Wings - Wild Life - 1971 - with lyrics

Wild Life (Wings album)
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Wild Life is the debut album by Wings and the third studio album by Paul McCartney since the breakup of the Beatles. The album was recorded during July–August 1971 at Abbey Road Studios by McCartney and his wife Linda along with session drummer Denny Seiwell, who they had worked with on the previous album, Ram, and Denny Laine, formerly of the Moody Blues. It was released by Apple Records on 7 December, in both the UK and US, to lukewarm critical and commercial reaction.
Recording
In July 1971, with a fresh set of McCartney tunes, the newly formed Wings recorded the album in slightly more than a week with the mindset that it had to be instant and raw in order to capture the freshness and vitality of a live studio recording. Five of the eight songs were recorded in one take. Paul McCartney later cited the quick recording schedule of Bob Dylan as an inspiration for this.[1] The first session was held at Abbey Road Studios on 25 July.[2] McCartney was filmed playing "Bip Bop" and "Hey Diddle", around this time, which would later be included in the made-for-TV film, Wings Over the World.

The album was rehearsed at McCartney's recording studio in Scotland dubbed Rude Studio, which Paul and Linda had used to make demos of songs that would be used in the album, and recorded at Abbey Road with Tony Clark and Alan Parsons engineering. Paul can be heard saying "Take it, Tony" at the beginning of "Mumbo". Paul handled all of the lead vocals, sharing those duties with Linda on "I Am Your Singer" and "Some People Never Know". "Tomorrow" features background vocals from Denny Laine and Linda McCartney.

On the promotional album, "The Complete Audio Guide to the Alan Parsons Project", Alan Parsons discusses how he did a rough mix of "I Am Your Singer" that Paul liked so much, he used it for the final mix on the album.
Music and lyrics
"Dear Friend", recorded during the Ram sessions, was apparently an attempt at reconciliation with John Lennon. It was certainly a timely follow-up to John's attack on Paul in the song "How Do You Sleep?" from the album Imagine, which had apparently been in retaliation for Paul's perceived digs at John in "Too Many People" on Ram. Music critic Ian MacDonald used "Dear Friend" as a counter-argument to the caricature of McCartney as an emotional lightweight.

Wild Life also included a reggae remake of Mickey & Sylvia's 1957 top 40 hit "Love Is Strange". A promotional single was distributed in the UK by Apple in December 1971 with catalogue No. R5932, but the commercial release was cancelled due to poor album sales.
Track listing
Original release
All tracks written by Paul and Linda McCartney, except where noted.

Side one

"Mumbo" – 3:54
"Bip Bop" – 4:14
"Love Is Strange" (Mickey Baker, Sylvia Vanderpool, Ethel Smith) – 4:50
"Wild Life" – 6:48
Side two

"Some People Never Know" – 6:35
"I Am Your Singer" – 2:15
"Tomorrow" – 3:28
"Dear Friend" – 5:53
1993 The Paul McCartney Collection remaster[edit]
"Mumbo" – 3:54
"Bip Bop" – 4:14
"Love Is Strange" (Baker, Smith) – 4:50
"Wild Life" – 6:48
"Some People Never Know" – 6:35
"I Am Your Singer" – 2:15
"Bip Bop Link" – 0:52
"Tomorrow" – 3:28
"Dear Friend" – 5:53
"Mumbo Link" – 0:45
1993 remaster bonus tracks

"Give Ireland Back to the Irish" – 3:46
Wings' debut single; eventually banned by the BBC for political reasons.
"Mary Had a Little Lamb" – 3:34
Wings' second single; like "Give Ireland Back to the Irish", this was never released on an album until "The Paul McCartney Collection" was released.
"Little Woman Love" – 2:11
B-side to "Mary Had a Little Lamb".
"Mama's Little Girl" (Paul McCartney) – 3:41
First release was in 1990 as the B-side of the "Put It There" single.
2007 iTunes bonus track

"Give Ireland Back to the Irish (version)" - 3:47
Non-vocal version; B-side of "Give Ireland Back to the Irish".
Personnel[edit]
Paul McCartney – vocals, bass guitar, guitar, piano, keyboards, percussion
Linda McCartney – keyboards, piano, percussion, vocals
Denny Laine – guitars, bass guitar, percussion, keyboards, vocals
Denny Seiwell – drums, percussion
Alan Parsons and Tony Clark – engineering
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All the credits of the sound works and videos are of its creators:
Music of the band Wings composed by Paul and Linda McCartney, images were taken from the internet on Pixabay and videos of Der Zug der Kraniche

[musiccollector]

One of the greatest songs ever written. Incredible lyrics. Brilliant music. I hope it makes us think real hard about looking after the helpless.

[gleanerman]

That voice, chills run up and down my spine.

[kendematk]

SIR PAUL AT HIS BEST MAN WHAT A VOICE.

[DELAHAYE]

Le meilleur artiste musical de tous les temps.(The best musical artist of all Times)

[dotany]

Le premier album de pop musique que j'ai entendu. Marqué à jamais.

[stjojokaras]

great video. this song has only three chords repeated over and over.. incredible arrangement.

[OszcarRosas]

He's singing Is like John's on Plástico Ono Band, raw AND emotional

[sheremetbyevo]

Excellent job Mr Franca Amazing landscapes with Paul and Linda as background. Impressive Congrats

[jassygail]

I'm Obsessed With
This Song:!! Macca's
Voice Sensational:!!

[martinmccarthy]

Respect Wildlife, stop deforestation, PLEASE.

[xiomarabecerrit]

Hermoooosa canción me remontó a mi adolescencia añorada

[karlrudniski]

Wild have memories, listening to jet, standing solo. Venus & Mars. Wild going nowhere.. great music

[JS-dhfi]

people oh people can be so mean, judging others for what they could never do, sitting at home criticizing cuz it's the lazy thing to here what you can sing

[Sanddreams]

What nobody ever commented in the whole internet, is that it is similar in tone and style to James Brown's It's a man's world

[mak]

thanks a ton for this hd upload of an awesome song....can u upload the full WILD LIFE album ? music cd is not available in amazon & couldnt find a good quality upload of this album in youtube either....thanks once again....love from INDIA....cheers

[eduardorego]

Acho muito legal o Paul ser ambientalista

[MarttiSuomivuori]

I started to hate cancer so much and I still do.
It was a bad idea to take out the Long Haired Lady.
I never forgive you, Cancer.

[reginaldbigley]

My brother is a huge huge Beatles fan but told me that this album sucked. Go easy guys

[mclff]

It's hard to believe that a leader of the most-acclaimed band in the universe could ever do such a thing

[bombardier]

Pauly is pretending to be bluesy. Is he vomiting? That vocal is just spue.