10 Most Divisive Albums In Rock Music History

Once the Beatles broke up, many Fab fans were slightly baffled by just how sparse Paul McCartney's first solo album was. Since it was just a homemade project that Paul was working on in between the final days of the Beatles, it was strange to see the perfectionist of the group make lofi songs in between masterpieces like what ended up on Abbey Road. As fate would have it though, this was just the beginning of Paul restructuring his sound for the next phase of his career.

Deciding to bring his wife Linda into the mix, RAM is a weird case study for McCartney, having a lot of rough edges in between some of the most lavish production of his career. And when this thing came out, fans and even fellow Beatles downright hated it, with Ringo admitting that there wasn't one song on the record that he actually liked.

Looking back on it today, this could have been a precursor to the kind of alternative and indie music that we hear today, whether it be the wild and zany moments like Smile Away and Monkberry Moon Delight or the lavish productions on songs like Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey or The Back Seat of My Car. Even when Paul himself wasn't quite sure where his music was going, he still managed to be more ahead of the curve than he probably realized.