Memory Almost Full

Paul McCartney

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Europe:  Universal / hearmusic Release Date: 1 June 2007
USA: Concord Records / Hear Music Release Date: 5 June 2007
Japan Includes 14th track "Why So Blue" Release Date: 6 June 2007
  This album is Paul's first to be also available via download on iTunes  

Total Time: 41:59 minutes

Tr Title Time
1 Dance Tonight 2:54
2 Ever Present Past 2:57
3 See Your Sunshine 3:20
4 Only Mama Knows 4:17
5 You Tell Me 3:15
6 Mister Bellamy 3:39
7 Gratitude 3:19
8 Vintage Clothes 2:22
9 That Was Me 2:38
10 Feet In The Clouds 3:24
11 House Of Wax 4:59
12 End of the End 2:57
13 Nod Your Head 1:58

Album Credits

All tracks written and composed by Paul McCartney.

Paul McCartney played all instruments except:

Paul 'Wix' Wickens - keyboards; Rusty Anderson - guitar; Brian Ray - bass guitar and Abe Laboriel Jr. - drums; played on Only Mamma Knows, You Tell Me, Vintage Clothes, That Was Me, Feet In The Clouds, and House of Wax

Produced and programmed by David Kahne.

Engineers: Adam Noble, David Kahne, Steve Orchard, Geoff Emerick and Paul Hicks

Assistant Engineers: Jamie Kirkham, Eddie Klein, Adam Noble, Chris Bolster, Kevin Mills and Mirek Stiles

Mixed by David Kahne and Andy Wallace at See Squared Studios New York, Soundtrack Studios New York and Hog Hill Mill Studios Sussex

Recorded at Hog Hill Mill Studios, Abbey Road Studios, Henson Recording Studios, Air Studios, RAK Studios.
Recording sessions started in October 2003 - The mixing was completed in February 2007

Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Portland ME

 

Press Release

Memory Almost Full out Monday June 4th 2007
By Paul McCartney

I actually started this album, Memory Almost Full, before my last album Chaos And Creation In The Backyard (released September 2005). The first recording session was back in the autumn of 2003 at Abbey Road with my touring band and producer David Kahne. I was right in the middle of it when I began talking with Nigel Godrich about a brand new project (which became Chaos And Creation In The Backyard).

When I was just finishing up everything concerned with Chaos and had just got the Grammy nominations (2006) I realised I had this album to go back to and finish off. So I got it out to listen to it again, wondering if I would enjoy it, but actually I really loved it. All I did at first was just listen to a couple of things and then I began to think, 'OK, I like that track - now, what is wrong with it?' And it might be something like a drum sound, so then I would re-drum and see where we would get to.

I took it from there and built it up. I went through, track by track, making changes as I went along. I fixed things I wasn't too keen on and it just evolved from there. Without me knowing, or really trying, it started to get its own theme, a sort of thread that holds it all together. So I suppose it's about half new stuff and half old stuff from 2003.

In places it's a very personal record and a lot of it is retrospective, drawing from memory, like memories from being a kid, from Liverpool and from summers gone. The album is evocative, emotional, rocking, but I can't really sum it up in one sentence.

There is a medley of 5 songs towards the end and that was purposefully retrospective. I thought this might be because I'm at this point in my life, but then I think about the times I was writing with John and a lot of that was also looking back. It's like me with 'Penny Lane' and 'Eleanor Rigby' - I'm still up to the same tricks!
I know people are going to look at some of the songs and interpret them in different ways but this has always been the case. The thing is that I love writing songs, so I just write and write. I never really get to a point where I start thinking I'm going to write about specific subjects. Inevitably though, what I am thinking is going to find its way into what I'm doing.

The opening track of the album is 'Dance Tonight'. I recently got myself a mandolin and I was just playing about with it and came up with the basis of this track. A couple of weeks ago we made the video, which was great fun. It's directed by Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind) and stars Natalie Portman and Mackenzie Crook. I'm not going to give the plot away. You'll have to go and watch it for yourself, but we had a good time doing it.

The album title came after I had finished everything. For me, that's when they normally come, with the exception of maybe Sgt. Peppers, otherwise I don't think I have ever made an album with The Beatles, Wings or solo where I have thought of a title and a concept. I was thinking about what would sum the whole thing up and 'Memory Almost Full' sprung to mind. It's a phrase that seemed to embrace modern life; in modern life our brains can get a bit overloaded. I realised I had also seen it come up on my phone a few times. When I started bouncing the idea round with some friends they nearly all got different meanings out of it, but they all said they loved it. So the feedback helped solidify the title.

After completing the album I then started thinking about the album artwork and how I'd want it to look. I really wanted to make the CD a desirable object. Something that I know I'd want to pick up from the shelf, something that would make people curious. I hope our final concept has done that. The album sleeve itself includes an etching by a friend of mine, Humphrey Ocean. As with the album lyrics, I'm looking forward to seeing how people might interpret the artwork.

Currently I'm just starting out on the promo trail and beginning to get the first bits of feedback about the album and so far so good! It's interesting now as I'm getting to hear what other people are making of the songs and what their feelings are. I'm also talking about the album myself and I'm really enjoying the discovery process.

I really enjoyed making this album with David Kahne and I'm proud of all the songs. We had a great time. I hope that the fun we had will communicate itself to the people who are going to listen to it.

All the best,
Paul McCartney, April 2007

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CD1 same as standard edition. Includes 2nd CD:

CD2 (Total Time: 35:04)

Tr Title Time
1 In Private 2:09
2 Why So Blue 3:12
3 222 3:39
4 Paul talks about the music of Memory Almost Full 26:04

This set is wonderfully packaged in a deluxe cardboard foldout box which also includes a mini poster with photos and lyrics:

1. This is the closed box:
2. Open left wing:
3. Open right wing - memory:
4. Open upper wing - almost:
5. Open 1st lower wing - full:
6. Open 2nd lower wing:
7. And to the right, slide out booklet:
8. booklet - front side with photos:
9. booklet - back side with lyrics
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