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For such an expensive, three-record concert souvenir, made by an artist as commercially astute as Paul McCartney, a consumer-conscious review seems appropriate. The Wings fan with all the studio albums, for instance, may find Wings over America a legitimate alternative; excepting the single side of acoustic material, these performances are rawer and more driven than the original recordings and, in many cases, much the better for it. "Rock Show" is placed in its natural habitat; "Magneto and Titanium Man" becomes more sinewy and sinister; "Time to Hide" is reborn and simply wonderful. "Soily," the encore original, is a perfect climax, one of the best fast songs McCartney has written. In other words, there is probably enough novelty here to make Over America worth owning. From the above, non-Wings fans—particularly those who find them wimpy—can infer that this is as good and tough as you'll get this particular band.
On the debit side, the acoustic set is unremittingly maudlin. Many of Wings' mediocre songs—"My Love," "Listen to What the Man Said," "Silly Love Songs"—successfully resist transcending mediocrity.
There isn't much stage patter; crowd noise is kept at an unobtrusive but effective level; the cover painting compares favorably to a witty James Rosenquist, but the poster inside is downright cheesy. Caveat emptor.
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Track List
- Venus And Mars
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Rock Show (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Let Me Roll It (Live)
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Jet (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Spirits Of Ancient Egypt (Live)
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Let 'Em In (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Medicine Jar (Live)
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Let Me Roll It (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Maybe I'm Amazed (Live)
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Spirits Of Ancient Egypt (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Call Me Back Again (Live)
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Medicine Jar (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Lady Madonna (Live)
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Maybe I'm Amazed (track not available in Rhapsody)
- The Long and Winding Road (Live)
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Call Me Back Again (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Live and Let Die (Live)
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Lady Madonna (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me) (Live)
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The Long And Winding Road (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Richard Cory (Live)
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Live And Let Die (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Bluebird (Live)
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Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me) (track not available in Rhapsody)
- I've Just Seen A Face (Live)
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Richard Cory (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Blackbird (Live)
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Bluebird (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Yesterday (Live)
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I've Just Seen A Face (track not available in Rhapsody)
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Blackbird (track not available in Rhapsody)
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Yesterday (track not available in Rhapsody)
- You Gave Me The Answer
- Magneto And Titanium Man
- Go Now
- My Love
- Listen To What The Man Said
- Let 'Em In
- Time To Hide
- Silly Love Songs
- Beware My Love
- Letting Go
- Band On The Run
- Hi Hi Hi
- Soily
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