This is a great collection of Paul McCartneys best songs he made after his Beatle days.This man had a great career with Wings as well as various solo albums.This is a reflection of those days when he kept releasing hit after hit.Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey is one of my favorites here.A kind of fun song and addictive.I also like the song My Love,a slow song and its a great tune.
There is a whole stack of other great hits from this mastermind of music.

this cd came fast and was exactly what I ordered, thank you!!!!

My Mo brought this cd home one day for me to listen to. Since she knew I was becoming such a huge Beatles fan. Ever since it has been one of my fave cd's. The songs are catchy and fun! I listen to it all the time.

It's great! It's like she never damaged the one she originally had!

Paul McCartney is a very good composer/singer/performer. Damn, he's really good! What he got in his experience as a founder of The Fab Four, he mastered either as a soloist or Wings founder/leader. There's a good bunch of his "Best" hits in this CD. However, please note that the UK version of "...all the best!" has a different song list compared with the American edition (UK includes "Mull Of Kintyre", "We All Stand Together" and "Coming Up" [studio version] but deleting "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" and "Goodnight Tonight", among other changes).
A good CD for younger people to listen, especially those reluctant to believe why the 1970s can be considered as THE BEST DECADE FOR ROCK MUSIC!

Sir Paul McCartney is a living legend in the rock-n-roll community, and an icon of Western popular culture. This album, which came out in 1987, includes tunes from the beginning of Sir Paul's post-Beatles career right down to that date. This is an excellent compilation, featuring tunes made with Wings, with Stevie Wonder, with Michael Jackson, and just with Paul himself.

This is a fantastic album that is sure to please any fan of Paul McCartney, or Wings. Heck, if you just love hearing some of the best music that came out of the 1970 and 80s, then you will love this album. This is a great album, one that I highly recommend to everyone. Buy it!

They could make this CD perfect by removing the songs "C Moon" and "Junior's Farm" and then adding the songs "Maybe I'm Amazed" & "Take It Away". Then after that they should digitally remaster it in modern terms and re-release it. If they did this it would be a perfect compilation. So do it. Do it now!

When compiling this retrospective 'best of' compilation Mr McCartney wisely ignored all of his output from his ill advised stint with the Beatles and selected songs purely from his solo career and his other band Wings. Let 'Em In, Mull of Kintyre and of course the Frog Chorus are true classics not to be missed. Get it now!

The american version of this CD differs from the UK version by 4 songs.....UK version includes Mull of Kintyre, We all stand together, once upon a long day and Pipes of peace....the American version exludes those 4 songs but includes juniors farm, uncle albert, goodnight tonight and with a little luck.

Good CD on the whole. Though I would like any CD with Live and Let Die on it. But is it just me, or is Coming Up the worst Paul McCartney song ever recorded? It's like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. Ebony and Ivory is awful tired and seems to come off as some form of pandering, though don't ask me to what. Take those two dreadful songs out and you have a solid CD.

I love the Beatles as a group. Paul McCartney has a great voice and the choice of hits are my favorites.

All the best was the very first Paul Mccartney CD I purchased. but of course I have almost all of Pauls solo record in Vinyl. Almost all of Pauls beautiful songs are all here. not included are SO BAD, ARROW THROUGH ME , MY BABYS REQUEST & SPIES LIKE US to name a few. (The original vinyl release was a double record)fyi. Anyway, i never get tire of listening to this cd. Paul to me is the greatest songwriter ever. I became a fan first of paul mccartney & wings before the beatles. I was 6 years old in 1973 when I first heard the song BAND ON THE RUN in the radio. So I particularly grew up listening to paul. He was part of my happy childhood. So listening to All the Best brings back happy memories....

PS. My three young kids, me wife are now Paul McCartney fans. Thanks to this great album of Sir Paul.

I was in the mood to hear a little Uncle Albert so I purchased this CD. With the song still stuck in my head, I was so excited when my CD arrived at my house... then I thought I had ordered the wrong item... but no...

To my dear friends at Amazon, the songs are not entirely correct that are listed below. For one, No Uncle Albert. An update should help future shoppers.

