Paul McCartney and Wings - Band on the Run (1973) [Full Album]

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Band on the Run is the third studio album by the British–American rock band Paul McCartney and Wings, released on 30 November 1973. It was McCartney's fifth album after leaving the Beatles in April 1970 and his final album on Apple Records. Although sales were modest initially, its commercial performance was aided by two hit singles – "Jet" and "Band on the Run" – such that it became the top-selling studio album of 1974 in the United Kingdom and Australia, in addition to revitalising McCartney's critical standing. It remains McCartney's most successful album and the most celebrated of his post-Beatles works.

Tracklist:
Side one
"Band on the Run" 0:00
"Jet" 5:13
"Bluebird" 9:21
"Mrs. Vandebilt" 12:45
"Let Me Roll It" 17:27
Side two
"Mamunia" 22:18
"No Words"
"Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)"
"Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five" 35:38

Band members
Paul McCartney – lead and backing vocals, bass, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, keyboards, drums, percussion
Linda McCartney – harmony and backing vocals, organ, keyboards, percussion
Denny Laine – harmony and backing vocals, co-lead vocals ("No Words" and "Picasso's Last Words"), acoustic and electric guitars, percussion

Additional personnel
Howie Casey – saxophone on "Jet", "Bluebird", and "Mrs. Vandebilt"
Ginger Baker – percussion on "Picasso's Last Words"
Remi Kabaka – percussion on "Bluebird"
Ian Horne & Trevor Jones (two of Wings' roadies) – backing vocals on "No Words"
3 uncredited session musicians – saxophones on "Jet"
Tony Visconti – orchestrations
Geoff Emerick – sound engineer

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