Pure McCartney (Paul McCartney album)

Pure McCartney is the fourth compilation album by Paul McCartney. The album was released on 10 June 2016.^[1]

Pure McCartney
Compilation album by Paul McCartney
Released	10 June 2016 (2016-06-10)
Recorded	1970–2013
Genre	Rock
Length	150:01 (Standard edition) 157:34 (Vinyl edition) 257:13 (Deluxe edition)
Label	Concord Music Group
Producer	Paul McCartney Linda McCartney Youth Nigel Godrich Paul Epworth George Martin Chris Thomas
Paul McCartney chronology
New (2013) Pure McCartney (2016) Egypt Station (2018)

Background

The album was first teased in late March 2016 by cryptic video posts placed on McCartney's Facebook and Twitter pages.^[2] He also says: There are no cover versions, which may be in line with the "pure" concept.

When the album was announced by McCartney on 31 March 2016, he downplayed the use of "career" in describing the collection, rather referring to it as representative of a "musical adventure".^[3] He also noted he and his team compiled the tracks for the alternate track listings "with nothing else in mind other than having something fun to listen to" in different settings.^[3]

The album features tracks from all of his official studio albums with the exception of Снова в СССР, Flowers in the Dirt, Run Devil Run and Driving Rain.

Critical reception

Pablo Gorondi from ABC News says: "Pure McCartney is a substantial, honest and gratifying introduction to the long and winding career of a pop music giant, a tasting menu whetting the appetite for more".^[4]

Track listing

Three versions of the album have been released, a two-disc CD of 39 tracks, a four-disc LP of 41 tracks (adding tracks "New" and "Too Many People") and a four-disc CD (and deluxe digital edition) of 67 tracks.^[1] All songs are written by Paul McCartney, except where noted.

Standard edition

Disc 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Maybe I'm Amazed"		McCartney, 1970	3:51
2.	"Heart of the Country"	Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney	Ram, 1971	2:24
3.	"Jet"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Band on the Run, 1973	4:09
4.	"Warm and Beautiful"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Wings at the Speed of Sound, 1976	3:14
5.	"Listen to What the Man Said"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Venus and Mars, 1975	4:03
6.	"Dear Boy"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Ram	2:15
7.	"Silly Love Songs"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Wings at the Speed of Sound	5:55
8.	"The Song We Were Singing"		Flaming Pie, 1997	3:55
9.	"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Ram	4:56
10.	"Another Day"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	non-album single, 1971	3:43
11.	"Sing the Changes"		Electric Arguments, 2008 (under the name "The Fireman" with Youth)	3:45
12.	"Jenny Wren"		Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, 2005	3:48
13.	"Save Us"	Paul Epworth, P. McCartney	New, 2013	2:40
14.	"Mrs. Vandebilt"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Band on the Run	4:40
15.	"Mull of Kintyre"	Denny Laine, P. McCartney	non-album single, 1977	4:45
16.	"Let 'Em In"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Wings at the Speed of Sound	5:11
17.	"Let Me Roll It"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Band on the Run	4:50
18.	"Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Band on the Run	5:31
19.	"Ebony and Ivory" (with Stevie Wonder)		Tug of War, 1982	3:46
Total length:				77:21

Disc 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Band on the Run"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Band on the Run	5:14
2.	"Arrow Through Me"		Back to the Egg, 1979	3:38
3.	"My Love"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Red Rose Speedway, 1973	4:10
4.	"Live and Let Die"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Live and Let Die soundtrack, 1973	3:13
5.	"Too Much Rain"		Chaos and Creation in the Backyard	3:26
6.	"Goodnight Tonight"		non-album single, 1979	4:22
7.	"Say Say Say" (with Michael Jackson; radio edit; 2015 remix)	Michael Jackson, P. McCartney	Pipes of Peace, 1983	3:40
8.	"My Valentine"		Kisses on the Bottom, 2012	3:16
9.	"The World Tonight"		Flaming Pie	4:06
10.	"Pipes of Peace"		Pipes of Peace	3:57
11.	"Dance Tonight"		Memory Almost Full, 2007	2:56
12.	"Here Today"		Tug of War	2:29
13.	"Wanderlust"		Tug of War	3:51
14.	"Great Day"		Flaming Pie	2:09
15.	"Coming Up"		McCartney II, 1980	3:52
16.	"No More Lonely Nights" (radio edit)		Give My Regards to Broad Street soundtrack, 1984	4:43
17.	"Only Mama Knows"		Memory Almost Full	4:19
18.	"With a Little Luck" (DJ edit)		London Town, 1978	3:13
19.	"Hope for the Future"		Destiny video game soundtrack, 2014	4:09
20.	"Junk"		McCartney	1:57
Total length:				72:40

