McCartney Gets Back, Way Back

McCartney's new album takes a trip down memory lane. Songs like “It’s Only a Paper Moon” & “Bye Bye Blackbird” grace the new album. This might be one CD I need to have. Hope it's good!






NYT
By STEPHEN HOLDEN, NATE CHINEN and BEN RATLIFF
Published: February 6, 2012

McCartney Gets Back, Way Back

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The music on Paul McCartney’s first “standards” album, “Kisses on the Bottom,” floats over you like a light mist on a cool spring morning in an English garden as the sun glints through the haze. You want to inhale the fresh air, taste the fragrance of buds blooming, as the sky clears to a serene deep blue. Mr. McCartney exudes the unassuming charm of a country gentleman in a good mood, sitting on the grass and whistling to himself.

“Kisses on the Bottom” breaks the mold of the typical standards album by a rock performer. Far from a solemn, self-conscious act of reclamation, it is more a jaunty tip of the hat to the pop music of his parents’ generation. Every element of the album, produced by Tommy LiPuma, contributes to the feel of a perfectly fitted, custom-tailored suit. The rhythm arrangements by Diana Krall, who plays piano on most of the cuts, have a crispy, airy bounce. In addition to members of Ms. Krall’s band, the guest guitarist John Pizzarelli gives his instrument a buoyant, ukulelelike sound
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/arts/music/a-new-album-from-paul-mccartney.html