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Great cd! Takes me back to a favorite time in my life.

Hate the cover. Can you image Lennon or Harrison doing a cheesy cover like this? Andy Williams maybe. As for the music.....anyone who doubts that Paul's solo work was inferior to his Beatles work.....remember, this is the musical genius who gave us: I Saw Her Standing There, I'll Follow the Sun, Things we Said Today, She's a Woman, I've Just Seen a Face, Eleanor Rigby, For No One, Here There and Everywhere, Paperback Writer, Fool on the Hill, Hey Jude, Back in the USSR, Blackbird, I Will, Why don't we do it in the Road, Mother Nature's Son, Helter Skelter, Get Back, Let it Be, Lady Madonna, and Long and Winding Road. This is the musical genius who had a voice that could belt out I'm Down and Long Tall Sally. THAT'S the Paul McCartney who deserved to be in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame without question. This one? Not a bad pop song writer, but so was John Denver. John Denver was probably better than this guy. And why did they leave off Maybe I'm Amazed and Hi Hi Hi ?? They were 2 of his best solo tracks for sure. I've had my say.

Why in the world would anyone buy this single disc bare bones "best of" collection when, for just a dollar or two more, you could buy the double disc WINGSPAN? It's baffling to me why this is still in print. Unless you're really jonesin' for "Say, Say, Say" and a nice black and white pic of Macca with his Rickenbacher, buy WINGSPAN and you'll have the essential 70's and early 80's McCartney.

For his post-Beatles career, Paul McCartney's work is basically intertwined between work that is credited what is considered "Paul McCartney Solo Work" and his work with Wings. When McCartney left the Beatles, he would release two solo albums "McCartney" and "Ram". While "Ram" would produce the classic song "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey", "Ram" would be trashed by the critics. It was at that point that McCartney formed the band Wings. Wings would basically be a "project" type of band by McCartney that would consist of himself, his wife Linda McCartney, vocalist Denny Laine, and a revolving door of studio musicians. Wings would eventually be dissolved in 1980 (and Laine would depart), and McCartney would return to recording under his own name (with wife Linda by his side). Despite the decade of recording under the "Wings" umbrella, no mistake would be made - Paul McCartney would still be in control and it would very much be his music. Therefore, Paul McCartney's 1987 greatest hits release "All the Best" basically is a snapshot of his post-Beatles career throughout 1984. This collection does a good job at providing this snapshot, however there are some omissions that hurt this collection.

I once heard an interview with Paul McCartney and he was asked basically what is the best song he ever wrote. I remember McCartney mulling the question and finally the song "Maybe I'm Amazed" came from his mouth. With all of the amazing work he has done throughout his career - including creating some of the most legendary songs with the Beatles, many might be surprised by this answer. However after thinking about it, I think one can make the argument that this song is in the upper echelon of his musical portfolio. Yet, when I look at the listing of tracks on this collection, "Maybe I'm Amazed" is no where to be found. I think this song has a major importance from McCartney's career because it was on that first post Beatles album - 1970's "McCartney". The bottom line is that I am completely shocked that this collection doesn't include this song. To a lesser extent, I am pretty disappointed that "Take it Away" is not included as well.

One positive thing about "All the Best" is that it includes several songs that were originally only released as singles. These songs include the popular theme song "Live and Let Die" (from the James Bond film), "Another Day", "Goodnight Tonight", "C Moon", and "Junior's Farm".

When looking at this collection, there are really two other Paul McCartney compilations to consider. Like "All the Best", these compilations basically include mixes of his work recorded under the Paul McCartney name and those recorded under the Wings umbrella (Note: These compilations are actually released under the "Wings" umbrella). The first of these is 1978's "Wings Greatest". This is a more dated collection (obviously including material only until 1978). All of the songs that are on "Wings Greatest" are included on "All the Best" with the exception of "Hi Hi Hi" and "Mull of Kintyre". Like "All the Best", this collection omits one of the most legendary McCartney songs - "Maybe I'm Amazed". "Wings Greatest" also doesn't contain 1975's "Listen to What the Man Said" that is included on "All the Best".