Deluxe edition

Disc 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Maybe I'm Amazed"		McCartney	3:52
2.	"Heart of the Country"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Ram	2:25
3.	"Jet"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Band on the Run	4:10
4.	"Warm and Beautiful"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Wings at the Speed of Sound	3:14
5.	"Listen to What the Man Said"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Venus and Mars	4:03
6.	"Dear Boy"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Ram	2:15
7.	"Silly Love Songs"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Wings at the Speed of Sound	5:55
8.	"The Song We Were Singing"		Flaming Pie	3:55
9.	"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Ram	4:57
10.	"Early Days"		New	4:08
11.	"Big Barn Bed"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Red Rose Speedway	3:51
12.	"Another Day"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	non-album single	3:43
13.	"Flaming Pie"		Flaming Pie	2:31
14.	"Jenny Wren"		Chaos and Creation in the Backyard	3:49
15.	"Too Many People"		Ram	4:12
16.	"Let Me Roll It"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Band on the Run	4:51
17.	"New"		New	2:58
Total length:				64:49

Disc 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Live and Let Die"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Live and Let Die	3:15
2.	"English Tea"		Chaos and Creation in the Backyard	2:14
3.	"Mull of Kintyre"	Laine, P. McCartney	non-album single	4:46
4.	"Save Us"	Epworth, P. McCartney	New	2:41
5.	"My Love"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Red Rose Speedway	4:10
6.	"Bip Bop"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Wild Life, 1971	4:13
7.	"Let 'Em In"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Wings at the Speed of Sound	5:11
8.	"Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Band on the Run	5:32
9.	"Calico Skies"		Flaming Pie	2:32
10.	"Hi, Hi, Hi"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	non-album single, 1972	3:10
11.	"Waterfalls"		McCartney II	4:46
12.	"Band on the Run"		Band on the Run	5:14
13.	"Appreciate"		New	4:30
14.	"Sing the Changes"		Electric Arguments	3:46
15.	"Arrow Through Me"		Back to the Egg	3:39
16.	"Every Night"		McCartney	2:34
17.	"Junior's Farm"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	non-album single, 1974	4:23
18.	"Mrs. Vandebilt"		Band on the Run	4:41
Total length:				71:16

Disc 3

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Say Say Say" (with Michael Jackson; 2015 remix)	Jackson, P. McCartney	Pipes of Peace	3:57
2.	"My Valentine"		Kisses on the Bottom	3:16
3.	"Pipes of Peace"		Pipes of Peace	3:57
4.	"The World Tonight"		Flaming Pie	4:06
5.	"Souvenir"		Flaming Pie	3:40
6.	"Dance Tonight"		Memory Almost Full	2:56
7.	"Ebony and Ivory" (with Stevie Wonder)		Tug of War	3:46
8.	"Fine Line"		Chaos and Creation in the Backyard	3:07
9.	"Here Today"		Tug of War	2:29
10.	"Press"		Press to Play, 1986	4:47
11.	"Wanderlust"		Tug of War	3:51
12.	"Winedark Open Sea"		Off the Ground, 1993	5:28
13.	"Beautiful Night"		Flaming Pie	5:08
14.	"Girlfriend"		London Town	4:43
15.	"Queenie Eye"	Epworth, P. McCartney	New	3:49
16.	"We All Stand Together"		Rupert and the Frog Song soundtrack, 1984	4:25
Total length:				63:11

