Electric Arguments

Electric Arguments
Studio album by The Fireman : Paul McCartney and Youth
Publication (s)	November 24, 2008
Label (s)	One Little Indian Records (Europe) ATO Records (USA)
Format (s)	LP , CD , download
Genre (s)	Rock , pop
Title (number)	13
running time	63 min 5 s
occupation	Paul McCartney - vocals, guitar , synthesizer , keyboard , piano , bass , mandolin , flute , tambourine , percussion , mellotron , harmonica , drums , tubular bells , vibraphone , organ , cello Youth - guitar Sound engineer : Clive Goddard
production	Paul McCartney, Youth
Studio (s)	Hog Hill Mill Studios, Sussex
chronology Memory Almost Full (2007) Electric Arguments Good Evening New York City (2009)

Electric Arguments is the third studio album of the duo The Fireman , consisting of Paul McCartney and Youth there. At the same time, including the Wings albums, The Fireman albums, the classic albums, the live albums and compilation albums, it is Paul McCartney's 41st album after the Beatles split up . It was released in the UK and US on November 24, 2008.

Emergence

After the completion of his studio album Memory Almost Full Paul McCartney recorded the song My Soul with Nitin Sawhney , in which Paul McCartney took over the vocals, the album was released on the Nitin Sawhney album London Undersound on October 13, 2008, further one was Promotional CD produced.

From December 2007 to June 2008, Paul McCartney and Youth, alias Martin Glover, returned to his Hog Hill Mill Studio in Sussex and recorded their third album in a total of 13 days, otherwise little information about the creation or the recordings is known.

Paul McCartney and Martin Glover

While the previous album of The Fireman Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest consists mainly of mixes of already published recordings by Paul McCartney, newly composed songs were recorded for Rushes , which are essentially atmospheric instrumental music.

The album Electric Arguments had no concept at the beginning of the recording, so it was only decided during the work to provide the instrumental songs with vocals, so that the finished album can ultimately hardly be distinguished from a conventional Paul McCartney studio album, since the proportion of experimental songs turned out lower. The songs Sing the Changes and Highway were also played by Paul McCartney during the 2009 tour. The song Sing the Changes is also on the McCartney compilation album Pure McCartney , released in 2016 .

During the promotion work for the release of the album Electric Arguments , the identity of The Fireman was announced and it was mentioned that Paul McCartney and Youth are hiding behind the pseudonym. The CD booklet also contains photos of Paul McCartney and Youth, and both gave interviews about the album.

For the first time a Fireman album was able to place itself in the charts, but it was not commercially successful compared to the other studio albums by Paul McCartney.

Electric Argument was not released by Hear Music , but by the label One Little Indian Records in Europe and ATO Records in the USA.

The album was also released as a vinyl double album.

Cover design and title of the album

The cover was designed by Norman Hathaway. The photos are from Ruth Ward. The promotion CD was produced with a completely different cover design. The album title Electric Arguments comes from the poem Kansas City to St. Louis by Allen Ginsberg . The CD comes with a 48-page illustrated booklet containing information about the album. The CD is in a Digipak cover.

Track list

All songs were written by Paul McCartney.

1. Nothing Too Much Just Out of Sight - 4:55
2. Two Magpies - 2:12
3. Sing the Changes - 3:44
4. Traveling Light - 5:06
5. Highway - 4:17
6. Light from Your Lighthouse - 2:31
7. Sun Is Shining - 5:12
8. Dance 'Til We're High - 3:37
9. Lifelong Passion - 4:49
10. Is This Love? - 5:52
11. Lovers in a Dream - 5:22
12. Universal Here, Everlasting Now - 5:05
13. Don't Stop Running - 10:31 (the song ends at 5:54)

Road Trip (the song starts at 7:57 and ends at 10:31)

iTunes Bonus Track (2008)

• Sawain Ambient Acapella - 4:53

Forms of publication

In addition to being released in CD format, the album was also offered in download format, as well as in these combinations:

• Electric Arguments: CD and download
• Electric Arguments: 12 ″ vinyl double album, CD and download
• Electric Arguments in a 12 ″ metal box, contents: CD 1: the album (CD); CD 2: seven remixes (bonus tracks CD); DVD 1: the album, Highway remix , two videos and studio documentation (high-resolution stereo audio & bonus video DVD); DVD 2: the audio tracks for five titles (multi-track audio files data DVD); the 12 ″ vinyl double album; a 48-page illustrated book (12 ”) and two lithographs

In detail:

CD 2

1. Solstice Ambient Acapella - 3:11 pm
2. Traveling Light Instrumental - 8:16
3. Wickerman Ambient Dub - 12:41
4. Morning Mist Instrumental Dub - 5:40
5. Equinox Instrumental - 8:22
6. Sawain Ambient Acapella - 4:51
7. Sawain Instrumental Dub - 4:51

DVD 1 - Hi-definition audio recordings

1. Sing the Changes (music video)
2. Dance 'Til We're High (Music Video)
3. In the Studio (documentary) - 12:41

DVD 2 - DVD - Multi-track session files

1. Dance 'Til We're High
2. Highway
3. Light from Your Lighthouse
4. Sing the changes
5. Sun is shining

Information on individual songs

• The song Nothing Too Much Just Out of Sight is reminiscent of Helter Skelter from the Beatles album The BEATLES . The text of the song was interpreted as "processing" the divorce phase with Heather Mills , the marriage was divorced on March 17, 2008 in London.
• Traveling Light was influenced by a shanty CD that Paul McCartney heard.
• The songs The Sun is Shining , Sing the Changes and Dance 'Til We're High musically and lyrically reflect the positive mood of Paul McCartney, which was regained after the divorce. A possible background could be the then new relationship with his partner and later wife Nancy Shevell.

Re-releases

The album has not yet been remastered .

Single releases

Sing the changes

On November 17, 2008, the download single Sing the Changes was published, a physical single was not released. Promotional CD singles were produced in the UK and the US.

Dance 'Til We're High

On January 5, 2009, the second download single Dance 'Til We're High was released , a physical single was again not released. A promotional CD was made in the UK.

Promotion singles

• In the UK, the promotional CD single Nothing Too Much Just Out of Sight (Radio Edit) was produced in October 2008 .
• A promotional sampler CD was released in France with the following four titles: Nothing Too Much Just Out of Sight / Sing The Changes / Highway / Dance 'Til We're High

Music videos

Music videos were made for the songs Sing the Changes and Dance 'Til We're High .

Chart placements

year	album	Chart placements					annotation
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2008	Electric Arguments	100	-	88	79	67
year	Single release	Chart placements					annotation
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2008	Sing the Changes Electric Arguments	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Dance 'Til We're High Electric Arguments	-	-	-	-	-

literature

• Luca Perasi: Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013). LILY Publishing, Milan, Italy 2013, ISBN 978-88-909122-1-4 , pp. 403-409.

Web links

• More information about the album
• Official homepage: Electric Arguments
• Recorded by Paul McCartney in 2008

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nitin Sawhney album London Undersound
2. ↑ Promotional CD: My Soul
3. ↑ 2009 tour
4. ↑ The Fireman Official Homepage ( Memento of March 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Promotion CD: Electric Arguments
6. ↑ Formats offered for the album Electric Arguments ( Memento of the original from October 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ^ UK promotion CD Sing the Changes
8. ^ USA promotion CD Sing the Changes
9. ↑ UK promotion CD Dance 'Til We're High
10. ↑ USA promotional CD Nothing Too Much Just Out of Sight
11. ^ French promotional sampler CD