juni 13, 2023

Wings - Venus And Mars (LP) (1975) – €10,00

No comments  

posted by ad-vinylrecords.com


Venus and Mars is the fourth studio album by the British–American rock band Wings, and the sixth album by Paul McCartney after the break-up of the Beatles in 1970. Released in May 1975 as the follow-up to Band on the Run, Venus and Mars continued Wings’ run of commercial success and provided a springboard for a year-long worldwide tour. 
The album was McCartney’s first post-Beatles album to be released worldwide by Capitol Records rather than Apple.

After recording Band on the Run as a three-piece with wife Linda McCartney and guitarist Denny Laine, McCartney recruited guitarist Jimmy McCulloch and drummer Geoff Britton to the band in 1974. Recording sessions for the album took place in London, New Orleans and Los Angeles in November 1974 and early 1975. 
During the sessions, personal tensions caused Britton to quit after six months, forcing the band to recruit American drummer Joe English to finish the album.

Preceded by the single “Listen to What the Man Said“, Venus and Mars peaked at number 1 in the US, the UK and other countries around the world. It also received mostly favourable reviews from music critics but was ultimately considered inferior to its predecessor.

This faux-democracy isn’t what signals that this is a band effort — it’s the attitude, construction, and pacing, which McCartney acknowledges as much, opening with an acoustic title track that’s a salute to arena rock, leading to a genuine arena rock anthem, “Rock Show.” 
From that, it’s pretty much rocking pop tunes, paced with a couple of ballads and a little whimsy, all graced with a little of the production flair that distinguished Band on the Run. 
But where that record was clearly a studio creation and consciously elaborate, this is a straightforward affair where the sonic details are simply window dressing. McCartney doesn’t really try anything new, but the songs are a little more varied than the uniform, glossy production would suggest; he dips into soft-shoe music hall shuffle on “You Gave Me the Answer,” gets a little psychedelic with “Spirits of Ancient Egypt,” kicks out a ’50s rock & roll groove with “Magento and Titanium Man,” and unveils a typically sweet and lovely melody on “Listen to What the Man Said.” 
These are a slight shifts on an album that certainly feels like the overture for the arena rock tour that it was, which makes it one of McCartney‘s more consistent listens, even though it’s possible to scan the song listing after several listens and not recognize any song outside of “Listen to What the Man Said” and the opening medley by title.


Side one
1.  Venus and Mars  (1:20)
2.  Rock Show  (5:31)
3.  Love in Song  (3:04)
4.  You Gave Me the Answer   (2:15)
5.  Magneto and Titanium Man   (3:16)
6.  Letting Go  (4:33)
 
Side two
1.  Venus and Mars (Reprise)  (2:05)
2.  Spirits of Ancient Egypt   (lead vocals by Denny Laine)  (3:04)
3.  Medicine Jar   (lead vocals by Jimmy McCulloch)  (3:37)
4.  Call Me Back Again (4:59)
5.  Listen to What the Man Said (4:01)
6.  Treat Her Gently/Lonely Old People   (4:21)
7.  Crossroads Theme   (1:00)


Companies, etc.
Credits


Notes
Release:  1975
Format:  LP (Gatefold)
Genre:   Rock
Label:   Capitol Records
Catalog#  5C 062-96623

Vinyl:  (Goed) VG
Cover:   (Goed) VG

Prijs: €10,00

0 comments:

Een reactie posten