In 2001, a more comprehensive collection was released under the Wings umbrella that included both Wings and Paul McCartney "solo" material. This collection entitled "Wingspan: Hits and History" is two disc set. This collection contains all of the material on "All the Best" with the exception of two popular duets that McCartney recorded in the 1980s: "Ebony and Ivory" with Stevie Wonder and "Say Say Say" with Michael Jackson. (It is worth noting that McCartney recorded another duet with Michael Jackson - "The Girl is Mine", but this was released on Jackson's "Thriller" album and is not included on any McCartney compilation.) This collection doesn't miss the mark - it does include "Maybe I'm Amazed". It also includes the five songs listed above that were only released as singles.

As for "All the Best", it is also worth noting that there were actually two versions released, a U.S. version and a U.K. version. The songs exclusive to U.K. version are "Pipes of Peace", "Once Upon a Long Ago", "We All Stand Together" and "Mull of Kintyre" while the U.S. version contains "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey", "Goodnight Tonight", "With a Little Luck", and "Junior's Farm". There is a slight reordering of the tracks between the U.S. and U.K. versions.

When looking at a greatest hits collection, I normally prefer the tracks to be arranged in chronological order in which they were either released and/or recorded. This allows me to see how the artist has progressed over a period of time. One thing that also disappoints here is that the tracks are in a shuffled order. I really think this is a drawback - especially in the case of Paul McCartney where I find it interesting to track his post-Beatles career.

One thing that I found very positive were the liner notes. One thing that I found entertaining each of the songs on this collection is represented with a graphic illustration. Although these illustrations don't contribute anything to the musical experience, I still found this entertaining. One thing that is unusual about the liner notes is that they include the lyrics to all of the songs. The downside is that the corresponding albums (or denotations for songs that were listed only as singles) are not listed each song that is included in the collection. I also would have liked to have seen musician credits listed - particularly for the Wings songs.

Despite some of these shortcomings that are listed above, the bottom line is that this collection still contains enough good content to be a collection worth considering. This is a good collection, but some McCartney fans still may want to look to the "Wingspan" collection to get a more comprehensive collection.

What's not to like if you admire catchy melodies,big hooks, and stellar vocals????
This collection has a solid taste of Mccartney's flair with that musical pen from the broadway style melodrama of "No more lonely nights' and "My Love" to epic blockbusters like "Live and let die".
You'll find the rockin' "Band on the run" which shift changes like a wild chameleon from a breezy pop tease to a foot stompin' anthem and then there's the fist pumpin' adrenaline kick of "Jet".
You will also find Macca's jubilant collaboration with the gloved one (before the insanity hit) on "Say Say Say" and the easy listening pop of "With A Little Luck" which concludes with those signature revved up Little Richard style vocals.
This set will also delight with its inclusion of the cruising rock cool of "Junior's farm" and the sappy yet irresistable pop charm of "Silly Love Songs" which is highlighted by Macca's lyrical virtuosic bass lines.
Now it all makes for an enjoyable listen but what were they thinkin' when they decided not to include Macca's best rocker "Maybe I'm Amazed"?????
I find it hard to comprehend but it is the case so Macca's record company needs to wake up and enhance this old collection with "Maybe i'm amazed" as well as some other classics that happened before and long after this set was released like "My Brave Face", "Figure of eight", "Getting Closer", "Here Today", and ESPECIALLY "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five" which is one of my personal fave's.
Let's hope they can really make a collection that lives up to the title instead of giving us more of the same...

Like John Lennon, Paul Mccartney was great both with and without The Beatles. On his own, he created one of the greatest rock albums of the 1970s' ("Band Of The Run") and had an endless run of hit singles. In 1990, the single disc best of collection "All The Best" was released. It contained 17 songs from McCartney's solo career (well, mostly with Wings). 15 years later, the more comprehensive Wingspan was released. How does "All The Best Hold Up"? Read on for the postivies and the negatives.

