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Binding: Audio CD
Published: 2008-11-25

$9.49

Electric Arguments
by: The Fireman and Youth Paul McCartney

Editorial Review:

Paul McCartney's 2008 album with producer Youth. Each track written,recorded and sung in the space of one day with Paul McCartney, playing all instruments. 'The album's opener is classic rock and an instant attention grabber. A heavy guitar riff with loud drums and souring vocals, it's like nothing The Fireman have ever done before.' The Fireman are back after a ten-year break. Electric Arguments is their third and brand new studio album and it's not the album people might expect from the mysterious duo.'

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

Didn't like it:

I almost always like what Paul McCartney does. Paul can tap-dance on a buffalo chip, and I'll enjoy it. But, to me, this set of songs was just awful. There were a couple songs that I didn't hate very much, but I mostly hated them a lot.
I'm not a professional critic, so I can't articulate my reasons for my position very well. Basically, it just seemed sloppy, with little thought behind it, and an enormous amount of padding to lengthen the songs.
This is very odd for me. As I said, I almost always... more info

Continued great music:

Paul McCartney can do it all, and he does so on this album, playing all of the instruments and singing the vocals. It is a wide ranging album of new sounds, great vocals, and a slight departure from his last few albums. I recommend tracks 1,3,5,7,8, and 13. Enjoy.

Gemini Fusion:

I'm the first to admit McCartney is often difficult to defend. Just when he produces something amazing (and I would consider every album he's put out since "Flaming Pie" amazing), he says or does something dopey that undermines his creative efforts.
He is a true Gemini, persistently torn by oppositional tendencies. It's not an exaggeration for me to state that I think he is the greatest composer and musician (or at least bassist) of any musical form of the past 50 years. Even though much of his solo... more info

experimental and cool:

paul mccartney and youth(ex-killing joke bassist) are collectively know as the fireman. their first two albums were very ambient sounding and eno-esque. the vocals bring a new element to the fireman's music. the first cut is heavy, reminds me of helter skelter(the slower alternate version on anthology 3) or early wings like mumbo or the mess (from wild life and band on the run respectively). only complaint is the packaging. almost broke cd trying to pull it out of case

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