Wings at the Speed of Sound
Studio album by Wings
Released	26 March 1976
Recorded	January - February 1976
Genre	Soft rock
Length	46:38
Label	Parlophone/EMI
Producer(s)	Paul McCartney
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (not favorable) link
Wings chronology
Venus and Mars (1975)	Wings at the Speed of Sound (1976)	Wings over America (1976)

Wings at the Speed of Sound is the fifth album by Wings (or Paul McCartney's seventh solo release) and was recorded and issued in 1976 in the midst of a large world tour as the follow-up album to the popular Venus and Mars. Image File history File links WATSOSCover. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... Wings was a rock music band led by Paul McCartney, formed a couple of years after the dissolution of The Beatles. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Soft rock, also referred to as light rock, is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock and roll to compose a softer, supposedly more ear-pleasing sound for listening, often at work or when driving. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Parlophone is a record label which was founded in Germany prior to World War I by the Carl Lindstrom Company. ... The EMI Group (LSE: EMI) is a music company comprising the major record label, EMI Music, based in Brook Green in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based on Charing Cross Road, London. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Sir James Paul McCartney MBE (born June 18, 1942) is a Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 2_stars. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Wings was a rock music band led by Paul McCartney, formed a couple of years after the dissolution of The Beatles. ... Venus and Mars is the fourth album by Wings, Paul McCartneys group formed after The Beatles dissolution. ... Wings over America is the sixth album issued by Wings and their only live album. ... Wings was a rock music band led by Paul McCartney, formed a couple of years after the dissolution of The Beatles. ... Sir James Paul McCartney MBE (born June 18, 1942) is a Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... Venus and Mars is the fourth album by Wings, Paul McCartneys group formed after The Beatles dissolution. ...

After a series of concerts in Australia in November 1975, Wings took a break from the tour to spend the holidays with their families and in January 1976 booked time at Abbey Road Studios in London to record Wings at the Speed of Sound. It was the first time McCartney had recorded an album in England since Red Rose Speedway. Due to the tour commitments, Wings wasn't afforded the opportunity to record in another different and exciting locale, preferring to work in a familiar environment. By the end of February, the album was complete, and Wings dutifully went back on the road. The legendary recording studio Abbey Road Studios, created in November of 1931 by EMI in London, England is best known as the legendary recording studio used by the rock artists: The Beatles, Cliff Richard, Pink Floyd and The Shadows. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Red Rose Speedway is Paul McCartneys fourth album release and second Wings album, officially credited to Paul McCartney & Wings upon its 1973 release, after the relatively weak commercial performance of the bands debut Wild Life had been credited only to the then-unknown Wings. ...

Wings at the Speed of Sound was released in late March to average reviews. Although the critics weren't as enthusiastic as they had been for Band on the Run and Venus and Mars, the fans certainly were, sending the album to #2 in the UK. It became McCartney's most successful US chart album, spending seven unconsecutive weeks at #1 throughout the summer. Much of Wings at the Speed of Sound's success can be attributed to its two smash singles. "Silly Love Songs", a response to his critics and one of McCartney's biggest hits, followed the album in April. It became one of 1976's biggest-selling singles. This was followed in July with "Let 'Em In", which also scaled the singles charts. Amid all this, Wings finally went to North America for the Wings Over America Tour, playing McCartney's first shows there in ten years (after The Beatles' last tour in 1966) to euphoric reaction; a few selections from Speed of Sound were included. Band on the Run is an album by Wings, released in 1973. ... Venus and Mars is the fourth album by Wings, Paul McCartneys group formed after The Beatles dissolution. ... Silly Love Songs is a song written and sung by Paul McCartney with his band Wings in 1976. ... Let em In was a highly successful single from Wings best-charting album Wings at the Speed of Sound. ... In 1975 and 1976, Paul McCartneys band Wings embarked on the ambitious Wings Over the World tour. ... The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ...

In 1993, Wings at the Speed of Sound was remastered and reissued on compact disc as part of "The Paul McCartney Collection" series, along with The Country Hams' "Walking In The Park With Eloise" and its B-Side "Bridge Over The River Suite", and "Junior's Farm"'s B-Side "Sally G" - all recorded in Nashville in 1974 - as bonus tracks. For other cities named Nashville, see Nashville (disambiguation). ...

Track listing

All songs by Paul McCartney, except where noted. Sir James Paul McCartney MBE (born June 18, 1942) is a Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ...

1. "Let 'Em In" – 5:10
2. "The Note You Never Wrote" – 4:19
   • Lead vocal by Denny Laine
3. "She's My Baby" – 3:06
4. "Beware My Love" – 6:27
5. "Wino Junko" (Jimmy McCulloch/Colin Allen) – 5:19
   • Lead vocal by co-writer Jimmy McCulloch
6. "Silly Love Songs" – 5:53
7. "Cook of the House" – 2:37
   • Lead vocal by Linda McCartney
8. "Time to Hide" (Denny Laine) – 4:32
   • Lead vocal by writer Denny Laine
9. "Must Do Something About It" – 3:42
   • Lead vocal by Joe English
10. "San Ferry Anne" – 2:06
11. "Warm and Beautiful" – 3:12

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Bonus Tracks (1993 release)

1. "Walking In The Park With Eloise" (James McCartney) – 3:07;
2. "Bridge Over The River Suite" – 3:12;
3. "Sally G" – 3:37;