Positives:
-If you're a casual McCartney only interested in owning one of his albums, than this collection is a good choice. Almost all the hits msot radio fans are familliar with are here, including "Band On The Run", "Live And Let Die", "Say, Say, Say" (with Michael Jackson), "Ebony And Ivory" (with Stevie Wonder), "Listen To What The Man Said" and "My Love".
-"C Moon" is a rare track only available as B - side.
-The booklet contains lyrics and some great pictures.
-The tracks sound great.

Negatives:
-Where's "Maybe I'mm Amazed"? That omission is inexcusable.
-While we're on the subject of omissions, where's "Take It Away", "Spies Like Us", "Venus & Mars Rock Show", "Girls School", "Mull Of Kentyre" (spell check please), "Picasso's Last Words" and "Press", to name a few?
-"Wingspan" is much more comprehensive than this collection.

Despite these glaring negatives, this is still the best collection for the casual fan who doesn't want too spend too much money on the two cd "Wingspan".

Okay, so I go for technicalities, and the name "All the Best" is a little misleading. I argue that most of his "best" came out when he was a member of the fab four, but I understand that this album is McCartney post the fab four, so I will rate it as such. I like Sir Paul and hold him in high regard in music greatness, but at times this guy makes candy even look not sweet his music is that schmaltzy and fluffy. I can't stand cuts like "Silly Love Songs" and some of the other lovey dovey crap he has put out post Beatles. It makes me sick to my stomach how cutsey some of these songs are. However, there are some really great songs that Paul obviously has released. "Band on the Run" shows Paul tingling with progressive rock, "Jet" shows Paul can be a straight ahead rock and roller, "Live and Let Die" remains my favorite Bond theme song, and "Say Say Say" was a killer duet with then best friend Michael Jackson, much better than the insufferable "The Girl Is Mine" that they also did together. There is one missing song that really made me angry: "Maybe I'm Amazed", in my opinion the strongest song he cut post-Beatles, is missing??? HOW??? For that, the album drops a full star. I also take off half a star for some of the excessively sweet material he put out during this time, making this a 3.5, rounds up to a four. McCartney is a music legend, no doubt, but just like his fellow bandmates, solo success just wasn't as big as their band's success, not even close.

Many a music fan will draw out the pluses and minuses in most greatest hits collages, especially when the artist concerned continually releases various wrappings labeled Greatest, Essential, The Best of, etc. Such is the case for the prolific talent, Sir James Paul McCartney, whose All the Best, which includes chart-topping hits and other favorites from 1971 up to the album's issue in 1987, should be regarded, in essence, as Some of the Best.

First, let's look at the downside. Missing are the favorite solo, pre-Wings favorites, Every Night and Maybe I'm Amazed, the latter of which is perhaps McCartney's most requested, post-Beatles track. As for the post-Wings material from the 1980's, excluded are the following: Tug of War (the title track of McCartney's last album to top the US charts), the top-10 hit, Take It Away, the beloved Here Today, and the innocent Pipes of Peace. Several Beatles and McCartney fans might begrudge these omissions, especially when the often critically panned Ebony & Ivory (with Stevie Wonder) and Say, Say, Say (with former friend Michael Jackson) are featured, instead. In defense, however, since these two last-mentioned songs spent a combined 13 weeks at Number 1 in the Billboard Hot 100's, they both could not be denied.

Another obvious flaw is the shortcoming that could only result from trying to put together on one disc an apt synopsis of two decades of work generated by the most successful musical artist of all time. So no justice could be done by summarizing a broad body of work in just over an hour.

On the positive end of the spectrum, there are contained in All the Best, much to my delight, tunes from the Paul McCartney & Wings era that were left out, somewhat to my chagrin, from his earlier greatest hits collection, entitled Wings Greatest. Most notable are the 1975 ahead-of-its-time, number one hit Listen to What the Man Said and the top-five hit from 1979, Goodnight Tonight, which came out the year after Wings Greatest.

For those who want a more complete set of McCartney essentials without delving into the entire McCartney catalogue, I highly recommend the 40-track, digitally remastered Wingspan.

All in all, whether you choose one or more of Wings Greatest, All the Best, or Wingspan, you will end up picking a winner. There are and will continue to be those Beatles fans who hate much of McCartney's solo stuff, because it has, to an extent, veered from the days of the Fab Four. I, on the other hand, have, upon reflection, become amazed by how one of the most successful artists of the 1960's could create a totally different sound that would propel him to become a top-selling contemporary act of the 1970's.

