10 Classic Rock Albums That Got Better Over Time

Almost every rock critic known to man has gone on extensively about how much the Beatles were ahead of their time. Even when they were making music that firmly found its place in the Summer of Love, they were still laying the groundwork for what the rest of us could do. When the Fabs were fractured in the '70s though, Paul McCartney wasn't done being experimental on RAM.

You wouldn't know that for the reviews though, with most Macca fans and even his fellow Beatles being more amused than anything about what was on here. Since he had adopted a life of domestic bliss on his farm, this is the kind of zany and weird album that Paul felt most comfortable with at the time, putting together mini epics like Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey beside something like Heart of the Country or Eat at Home. There are even a few songs that almost defy genre altogether, like Monkberry Moon Delight sounding like a cowboy song that had taken a hit of bad acid.

Of all the different faces that this album has though, it does fit into one niche, and it didn't even exist yet. Whether Paul intended to or not, this is the kind of off the wall album that would have fit perfectly in the indie rock scene just a decade later, with him throwing everything he can against the wall and seeing how everything plays out when he's done. While this might have been a change of pace at the time, Paul hadn't lost his way by any stretch. If anything, we all had to keep up with him.