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All songs written by Paul McCartney except "My Brave Face", "You Want Her Too", "Don't Be Careless Love" and "That Day Is Done" (McCartney/MacManus).
This includes the "Flowers In The Dirt" CD, a family tree poster for the current line-up going back to The Quarrymen days, a tour itinerary, post cards, a bumper sticker and a CD3 of "Party, Party, Party" available only in this set.
FLOWERS IN THE DIRT is arguably McCartney's finest album of the '80s (and '90s, for that matter). A large part of the credit is due to Elvis Costello, who cowrote several of the album's tracks. Costello provided the necessary artistic contrast that had been missing in McCartney's compositional process ever since his parting with Lennon. It doesn't hurt either that McCartney's melodic bass figures are at the heart of many arrangements here, a crucial element lacking in much of his previous solo work.
The Costello collaborations are predictably the strongest offerings: the opening "My Brave Face" is a cheeky, upbeat post-breakup tune, and "You Want Her Too" is an infectious expression of romantic rivalry. McCartney's own tunes are none too shabby, though. The warm, sentimental "Put It There" and the rocking "Figure of Eight" are among the solo-composed standouts.
Engineers: Neil Dorfsman, Steve Lipson, Geoff Emrick, Arne Frager, Jon Kelly, Jon Jacobs, Peter Henderson, Tchad Blake, Ross Cullum.
Personnel: Paul McCartney (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, percussion); Hamish Stuart (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); David Gilmour, Robbie McIntosh (guitar); David Rhodes (E-bow); Elvis Costello (keyboards, background vocals); Mitchell Froom, Trevor Horn (keyboards); Chris Whitten (drums); Linda McCartney (background vocals).
Personnel: Paul McCartney (vocals, bass, guitar, tambourine, percussion, synthesizer, celeste, sitar, harmonium, mellotron, flugelhorn), Elvis Costello (vocals, keyboards), Hamish Stuart (guitar, vocals), Robbie McIntosh, David Gilmour (guitar), David Rhodes (e-bow guitar), Judd Lander (harmonica), Chris Davis, Chris White, Dave Bishop (saxophone), Guy Barker (trumpet), John Taylor, Tony Goddard (cornet), Ian Peters (euphonium), Ian Harper (horn), Nicky Hopkins (piano), Greg Hawks, David Foster, Mitchell Froom, Trevor Horn (keyboards), Steve Lipson (bass, programming, guitar), Dave Mattacks (drums), Chris Whitten (drums, percussion, tambourine), Chris Hughes, Peter Henderson (programming), Linda McCartney (background vocals, miniMoog).
Producers: Paul McCartney, Mitchell Froom, Neil Dorfsman, Trevor Horn, Steve Lipson, Elvis Costello, David Foster, Chris Hughes, Ross Cullum.
Rolling Stone - 3.5 Stars - Very Good
Q - 4 Stars - Excellent Flowers In The Dirt Music | List Price | $16.98 (You save $4.23) | | Category | Rock Albums, Oldies CDs, Rock/Pop | | Label | Capitol / EMI | | Orig Year | 1989 | | All Time Sales Rank |  15882  | | CD Universe Part number | 1108970 | | Catalog number | 91653 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 25, 1990 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Recording Time | 53 minutes | | Personnel | Paul McCartney - vocals, bass, guitar, tambourine, percussion, synthesizer, celeste, sitar, harmonium, mellotron, flugelhorn
David Foster
Nicky Hopkins - piano
Dave Mattacks - drums
Mitchell Froom
Linda McCartney - background vocals, miniMoog
Robbie McIntosh - guitar
Robbie McIntosh - guitar
Chris White
David Rhodes - e-bow guitar
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Flowers In The Dirt Music Flowers In The Dirt Music Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)  Flowers in the Dirt (1989)
Excellent McCartney album. After Paul was doing miserably in the 80's with HORRIBLE albums like Press To Play [86] and Pipes of Peace [83], Flowers in the Dirt was his comeback album and it IS a great album by the way. Some songs do have that late 80s production but most of the songs are timeless classics. I suggest getting the CD with 3 bonus tracks, the 1993 remastered version. It sounds better and has 3 bonus tracks that were singles. Those being Back On My Feet, Flying To My Home and Loveliest Thing. They're not amazing songs but for a dollar more i'll take a few more songs! MCCARTNEY FOREVER!
Submitted by keithsilvers (Wausau, WI, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No A comeback!
After three years without a new record (the longest pause in his career so far), Flowers in the Dirt came out.
The album was a little comback for Paul, after the bad efforts in "Press to Play" and "Give my Regards to Broadstreet".
From the opener "My Brave Face" (co-written by Elvis Castello, like on two other songs on the album) and to the closersong "Motor of Love", Paul shows off in a new and improved souit, with the best album of his, since Tug of War.
Highlights on the album is the cute lightweighter "Put It There", and the cathy poptune "This One".
His "Bruce Springsteen kind'a rocker "Figure of Eight" is injoyebol, like the relaxing "Distractions".
All in all, this album is in a top-five posistion over the greatest albums of his post-beatle career, and is an album that most people would find injoyebol.
A great by!
Submitted by Ramon (Bergen , Norway)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Put It There...In Your Collection
I was a 14-year-old Beatles fan when this album came out. It was just too wimpy for me. The fact that my guitar hero David Gilmour made an appearance on it helped, but all in all I didn't get it. As I turn 30, the songs have a bit more resonance for me today. The "official" review credits much of the quality of this album to the collaboration with Elvis Costello, a "necessary artistic contrast that had been missing in McCartney's compositional process ever since his parting with Lennon". Much as I love Costello, this is a bunk argument, since Paul and John rarely wrote together, despite the "Lennon/McCartney" moniker. This album is Paul regaining his songwriting chops after the unmitigated disaster that was Press to Play.
A worthy addition to the collection of any AC/Pop fan.
Submitted by Keith (Paris, TX USA)
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