Wings Greatest
Occupation
- Paul McCartney: vocals, guitar, bass, keyboard
- Linda McCartney: Keyboard
- Denny Laine: vocals, piano, guitar, bass
- Jimmy McCulloch: Guitar
- Henry McCullough: Guitar
- Hugh McCracken: Guitar
- Denny Seiwell: Drums
- Joe English: Drums
- Geoff Britton: Drums
Wings Greatest is the eighth album by the group Wings. At the same time, it is the eleventh album Paul McCartney after the breakup of the Beatles and his first compilation album. It was released on November 27, 1978 in the U.S. and on 1 December 1978 in the UK.
Formation
After the compilation album Shaved Fish by John Lennon and the following month, Blast from Your Past by Ringo Starr appeared in October 1975, he spent one year later, in November 1976, a compilation album by George Harrison titled The Best of George Harrison. Except Paul McCartney extended no ex-Beatle record deal with EMI after the contract expired with Apple Records on January 26, 1976.
From the year 1979 to 1984 including Paul McCartney was in the U.S. and Canada in the sound recording company Columbia Records. Capitol Records was so in December 1978 still release a compilation album by Paul McCartney that was titled with the name of Wings Greatest.
The song Another Day is the A- side of a Paul McCartney single and Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey comes from the Paul and Linda McCartney album Ram and thus are both titles no Wings songs. Furthermore, the album does not contain the number -one hit in the U.S. Listen to What the Man Said and the U.S. top ten hits: Helen Wheels and Maybe I'm Amazed (live). The Top Ten hit in the UK Mary Had a Little Lamb is also not included on the album.
Wings Greatest contains nine Top Ten hits in the UK, or eleven U.S. Top Ten hits, including five U.S. number-one hits. Mull of Kintyre did not reach the top ten in the U.S., but was up to the release year of the album the only number-one hit song by Paul McCartney in the UK.
The cover
The cover shows a small statue that was placed on a snowy mountain in Zermatt, Switzerland and photographed by Angus Forbes. The design was designed by Hipgnosis. The statue was again used for the cover of the upcoming studio album Back to the Egg.
Title list
Page 1
Page 2
Single releases
No single was coupled out of the album.
Chart positions
Reissues
- On February 4, 1985, the album was first released on CD.
- In April 1993, the CD was released in a remastered version again.
- In July 2010, the album was released in download format.
Chart positions of the singles included on the album
Chart positions of singles