Just analyzing other talents from yesterday and today will draw conclusions exemplifying how McCartney's career has flourished for so long. Scores of musicians and songwriters have built strong foundations upon trying to sound like the Beatles, but who would very soon, unlike McCartney, struggle to maintain their height of popularity or go into a positive new direction.

A one-trick pony Sir Paul never was, never is, nor ever will be.

This CD is good, but I would'nt call it- "All the Best". For example, it is definitely worth it to buy a used verion for about 5 dollars if only for the few great songs on here, such as "Band on the Run", "Jet", "Ebony and Ivory", "Live and Let Die" and "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey". Who needs "C-moon" or "Silly Love Songs"? I would not recommend buying a new version, as it's not nearly worth $12.00.
Another regret I had was that this album did not include "Maybe I'm Amazed". Thanks for reading.

Now if you ask me and quite a respectable number of folk what are interested in the various comparison aspects of compilation albums do now and again (in fact, more often than you'd ever care to guess) then I got a few things you need to hear if you are considering this here CD as a future purchase.

First of all. This one came just 9 years after his Wings Greatest Hits CD which (depending on the version you get hold of) contains a dozen hits. Now if you were to forego that one and go ahead on and get this here CD, then you would get eleven of them dozen hits plus some others. The one hit what is missin' from this 1987 Best of that was on the 1978 Best of is "Hi Hi Hi" and, truth be node, I got no idea why it was left off this new one because it is a pretty good song.

However, this newer Best of CD contains a whole other eleven additional songs that ain't on the first one, namely; Coming Up, Ebony And Ivory, Listen To What The Man Said, No More Lonely Nights, C Moon, Pipes Of Peace, Once Upon A Long Ago, Say Say Say, We All Stand Together, Goodnight Tonight, Maybe I'm Amazed. Of course, there are a passel of versions out there so be sure and check the track listing before you plunk down any pocket change... some versions provide more value for money than others. I never understood why they do that to us consumers, but they do and they don't even smile when they're doing it.

This here album is pretty much a track record for all the good stuff Paul did once he shed himself of the Beatles (no slight intended towards the Beatles, of course) . I guess we can see pretty clearly that our pasty British cousins like Paul more than us over here on the left side of the Atlantic because when this here CD come out in 1987 it climbed up the British charts to the #2 position and sat there for a while, while at the same time in the US of A it managed to get as high as #62 and then fell like a mill stone.

If you are looking for a good introduction to Paul's music post JohnGeorgeRingo then I reckon this is absolutely the best way to get acclimated and situated. I'd buy this one just for the nostalgic factor... we was all having a good time when these songs first come out... and listening to them all now brings back a flood of good memories (except the one when Clyde "Blackie" Boyle backed his new brush hog over Marry Elan Thomas' kitten and killed it faster than any of us could holler "look out!" When that happened "Jet" was playing on the radio and that is probably why Blackie didn't hear nothin')

There are quite a few compliation CDs out there of Paul McCartney's post-Beatles work. Of them all, "All the Best" comes closest to the goal of giving the consumer what they want while still leaving them wanting something more. Almost all of McCartney's major American hits are here, from the early 1970s to the middle 1980s. The tunes range from Beatles-style productions like "Another Day" and "Uncle Albert" to rockers like "Junior's Farm" and "Band on the Run" to then-trendy AM singles "Listen to What the Man Said" and "Silly Love Songs" to game attempts at duets. McCartney is a multi-instrumentalist as well as a versatile composer and most of these tunes are catchy whether you want to fall under their spell or not. It's easy to write off McCartney as a lightweight, but anyone who can compose a melody you'll remember long after hearing it is doing something right!

This isn't the complete McCartney, however, nor should it be. It's a sampler of his career, not a box set. It ignores many of his British hits, fails to include "Maybe I'm Amazed," and doesn't touch his most recent material, which many fans view as a return to form for him. Buy it expecting only the greatest hits, and you'll be satisfied. Buy it hoping it will include everything from "Teddy Boy" to "Biker Like an Icon" and you will walk away extremely disappointed.

