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Flaming Pie by Paul McCartney

Flaming Pie

Release Date: 1/1/1997

Recording Date: 5/1997

Tracks: 14

Length: 00:53:02 Hrs

Label: EMI Music Distribution

Type: CD,CS,LP

Genre/Styles:
Adult Contemporary, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Vocals, England

Album Tracks (14)

Song Title
Length
1.
The Song We Were Singing
03:52
2.
The World Tonight
04:03
3.
If You Wanna
04:36
4.
Somedays
04:11
5.
Young Boy
03:54
6.
Calico Skies
02:29
7.
Flaming Pie
02:27
8.
Heaven on a Sunday
04:26
9.
Used to Be Bad
04:08
10.
Souvenir
03:38
11.
Little Willow
02:55
12.
Really Love You
05:14
13.
Beautiful Night
05:03
14.
Great Day
02:06

What the Critics Say

According to Paul McCartney, working on the BeatlesAnthology project inspired him to record an album that was stripped-back, immediate, and fun, one less studied and produced than most of his recent work. In many ways, Flaming Pie fulfills those goals. A largely acoustic collection of simple songs, Flaming Pie is direct and unassuming, and at its best, it recalls the homely charm of McCartney and Ram. McCartney still has a tendency to wallow in trite sentiment, and his more ambitious numbers, like the string-drenched epic "Beautiful Night" or the silly Beatlesque psychedelia of "Flaming Pie," fall a little flat. But when he works on a small scale, as on the waltzing "The Song We Were Singing," "Calico Skies," "Great Day," and "Little Willow," he's gently affecting, and the moderately rocking pop of "The World Tonight" and "Young Boy" is more ingratiating than the pair of aimless bluesy jams with Steve Miller. Even with the filler, which should be expected on any McCartney album, Flaming Pie is one of his most successful latter-day efforts, mainly because McCartney is at his best when he doesn't try so hard and lets his effortless melodic gifts rise to the surface. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

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