Every Wings Album Ranked From Worst To Best

7. Wings At The Speed Of Sound

McCartney was determined that Wings At The Speed Of Sound would show Wings off as a real band and not just the backing group/vanity project of a former Beatle. The album featured a songwriting credit and/or lead vocal for every band member. A nice idea in theory but in practice it was a bit of drag for fans who just wanted a collection of new Paul McCartney songs.

Real band or not, if your bassist is established as one of the best songwriters ever and one the world's finest pop vocalists, probably let him write and sing the songs. Paul wrote Hey Jude. Why are you giving up album space for Linda McCartney to warble Cook Of The House complete with the sound of real bacon frying on the backing track?

All that being said, Macca's contributions aren't his best this time around. Songs like She's My Baby or Warm and Beautiful feel strangely flat and uninspired. The only indispensable track here is the clever, self referential Silly Love Songs. The album's other hit, Let 'Em In, is a decent production disguising an empty song.