Personally, I'd recommend picking up one of McCartney's live DVDs if you aren't wedded to the idea of having the original studio recordings. Love him or hate him, the man's an amazing live performer.

In terms of record sales and lasting popularity, Paul McCartney has had the most successful solo career out of all the former Beatles. By the time this cd was released in 1990, he had scored 41 chart entries, 22 of which made the top 10. In fact, the firts 37 all made the top 40. Only Elton John can boast anymore in a row. The 17 - song "All The Best" tries to capture all the best, and while it's far from perfect, it's still a wonderful cd.

This cd features many of McCartney's biggest solo hits. The bulk of this collection is made up of his time with Wings: the rockers "Band On The Run", "Junior's Farm" and "Jet", the chilling "Let 'Em In", the soulful "Listen To What The Man Said", the exhillerating "Live And Let Die", the disco - tinged "Goodnight Tonight" and "Comin' Up" and the uplifting "With A Little Luck". Also, many of his big solo hits are here: "Another Day", the cheery "Uncle Albert"/Admiral Halsey", the Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson smash duets "Ebony And Ivory" and "Say Say Say" and the 1984 smash "No More Lonely Nights".

Still, many of his big hits are missing. Here's a list of all the songs that made Billboard's Hot 100 chart that aren't included on this collection:

"Give Ireland Back To The Irish" (number 21)
"Mary Had A Little Lamb"/"Little Woman Love" (number 28)
"Hi Hi Hi" (number 10)
"Helen Wheels" (number 10)
"Sally G" (number 39)
"Letting Go" (number 39)
"Venus And Mars Rock Show" (number 12)
"Maybe I'm Amazed" (for me the most shocking omission) (number 10)
"Girls School" (number 33)
"I've Had Enough" (number 25)
"London Town" (number 39)
"Getting Closer" (number 20)
"Arrow Through Me" (number 29)
"Take It Away" (number 10)
"Tug Of War" (number 53)
"The Girl Is Mine" (number 2)
"So Bad" (number 23)
"Spies Like Us" (number 7)
"Press" (number 21)
"Stranglehold" (number 81)
"My Brave Face" (number 25)
"This One" (number 94)
"Figure Of Eight" (number 92)

But it would take a boxed set to include all of these great songs. Until that boxed set's released, "All The Best" is a perfect sampler for some of Macca's biggest solo hits. Enjoy.

This is a great collction of Pauls best songs, bu7t it could be better, much better.
The best "Best Of Macca Album" would have been like this:
CD 1
1: Maybe I'm Amazed
2: Every Night
3: Junk
4: Man We Was Lonley
5: Oo You
6: Too Many People
7: 3 Legs
8: Dear Boy
9: Uncle Albert/ Admiral Halsey
10: Heart Of The Country
11: Eat At Home
12: Backseat of My Car
13: Another Day
14: Tomorrow
15: Give Ireland Back To The Irish
16: Mary Had A little Lamb
17: My Love
18: Only One More Kiss
19: Little Lamb Dragonfly
20: Single Pigeon

CD 2
1: Band On The Run
2: Jet
3: Bluebird
4: Mrs Vandlebit
5: Let Me Roll It
6: Mamunia
7: No Words
8: Piccasos Last Word
9: Hellen Wheels
10: Country Dreamer
11: Juniors Farm
12: Venus and Mars/Rockshow
13: Love In Song
14: You Gave Me Yhe Answer
15: Letting Go
16: Let ém In
17: She's My Baby
18: Walking In The Park With Elloise
19: Sally G.
20: Silly Lovesongs

CD 3
1: London Town
2: I'm Carrying
3: I've Had Enough
4: With A Little Luck
5: Girls School
6: Mull Of Kintyre
7: Getting Closer
8: Babys Request
9: Daytime Nighttime Suffering
10: Coming Up
11: Tug Of War
12: Take It Away
13: Somebody Who Cares
14: Here Today
15: Wanderlust
16: Get It
17: Ebony And Ivory
18: Pipes Of Peace
19: Say Say Say
20: So Bad

