Paul McCartney Announces 67-Track Pure McCartney Compilation

Paul McCartney has announced Pure McCartney, a 67-track compilation album that collects songs from across his post-Beatles discography. The compilation spans from his 1970 debut solo record McCartney, through more solo work, songs with Wings and the Fireman (a duo with Youth), and up to the current decade with “Hope for the Future,” his 2014 song for the video game “Destiny,” and a 2015 remix of “Say Say Say” (a collab with Michael Jackson included on the Pipes of Peace reissue). Pure McCartney is out June 10, and it’s available as a 2xCD, 4xCD, and 4xLP. See the full tracklist here, and check out the artwork below. 

McCartney said of the project, “Me and my team came up with the idea of putting together a collection of my recordings with nothing else in mind other than having something fun to listen to.” He added, “Maybe it’s to be enjoyed on a long car journey or an evening at home or at a party with friends? So we got our heads together and came up with these diverse playlists from various periods of my long and winding career.”

Reflecting on the tracklisting, he said:

The word “career” is a bit misleading because to me it has been more like a musical adventure than a proper job….It pleases me, and often amazes me, that I’ve been involved in the writing and recording of so many songs, each of them so different from the others.

Watch the “Hope for the Future” video:

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