Disc 4

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Coming Up"		McCartney II	3:54
2.	"Too Much Rain"		Chaos and Creation in the Backyard	3:26
3.	"Good Times Coming/Feel the Sun"		Press to Play	4:57
4.	"Goodnight Tonight"		non-album single	4:22
5.	"Baby's Request"		Back to the Egg	2:51
6.	"With a Little Luck" (DJ edit)		London Town	3:13
7.	"Little Willow"		Flaming Pie	2:58
8.	"Only Mama Knows"		Memory Almost Full	4:20
9.	"Don't Let It Bring You Down"	Laine, P. McCartney	London Town	4:36
10.	"The Back Seat of My Car"		Ram	4:31
11.	"No More Lonely Nights" (7" single version)		Give My Regards to Broad Street	4:44
12.	"Great Day"		Flaming Pie	2:09
13.	"Venus and Mars/Rock Show" (radio edit)	L. McCartney, P. McCartney	Venus and Mars	3:48
14.	"Temporary Secretary"		McCartney II	3:16
15.	"Hope for the Future"		Destiny	4:09
16.	"Junk"		McCartney	1:57
Total length:				59:12

Pure McCartney – Vinyl edition (Side 1)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Maybe I'm Amazed"
2.	"Heart of the Country"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney
3.	"Jet"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney
4.	"Warm and Beautiful"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney
5.	"Listen to What the Man Said"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney
6.	"Dear Boy"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney

Pure McCartney – Vinyl edition (Side 2)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Silly Love Songs"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney
2.	"The Song We Were Singing"
3.	"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney
4.	"Another Day"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney
5.	"New"

Pure McCartney – Vinyl edition (Side 3)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mull of Kintyre"	Laine, P. McCartney
2.	"Sing the Changes"
3.	"Jenny Wren"
4.	"Mrs. Vandebilt"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney
5.	"Save Us"

Pure McCartney – Vinyl edition (Side 4)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Let 'Em In"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney
2.	"Let Me Roll It"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney
3.	"Ebony and Ivory" (with Stevie Wonder; 2015 remix)
4.	"Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney

Pure McCartney – Vinyl edition (Side 5)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Band on the Run"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney
2.	"Arrow Through Me"
3.	"My Love"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney
4.	"Live and Let Die"	L. McCartney, P. McCartney
5.	"Too Much Rain"

Pure McCartney – Vinyl edition (Side 6)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Say Say Say" (with Michael Jackson; radio edit; 2015 remix)	Jackson, P. McCartney
2.	"My Valentine"
3.	"Goodnight Tonight"
4.	"The World Tonight"
5.	"Pipes of Peace"

Pure McCartney – Vinyl edition (Side 7)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dance Tonight"
2.	"Here Today" (radio edit)
3.	"Wanderlust" (radio edit)
4.	"Great Day"
5.	"Coming Up"
6.	"No More Lonely Nights" (radio edit)

Pure McCartney – Vinyl edition (Side 8)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Too Many People"
2.	"Only Mama Knows"
3.	"With a Little Luck" (DJ edit)
4.	"Hope for the Future"
5.	"Junk"

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Pure McCartney Chart (2016) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 26 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 14 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7] 3 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8] 4 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[9] 48 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[10] 1 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] 7 French Albums (SNEP)[12] 17 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 7 Irish Albums (IRMA)[14] 7 Italian Albums (FIMI)[15] 17 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[16] 15 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[17] 26 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[18] 46 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[19] 7 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 50 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 25 UK Albums (OCC)[22] 3 US Billboard 200[23] 15 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[24] 2

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Pure McCartney Chart (2016) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[25] 74 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[26] 90 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[27] 73

Certifications

Certifications for Pure McCartney

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[28]	Gold	100,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

• Wings Greatest (1978), a compilation of hits by McCartney from 1971 to 1978, mostly done by Wings.
• All the Best! (1987), a compilation of McCartney's hits as a solo artist and with Wings between 1970 and 1987.
• Wingspan: Hits and History (2001), a compilation of McCartney's solo and Wings material from 1970's McCartney to 1984's Give My Regards to Broad Street.

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