviews with the band, as well as some live recordings and alternate takes of songs from the album. Includes original album artwork, song lyrics, and a color photo insert in a deluxe slipcase.Paul McCartney/Paul McCartney & Wings/Wings (Paul McCartney): Paul McCartney (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass instrument, drums); Denny Laine (guitar, percussion, background vocals); Linda McCartney (keyboards, background vocals).Additional personnel: Howie Casey (saxophone).Neither the rustic Wild Life nor the slick AOR flourishes of Red Rose Speedway earned Paul McCartney much respect, so he made the self-consciously ambitious Band on the Run partially to rebuke his critics. On the surface, Band on the Run appears to be constructed as a song cycle in the vein of Abbey Road, but subsequent listens reveal that there are only passing similarities between the two albums. Some of this is quite showy, particularly the whimsical mini-suite of the title track and the surging surrealism of "Jet," but some of the most enduring moments are simpler, like the sunny acoustic "Bluebird" and rocking, rolling "Helen Wheels." Sometimes McCartney's whimsy is a little strong, but song for song Band on the Run is always enjoyable, whether McCartney is running through "Picasso's Last Words" or responding to John Lennon's "How Do You Sleep" taunts with "Let Me Roll It." ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Editorial Reviews
5 stars out of 5 -- BAND ON THE RUN is still magisterial, for its melodies, invention and sheer confidence....Genuinely great.
Uncut

4 stars out of 5 -- [T]he album saw the long-overdue return of Paul's creative focus, from the urgency of 'Jet' to the subtle jazz of 'Bluebird'...
Record Collector

...Acclaimed as Wings' finest...and the title track is unquestionably fine...
Mojo

4 stars out of 5 -- [The songs] remain some of McCartney's deftest pop creations, none more so than the irresistible, three-part drama of the title track...
Mojo

...Even Lennon once called it 'a great album'. Its multi-faceted big-band rock has withstood the test of time, posturing firm like an iceberg of creative brilliance...
CMJ (20000320)

Ranked #75 in Q's 100 Greatest British Albums - ...A joyous, moving, occasionally daft album, a transatlantic chart-topper which sold over 6 million...
Q (20000601)