Paul McCartney’s 5 Greatest Albums Outside of the Beatles

So yesterday I started a countdown of Paul's five greatest albums outside of the Beatles and named Venus and Mars number five. Again, I am looking at the albums with the best songs from beginning to finish and not necessarily the albums with the biggest hits. Tonight, I am continuing the countdown with album number four.

4) Tug of War

This album was released in early 1982, on the heels of the horrific murder of John Lennon. It was also largely the first album that Paul dropped the Wings thing and released this as a solo album after a multitude of band member changes. This was also the last album that he recorded with Denny Laine, who was the only constant member of Wings other than Paul & Linda. This album clearly had some of Paul’s best work and the title track was a master in itself. ‘Here Today’ was a beautiful tribute to his musical soulmate John and ‘The Pound is Sinking’ was an awesome song about the economy at the time. ‘Ballroom Dancing’ was a very catchy tune and a whole lotta fun and then to top all of that off, he got a little help from this unknown drummer named Ringo to lay some drum tacks for two other great songs on the record, ‘Take it Away’ and ‘Wanderlust’. Then of course you have the big hit ‘Ebony & Ivory,’ which wasn’t his best hit ever, but it was still a really good song. Other than that, I would say the majority of the rest of the album is pretty good. There was only one stinker on the album, ‘Dress Me Up as a Robber;’ however, that was easy to overlook due to the awesomeness of the rest of the album. If you love Paul and don't have this album in your arsenal, you are doing yourself a disservice for sure.