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Tripping the Live Fantastic by Paul McCartney

Tripping the Live Fantastic

Release Date: 10/29/1990

Recording Date: 10/1990

Tracks: 37

Length: 01:05:09 Hrs

Label: Capitol

Type: CD,CS

Genre/Styles:
Contemporary Pop/Rock

Album Tracks (37)

Song Title
Length
1.
Showtime
00:38
2.
Figure of Eight
05:33
3.
Jet
04:02
4.
Rough Ride
04:48
5.
Got to Get You into My Life
03:24
6.
Band on the Run
05:10
7.
Birthday
02:43
8.
Ebony and Ivory
04:01
9.
We Got Married
06:38
10.
Inner City Madness
01:23
11.
Maybe I'm Amazed
04:42
12.
The Long and Winding Road
04:18
13.
Crackin' Up
00:50
14.
The Fool on the Hill
05:01
15.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
06:34
16.
Can't Buy Me Love
02:17
17.
Matchbox
03:07
18.
Put It There
02:44
19.
Together
02:15
20.
Things We Said Today
05:01
21.
Eleanor Rigby
02:36
22.
This One
04:28
23.
My Brave Face
03:09
24.
Back in the U.S.S.R.
03:16
25.
I Saw Her Standing There
03:26
26.
Twenty Flight Rock
03:09
27.
Coming Up
05:18
28.
Sally
02:04
29.
Let It Be
03:53
30.
Ain't That a Shame
02:14
31.
Live and Let Die
03:11
32.
If I Were Not Upon the Stage
00:36
33.
Hey Jude
08:04
34.
Yesterday
02:07
35.
Get Back
04:11
36.
Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End
06:41
37.
Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying
04:31

What the Critics Say

Paul McCartney's return to the stage in 1989 for the Flowers in the Dirt tour was heavily hyped, since it was not only his first extensive tour since the '70s, but also marked the first time he incorporated large portions of the Beatles' catalog into his set list. The double-disc, 37-track Tripping the Live Fantastic documents the tour, and it's a pleasant, if ultimately inconsequential, nostalgia trip that puts the weaknesses of Flowers in the Dirt in a little too sharp relief. In fact, most of McCartney's flaws are on display throughout the album, whether it's his excessive cutesiness (the album opens with Paul and the boys being told "heidy-ho, it's time for the show"), his fondness for oldies, and his persistent desire to charm the daylights out of the entire crowd. Nevertheless, he often does charm the crowd, whether it's through the effortlessly dazzling performances or his thoroughly winning catalog of pop classics. The new songs may pale next to the classics from his Beatles and solo days, and those classics may be delivered in versions that are a little too studied, but Tripping the Live Fantastic is a fine exercise in nostalgia. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

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