10 Music Genre Switchups That Made Absolutely No Sense

When we got the first of what would be the Beatles' solo outings, Paul McCartney was the one that gave us the biggest surprise. Since he was always known as the perfectionist in the group, hearing his debut solo record was more than a bit of a departure, taking fragments of songs rejected by the Beatles and making something that sounds more like a demo than a properly fleshed out album. While it might have taken a few listens to warm up to that record, Macca decided to take another left turn with Linda on RAM.

Considering his last album was a bit more ramshackle from a production standpoint, this is the kind of album that feels like Paul getting used to working as a solo artist, with one of the biggest production jobs that he's ever had on one of his albums. Though Paul does have his traditional pop songs on here, a lot of these sounds feel closer to indie rock than anything that the Beatles were associated with.

After the last big thing we heard were songs like Maybe I'm Amazed and Another Day, there's no category for songs like Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey or Monkberry Moon Delight, the latter of which sounds like the soundtrack to some messed up acid trip. Just when we thought that Paul was going to have a more lofi feel to his records, he hits us with something that could stand alongside a Brian Wilson style pop record.