CD 3
1: The Man
2: Sweetest Little Show
3: We All Stand Togheter
4: No More Lonley Nights
5: Stranglehold
6: Footprints
7: Only Love Remains
8: Prees
9: Move Over Busker
10: Once Upon A Long Ago
11: My Brave Face
12: You Want Her Too
13: Distractions
14: Put It There
15: Figure Of8
16: This One
17: Back On My Feet
18: Off The Ground
19: Hope Are Deliverence
20: Mistress And Maid

CD 4
1: The Song We Were Singing
2: Somedays
3: Young Boy
4: Calico Skies
5: Flaming Pie
6: Little Willow
7: Beautiful Night
8: Great Day
9: Driving Rain
10: Lonley Road
11: From Alover To A Friend
12: I Do
13: Your Way
14: Freedom
15: Run Devil Run
16: What It Is
17: Lovly Linda
18: I Lost My Little Girl
19: Live And Let Die
20: That Would be Something

But It's A pretty Good Collection Although, But I miss My Favourites. JET!

Truth be known, I was actually looking for "Wings Greatest", which is full of good songs, but out of print. However, "All The Best" includes 10 of the 12 tracks on "Wings Greatest", plus 7 more songs from "Sir Paul". So basically, this IS the best of "Wings", but also has the hits "Ebony And Ivory", "Listen To What The Man Said", "Say Say Say", and more. It's true this is missing a track or two, but great songs like "Band On The Run" and "Another Day" more than make up for it. I also really like "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey". Overall, if you're looking for the best of "Wings/McCartney", and don't want the 2-disc "Wingspan (hits and history)" collection, this really is "All The Best".

WHERE IS MAYBE I'M AMAZED? This song is one of McCartney's top 5 and one of any post-Beatles songs by any Beatles members. Other than that, everything is here. Say Say Say, Mull of Kintyre, Band on the Run, Live and Let Die, etc.

This compilation came out in 1987, following the uneven Press To Play and as a stopgap between his next solo effort, Flowers In The Dirt. Key hits are included from Ram (1971) through Give My Regards To Broadstreet (1984). Strange that "Mull Of Kintyre" from 1977 was excluded, though it became the Wings' best-selling single. All the songs are winners in my book, but I'll just comment on a few.

"Band On The Run" the title track from the album that revitalized Macca's career, and "Jet", just as engaging as its sister track, are the first two songs here. The first is notable for its tripartite division, the languidly sung lyrics and melody, the mid-paced guitar, and the final explosion into its pop/rock splendour.

"Ebony And Ivory" was the first of three singles where he collaborated with an R&B artist. This one, with Stevie Wonder, is known for its extolling the virtues of interracial harmony. [Tug Of War]

The rambling melody of "Listen To What The Man Said" also has with it bits of sax. Funny how changing one word can give a totally different interpretation: "You can hear the people say that love is blind/Well, I don't know, but I say love is kind." Blind, kind. Makes a big difference. [Venus And Mars]

The ballad "No More Lonely Nights" from Give My Regards To Broadstreet, got to #2 in the UK, so he was still in top form in writing pleasant pop ballads like "My Love."

"Silly Love Songs," sporting a strong bassline, asks a time old question why we need those love songs. Apart from being silly, they can be trite, corny, and downright nauseating at times, but Macca's got it right-people can't get enough of those silly love songs-myself included. Piano, string and brass sections are also featured. [Wings At The Speed Of Sound] From that same album, the sociable side of Paul is revealed in "Let'em In." He lists a bunch of relatives, and says to open the door and let them in.

"Say Say Say" is an upbeat duet with Michael Jackson before the two fought over the Beatles catalogue rights. [Pipes of Peace]

"Live And Let Die" from Roger Moore's first Bond movie, proved that McCartney could still rock in top form, with racing strings and brass section. The original tops the GNR cover by leagues. Even out of context with the movie, the line "But if this ever-changing world in which we live in/makes you give in and cry/say live and let die" is applicable.

