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- Summary: The two-disc tribute album to Paul McCartney songs features such artists as Harry Connick, Jr., Alice Cooper, Roger Daltrey, Def Leppard, Dr. John, Bob Dylan, Barry Gibb, Heart, Billy Joel, Kiss, Jeff Lynne, Steve Miller, Willie Nelson, Corinne Bailey Rae, Smokey Robinson, and Brian Wilson.
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- Record Label: Arctic Poppy
- Genre(s): Adult Contemporary, Pop/Rock, Album Rock, International
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Positive: 3 out of 7
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Mixed: 4 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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Nov 19, 2014This 42-song blowout has everything from Willie Nelson doing a raggedly loving "Yesterday" to Billy Joel crushing "Maybe I’m Amazed." There are plenty of surprises, too.
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Nov 18, 2014As usual, the originals prevail. Yet even with its musical limitations, it’s hard to dislike an album that’s ultimately a lot of fun.
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UncutNov 18, 2014While the calibre of artists lining up to pay tribute to Macca on this two-disc set is undeniably impressive, there's little in the way of surprises when it comes to execution. [Dec 2014, p.83]
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Nov 18, 2014The predictable result is an album that sounds far too reverent to the originals.
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MojoFeb 2, 2015It's a mixed affair. [Feb 2015, p.91]
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Nov 18, 2014By and large, the featured performers--mainly McCartney's peers, including his good friend Steve Miller, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Jeff Lynne, Roger Daltrey, and Willie Nelson, but also a handful of younger performers and old pros, too--stick to both familiar tunes and familiar arrangements, which means The Art of McCartney often gets by on sheer enthusiasm
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Nov 20, 2014If only the others brought aboard were extended as much freedom to do something other than trace outlines over the contours of this familiar canon.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Nov 24, 2014
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