Name: Off The Ground
Brand: Capitol
SKU: 25477779
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Off The Ground

Rating

Album: Off The Ground
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Off The Ground	More Info...	3:40
2)	Looking For Changes	More Info...	2:47
3)	Hope Of Deliverance	More Info...	3:22
4)	Mistress And Maid	More Info...	3:00
5)	I Owe It All To You	More Info...	4:51
6)	Biker Like An Icon	More Info...	3:26
7)	Peace In The Neighbourhood	More Info...	5:06
8)	Golden Earth Girl	More Info...	3:45
9)	The Lovers That Never Were	More Info...	3:43
10)	Get Out Of My Way	More Info...	3:32
11)	Winedark Open Sea	More Info...	5:27
12)	C'Mon People	More Info...	7:43

Performer Notes

Personnel: Paul McCartney (vocals, electric, acoustic & Spanish guitar, sitar, piano, Mellotron, Wurlitzer, bass, drums, celeste, ocarina, congas, percussion); Robbie McIntosh (electric, acoustic, Spanish & slide guitar, mandolin, background vocals); Hamish Stewart (electric, acoustic & 12-string guitar, bass, piano, percussion, background vocals); Linda McCartney (autoharp, celeste, Moog, harmonium, percussion, background vocals, train whistle); Susan Milan (flute); Gordon Hunt (oboe); The Midnight Horns (horns); Wix Wickens (piano, Clavinet, Hammond organ, accordion, drum programming, synthesizer, percussion, background vocals); Blair Cunningham (drums, percussion, congas, background vocals); Davide Giovanini, Maurice Ravalico, David Puttman (percussion).
Producers: Paul McCartney, Julian Mendelsohn.
Personnel: Paul McCartney (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Spanish guitar, sitar, ocarina, piano, celesta, Wurlitzer organ, Mellotron, drums, congas, percussion, background vocals); Hamish Stuart (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, piano, bass guitar, percussion, background vocals); Linda McCartney (vocals, autoharp, celesta, harmonium, percussion, background vocals); Robbie McIntosh (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, Spanish guitar, mandolin, background vocals); Paul "Wix" Wickens (accordion, piano, Clavinet, Hammond b-3 organ, synthesizer, percussion, drum programming, background vocals); Blair Cunningham (drums, congas, percussion, background vocals).
When Paul McCartney finally released his first proper '90s studio album, it turned out to be his Greenpeace/Earth First statement. The songs on this collection reflect Macca's philosophy regarding ecological awareness ("C'Mon People," "Cosmically Conscious"), the evils of animal testing ("Looking For Changes"). There are also love songs for wife Linda, who shared Paul's beliefs ("Golden Earth Girl," "I Owe It All To You"). OFF THE GROUND also reunited the songwriting team of McCartney and Elvis Costello on the ocarina-spiced "Mistress and Maid" and the tale of unrequited love that is "The Lovers That Never Were."
As has been the case with most of McCartney's career, OFF THE GROUND has plenty of love songs to go along with the socially conscientious numbers. "Get Out Of My Way" is a gentle '50s rocker about an imminent reunion, and "Winedark Open Sea" is a more ethereal number that finds Macca opening himself up to a lover on several different levels.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (2/18/93, p.58) - 3.5 Stars - Very Good - "...contains some fine songs and sustains a guardedly optimistic mood that conveys a faith in the future..."