The dreary routine of an office girl who spends time alone in her apartment is described in "Another Day," a UK #2 song following in the heels of "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey," a medley of someone suffering from boredom and anxiety apologizing to the first title character for being insufferable. That languid number turns to the uptempo second part.

"Coming Up" was released after the resurrection of his non-Wings solo career. Again, cliched and trite lyrics that are nevertheless true: "You want some peace and understanding/so everybody can be free/I know that we can get together." [McCartney II]

"Goodnight Tonight" has simplistic lyrics, but it shows how he could construct a catchy rhythm around them.

"My Love" is an archetypal McCartney ballad, slow melodic vocals, produced strings, and a lovey dovey sound that one either loves to pieces or deems too cloying and corny. "My love does it good," sings McCartney, and this song did Red Rose Speedway good as well.

A nice one disk set of Macca's greatest hits, which will do well for people who don't want to invest in the Hits and History double CD, both of which roughly comprise the same era. The difference is that the duets are not included on the double CD. Me, I got both, so go figure!

This isn't a review, but merely a question: Where is "Maybe I'm Amazed"? How can a Paul McCartney compilation ignore such a great smash hit?

This a wonderful CD to own. It is great for anyone who loves great music. This CD is great for all ages. Fans of The Beatles, Wings, and/or Paul McCartney will fall in love with this CD, over and over again.

First off, I have to say that this title is a misnomer. To consider any work by Sir Paul McCartney "the best" without counting the work he did with The Beatles is a little unfair. That said, "All The Best' is a well-concieved collection of the highlights of Paul McCartney's solo career (up to the late '80s) and his work with Wings, one of the more innovative pop bands of the '70s. It's a definate must-have for any pop collector or casual McCartney fan.

There are rock tracks like "Jet" and "Junior's Farm" that show the harder edge of "Me Decade" pop, schmaltz like "My Love" and "No More Lonely Nights" which show off Paul's sensitive side, and goofy ditties like "Silly Love Songs," "Say Say Say" and "Let 'Em In" that border on cheesy but are instant classics. Paul McCartney's tastes in music during this period ran from the sublime ("Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey," "Live And Let Die") to the slightly ridiculous ("C Moon," "Goodnight Tonight," "With A Little Luck") which only adds to the appeal of this release. Not only is everything well-done, this disc has definate variety and a sense of humor. 1970s and '80s pop hardly gets better than this. Buy this one without hesitation.

I recently purchased this when I was in the process of completing my "Greatest Hits" collection (see my listmania list) and this CD has every song that I longed for. Some Greatest Hits CD tend to leave some of your favorite songs out, well not on this one it's all here.

Great music for a drive or for that weekend day where you are cleaning house and you want something light, that you can sing-a-long to in the background. I also recommend Billy Joel Greatest Hits collection (the Box Set) it too has every single you could ever want.

Respectfully Reviewed

It is a measure of just how much Paul McCartney missed having John Lennon around (creatively, anyway) that one 17 song volume can collect all the best songs from his post-Beatles career. Any two original Beatles albums contain more essential McCartney material than does his entire solo catlog. That said, "All the Best" does indeed for the most part collect the highlights from McCartney's wildly uneven solo period. Most of the songs included were hits, from early radio staples like "Another Day" and "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" to Wings-period stuff like "Silly Love Songs," "Band on the Run" and "Live and Let Die" to early-80s efforts like "Ebony and Ivory," "Say Say Say" and "No More Lonely Nights." The only glaring ommision I noticed was "Take it Away" from the album "Tug of War," which is one of solo McCartney's best songs and was also a fairly big hit in its own right.

Overall, a decent one volume anthology album that should be all of the Paul McCartney most casual fans will need.

"Wingspan" has rendered this album almost moot. Still, this album is good in its own right. "All the Best" follows a selection of McCartney songs and a few B-sides from the Wings years and solo days. If you're not an avid McCartney fan, or just a hits-lover, this one is for you. At the time of its release, it captured the magic of his career, however, since his recent compilation, it would be good to see alternative songs and a re-release. "Wings Greatest" is another, the first, compilation of McCartney's work, that was rendered moot by "Wingspan."