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To mark this milestone in the life of Paul, what are your favourate Paul solo albums, songs etc?

I'll start with my favourate Paul albums -

Ram
Band on the Run
London Town (underrated imo)
Off the Ground (very good imo if you include the bonus non-album tracks of that era)
Flaming Pie (Beautiful Night is imo a Beatles quality ballad)
Chaos and Creation (probably ties with Band on the Run as his best album for me, even more with the non-album tracks  8o )
Memory Almost Full
The Fireman - Electric Arguments (the opener Nothing Too Much Just Out of Sight is imo a Helter Skelter for the 21st century. A great, inventive, modern Paul album)

Honourable mentions go to-

McCartney
McCartney II (Temporary Secretary is the top imo  :smokin )
Back to the Egg (Cool, experimental Wings album)
The Fireman - Rushes  (beautiful, experimental ambient instrumental psychedelia)

Thanks in advance for any responses  :)

Hey, it's still June 17th here!

Albums - Ram and Band on The Run.
Single - Junior's Farm.

Ram. Best solo album put out by a Beatle

Who?

Happy birthday, Macca!

Disagree, George Harrison - All Things Must Pass

but horses for courses of course!

Happy Birthday Macca, thank you for writing part of the soundtrack to my life.

Albums :
Ram
Back To The Egg
Venus and Mars
Band on the Run
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard

Songs
Little Lamb Dragonfly
The Backseat Of My Car
Tug Of War
Dear Boy
Winter Rose

Happy birthday to one of the greatest musicians I ever had the chance to listen to.

Happy Birthday Paul! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lseWI0Cc4Jw  :lol

Can't believe the two greatest musical geniuses (along with Lennon) were born only 2 days apart. One in impoverished and bombed out Liverpool, the other in the Hawthorne suburban area south of LA

Born only 2 days apart during the war, yet they would both in their own unique way dominate the music industry and leave a huge cultural and musical legacy rivaling that of the great classical composers. Truely remarkable.

My hat is off to Paul.

Favorite albums:
1. Ram
2. Flaming Pie
3. McCartney

Stick around, Paulie.

A little hard to believe....but then again my faves are getting up there....Paul, Beach Boys, Dion, etc.  All still making great music though!
http://rockabillynblues.blogspot.com/2012/06/paul-mccartney-is-70.html

Oh jeez, how did I forget that! Well.. they're probably equal for me! Definitely my favorite by Paul. And wow I just realized my sister shares a birthday with him.  :o

It'd be cool if they called each other each year to wish each other a happy birthday and just to talk a little. Did you know that Paul McCartney called "God Only Knows" the greatest song ever written and that Pet Sounds is one of his favorite albums?

I'd say my favorites are a three-way tie between Band On the Rut, Dark Side of the Sun, and White Dopes on Punk. Love Dirk's Punk Floyd-era stuff. Glad to see he's still kickin' it at age 70.  :lol :lol :lol

And Lennon's Plastic Ono Band.

Anyway, congrats Paul!