Sir Paul McCartney To Release New Album In November

Alongside producer Youth...

Festivalwise.com

* by Jason Gregory

* 29 September 2008

 

Sir Paul McCartney will release a new album this November under his guide of The Fireman.

 

'Electronic Arguments' features thirteen tracks written by the former Beatle and is the first Fireman album to feature vocals.

 

A statement said the record, which is released on November 14th, is “set to both surprise and delight the listener.”

 

The identity of the Fireman was unknown when they released their debut album, 'Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest’, in 1993.

 

However, shortly after the follow-up, 'Rushes', was released in 1998, it was revealed that The Fireman was a collaboration between Sir Paul and producer, Youth.

 

Each track on 'Electronic Arguments' was recorded in thirteen days over the period of nearly a year.

 

The tracklisting for 'Electronic Arguments' is:

 

'Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight'

'Two Magpies'

'Sing The Changes'

'Travelling Light'

'Highway'

'Light From Your Lighthouse'

'Sun Is Shining'

'Dance 'Til We're High'

'Lifelong Passion'

'Is This Love?'

'Lovers In A Dream'

'Universal Here, Everlasting Now'

'Don't Stop Running'

 

Have any of you heard either of the previous two Fireman albums?

This appears to be the promo lead track:

 

The Fireman - Lifelong Passion (Sail Away) (2008)

No I have never heard about the previous ones. This sounds interesting though.

Two more tracks have leaked from the album:

 

The Fireman - Nothing Too Much Just Out of Sight

 

and this is the Radio friendly promo single track that I've heard Radio 2 play a bit:

 

The Fireman - Sing The Changes

 

 

Paul McCartney regrets using pseudonym for new album

Oct 10th

 

(ANI): Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney has revealed that he regrets releasing his new and most cutting-edge album in years under a pseudonym. McCartney, 66, who had been crowned MTV Europe Awards Ultimate Legend in Liverpool this week, had released his dance album Electric Arguments under his alter ego The Fireman, and it is to hit shelves on November 24.

 

Trendy Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe has described his single Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight as the hottest record in the world right now. Paul has been rather taken aback by the initial very positive response and now regrets the albums getting a rather low-key release under his Fireman pseudonym, the Daily Express quoted a source as saying. With the benefit of hindsight, he would have put it out as an official Paul McCartney album, the source added.

He could always repackage it and re-release it under his own name as a super deluxe with DVD.

 

Macca's Fireman

BBC6 MUSIC NEWS by Georgie Rogers

Sir Paul McCartney talks about his latest offering with cohort Youth

 

19 November 2008 - Fans of Paul McCartney will be able to get their hands on his latest experimental project next week.

 

The Beatles' legend has collaborated with Killing Joke bassist and producer Youth, under the alias of The Fireman.

 

"I just totally trust him, throw everything in the book at him," said McCartney about Youth, who prompted him to sing on their third offering.

 

The album, which is released on Monday 24 November, has already received rave reviews from Rolling Stone and Uncut magazines, The Guardian and Observer Music Monthly.

 

Of Electric Arguments, Sir Paul McCartney previously said: "The Fireman takes your hand and takes you through the blaze to places you didn't know you wanted to go."

 

However, he admitted to not taking that too seriously when chatting to 6 Music's Sean Keaveny.

 

"When I get asked, I tend to say stupid stuff like that," McCartney said. "You know in some ways it is true because if you haven't heard The Fireman you won't know, then you might like it, and I think it sort of grows on you. In some ways it's true but I was just asked to make something up. It was ever so quick."

 

Speaking about his working relationship with Youth, McCartney said: "Well I first met him because he was doing a mix of a track of mine and we just got to like eachother.

 

"He's an unusual kind of guy only in as much as he's very artistic. He likes painting, drawing, poetry, we like a lot of the same things, music obviously.""We just made it up and my working relationship with him basically is, I do a load of stuff and he arranges it."

 

And in terms of their music making process, he went on: "We'll just chat about anything and then something will come out of it, maybe a memory of his or memory of mine and then out of that it will be like, 'What shall we do then?'

 

"I say I dunno, let me just do a bit of electric guitar or something, so we'll put down a little of that. Then I'll play some stuff and he starts to piece it together."

 

Their last album together, 1998's Rushes, was purely electronic and instrumental and McCartney explained how they got the lyrics together for this one: "What I do is a normal base and then I'll throw in all sorts of wonky stuff. On this album it was different, he started to say, 'Well, what about a bit of vocals.'

 

"So I said, 'Well I haven't got any words or melody or anything.' He keeps quiet and he knows I'll go, 'But I'll give it a try'."

 

The former Beatle says that writing with Youth reminded him of spontaneous theatre sessions: "It always reminded me of theatre workshops where you see them on the telly improvising, like Mike Leigh, where they've got no idea what they're gonna do but they're just making it up.

 

"So, we just made it up and my working relationship with him basically is, I do a load of stuff and he arranges it."

 

Thinking of Lennon

 

When listening back to his creations McCartney admitted to still wondering how the material would sound if he were still with The Beatles.

 

He said: "You reference most things you do, saying, 'Would that work with The Beatles, or would this be a good wing song? Would John like this? What would George play on this?'

 

"You do that, you also go, 'How would Elvis have sung it?' You do all those little thoughts because it's cheap."

 

 

Well I've bought the album, but I've got to be honest and say I'm disappointed with it. Bar 5 or 6 tracks it feels unfocused and messy.

 

Or is that because I'm in shock by how damn good the Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy album is?

MMMMMM...not to sure what to make with these songs...not on my taste. ;)

 

Somehow i either love or totally hate his songs.