Off the Ground is the ninth solo studio album by Paul McCartney under his own name, released in 1993. As his first studio album of the 1990s, it is also the follow-up to the well-received Flowers in the Dirt (1989). In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number 5 and quickly fell off the chart, spending only 6 weeks inside the top 100. In the United States, it peaked at the number 17 on the Billboard 200 with the first-week sales of only 53,000 copies, managing to receive Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. Although it met with mixed reviews from critics and suffered from lackluster sales in the UK and North America, the album fared better in other key markets such as Spain. In some countries like France and Japan, it was able to surpass its predecessor Flowers in the Dirt in cumulative sales. In Germany, Off the Ground has been McCartney's best-selling album there, spending 20 weeks on the top-ten and eventually achieving Platinum for shipments of over half a million copies.
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Track List:
01. Off The Ground [0:03:41.17]
02. Looking For Changes [0:02:48.65]
03. Hope Of Deliverance [0:03:21.73]
04. Mistress And Maid [0:03:00.67]
05. I Owe It All To You [0:04:51.08]
06. Biker Like An Icon [0:03:26.02]
07. Peace In The Neighbourhood [0:05:06.25]
08. Golden Earth Girl [0:03:44.53]
09. The Lovers That Never Were [0:03:42.60]
10. Get Out Of My Way [0:03:32.27]
11. Winedark Open Sea [0:05:26.68]
12. C'mon People [0:07:42.00]
Personnel:
Paul McCartney - vocals, bass guitar, piano, mellotron, celesta, Wurlitzer electric piano, electric guitars, acoustic guitars, spanish guitar, ocarina, percussion, sitar, drums
Linda McCartney - vocals, autoharp, celesta, harmonium, minimoog, keyboards, percussion, whistle
Hamish Stuart - vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar, bass guitar, percussion, piano
Robbie McIntosh - electric guitars, acoustic guitars, spanish guitar, slide guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
Paul "Wix" Wickens - keyboards, piano, hammond organ, clavinet, synthesizer, accordion, LinnDrum, drum programming, percussion, backing vocals
Blair Cunningham - drums, congas, percussion, backing vocals
Exact Audio Copy V1.3 from 2. September 2016
EAC extraction logfile from 1. September 2019, 13:16
Paul McCartney / Off The Ground
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