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It's widely accepted that McCartney was never the serious artiste that Lennon was; he never claimed to be, and more importantly (as this album bears out) never needed to be. This 1976 recording found McCartney and Wings at their peak. It's full of glimmering pop gems more concerned with infectious hooks and unforgettable melodies than social relevance.
The opener "Let 'Em In" is almost childlike in its simplicity, and is effective precisely because of that lack of premeditation. "Cook of the House" and "Wino Junko" are good fun, conveying a loose sense of mirth that's both appealing and contagious. The highlight of the album is the near-manifesto "Silly Love Songs," in which Paul makes a case for the everlasting appeal of said compositions, and after a listen to AT THE SPEED OF SOUND, you can't help but see it his way.
Digitally Remastered Version Of The Wings Album That Includes Let Em In / Beware My Love / Silly Love Songs With 3 Added Tracks: Walking In The Park With Eloise / Bridge On The River Suite / Sally G. The First Two Of Those Tracks Were Performed By.
Recorded at EMI/Abbey Road Studios, England in 1976; Bonus tracks recorded at The Soundshop, Nashville, Tennesse.
Wings: Paul McCartney (vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, drums, percussion); Denny Laine (vocals, acoustic guitar); Jimmy McCulloch (vocals, guitar); Linda McCartney (vocals, keyboards); Joe English (vocals, drums).
Additional personnel: Chet Atkins (electric guitar); Lloyd Green (slide & pedal steel guitar); Bobby Thompson (banjo); Johnny Gimble (fiddle); Bill Puitt (clarinet, saxophone); Thaddeus Richard (saxophone, horns); Norman Ray (baritone saxophone); Don Sheffield, George Tidwell, Barry McDonald (trumpet); Dennis Good, Dale Quillen (trombone); Tony Dorsey, Steve Howard, Howie Casey (horns); Floyd Cramer (piano); Geoff Britton (drums). At The Speed Of Sound Music | List Price | $12.99 (You save $1.20) | | Category | Rock Albums, Pop CDs, Rock/Pop, Gold Discs | | Label | EMI Latin | | Orig Year | 1976 | | All Time Sales Rank |  4423  | | CD Universe Part number | 1246309 | | Catalog number | 789140 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 30, 1998 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Personnel | Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer, Chet Atkins, Johnny Gimble, Lloyd Green, Bobby Thompson, George Tidwell, Howie Casey, Steve Howard, Norman Ray, Dennis Good, Tony Dorsey, Geoff Britton, Thadeus Richard, Don Sheffield, Barry McDonald, Dale Quillen, Bill Puitt | | Additional Info | Bonus Tracks; Holland; United Kingdom |
At The Speed Of Sound Music Review Average Rating: (4.7 out of 5 stars)   Paul wasn't the only talent of this group
I am not Talking about Linda. It was great to know Paul didn't have an incredible ego. Letting everyone in the band have a solo track. Wino Junko next to Medicine Jar(Venus and Mars) were 2 of my favorite Wings songs> Both were sung by Jimmy McCallough not Paul. Denny Lane had great vocals on this CD as well. Paul was brilliant but he always had great talent behind him. It was excellent to hear this CD again. Beware My love has to be one of the best all time rockers. I would love to hear this one live again
Submitted by fab4fan (Wisconsin) 
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 band effort?
well, if you dug enough to find this cd, you are a real wings fan, not because this is a bad record, it is just because it is so underrated that not too many people knows about its existence. Anyway, every member of the most succesful encarnation of wings sings lead at least once. The lp was recorded in a hurry in the middle of the wings 1975 venus and mars world tour and produced by macca, despite all that, it includes some very fine songs, a couple of top 5's, some rockers by paul and the rest are midtempo seventies music, not great but not bad either.
The bonus tracks are all welcome, they belong to a band called "the country hams" created by paul just to release a single.
Submitted by polo gallagher (america)
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Yet another in a beautiful series of grand efforts.
Am I the only one who believes that the catalog of names in "Let 'Em In" is a verbal counterpart to the Sgt. Pepper cover? Anyway, "Time to Hide" and "Beware My Love" hold a rightful place in the Wings hall of fame. Great LP, overall. If I remember correctly, it was about the time of this album that Wings released a single entitled "Seaside Woman" under the name Susie and the Red Stripes, with the lovely Linda singing lead.
Submitted by Gerald (Bakersfield Ca)
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