Back in the US
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| Live album by Paul McCartney | ||||
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| Label (s) | Capitol Records (USA) | |||
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Title (number) |
35 |
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CD 1: 54 min 51 s |
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David Kahne |
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Studio (s) |
Sarm West Studios, London (mix of songs) |
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Back in the US is the fifth live album by Paul McCartney . At the same time, including the Wings albums, the Fireman albums, the classic albums, the live albums and compilation albums, it is the 35th album by Paul McCartney after the breakup of the Beatles , which was released in the USA. It was released on November 26, 2002 in the United States and Japan . The album is only available through imports in Europe.
Emergence
Following the publication and promotion work for his album Driving Rain , Paul McCartney went on tour again for the first time since 1993 in April 2002. For these planned live performances he put together a new band: Paul “Wix” Wickens, who was a member of his backing band from 1989 to 1993, and Abe Laboriel Jr. and Rusty Anderson , who were studio musicians on the album Driving Rain . Brian Ray joined as a new member; Paul McCartney has given concerts in this compilation to this day (as of March 2016).
On October 20, 2001, in Madison Square Garden in New York, a benefit concert took place in this line-up for the benefit of the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 , where Paul McCartney played seven songs.
From April 1 to May 18, 2002 Paul McCartney began his US tour under the name Driving Rain Tour with 27 concerts. During this tour, the live album Back in the US was recorded; However, it is not documented at which concerts the individual songs were recorded.
The setlist of the Driving Rain Tour was as follows:
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After the tour, Paul McCartney married his partner Heather Mills on June 11, 2002 .
From September 21 to October 29, 2002 a North American tour followed under the name Back in the US Tour with 23 concerts.
On October 5, 2002, the songs She's Leaving Home and Michelle were also played at Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis . Midnight Special was played during the Houston concert and the song Calico Skies was played in Osaka .
From November 2nd to 5th, 2002 McCartney gave three concerts in Mexico City under the name Driving Mexico Tour , followed by the Driving Japan Tour from November 11th to 18th, 2002 in Japan with five concerts.
As with the live albums Wings over America and Tripping the Live Fantastic , Back in the US was again released as a double CD. The order of the songs corresponds to the order of the songs that were played during the concerts. It was Paul McCartney's first album that was not released as a vinyl long-playing record.
While there are five Beatles songs on the album Wings over America , the number has been increased to fifteen on Tripping the Live Fantastic and nineteen on Back in the US ; as in the album Wings over America the designation of authorship was also Lennon / McCartney in McCartney / Lennon reversed.
One of the Beatles songs is the George Harrison composition Something , which Paul McCartney played in memory of George Harrison, who died in November 2001; the song was performed with a ukulele played by McCartney , a favorite instrument of Harrison.
The album was commercially successful in the USA (15th top ten album).
On March 25, 2003 the European tour followed under the name Back in the World Tour, and in March 2003 the live album Back in the World was released .
Cover design
The cover was designed by Dewynters plc . The cover photos are from Mark Seliger, the rest of the photos on the CD booklet are from Bill Bernstein. The double CD comes with a 32-page booklet containing information about the album, the tour and pictures from the tour.
Track list
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Re-releases
The CD has not yet been remastered .
Single releases
No single was released from the album.
Promotional publications
In the USA, the promotional album sampler Back in the US - In-Store Play was released in November 2002 with the following songs: Eleanor Rigby / Here, There and Everywhere / Band on the Run / Back in the USSR / Maybe I'm Amazed / C Moon / My Love / Can't Buy Me Love / Freedom / Live and Let Die / Let It Be / Hey Jude / The Long and Winding Road / Lady Madonna / I Saw Her Standing There / Yesterday / Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) / The End.
Talk in the US was released as another promotional CD ; this CD contains an interview by Paul McCartney and the songs: Hello Goodbye / Jet / Back in the USSR / Here Today / Maybe I'm Amazed / Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) / The End.
The promotional single CD Hello Goodbye was released in Japan .
In the US chain of stores Best Buy , the album Back in the US was sold with a DVD , which is in a separate cardboard case cover, which contains the song Matchbox as a sound check and promotion for the album. The total length is seven minutes.
Chart placements
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| 2002 | Back in the US | 39 | nv | 91 | nv | 8th | The title also reached number 4 in the Japanese charts. |
Sales figures and awards
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 Denmark (IFPI)
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 gold
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25,000 |
 Japan (RIAJ)
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gold
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100,000 |
 Canada (MC)
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 2 × platinum
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200,000 |
 United States (RIAA)
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2 × platinum
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2,000,000 |
| All in all |
2 × gold 4 × platinum |
2,325,000 |
Main article: Paul McCartney / Music Sales Awards
Video publishing
The concert film Back in the US was recorded during the Driving USA Tour and contains 29 songs. The director and producer of the film is Mark Haefeli. The soundcheck recording of the song Matchbox is not included on the CD.
At the same time as the CD Back in the US was released, the DVD was released on November 23, 2002 in a 5.1 mix. It was published in Europe in March 2003.
The DVD contains the following songs:
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Bonus title:
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The DVD also contained Internet access to a "Secret Show" that was recorded on October 12, 2002 in New Orleans; the following songs were played during the concert: Honey Hush / Foxy Lady / Blackbird / Calico Skies / Matchbox / Sea Melody / India / Lady Madonna.
The songs Sea Melody and India are previously unreleased.
literature
- CD booklet
- Luca Perasi: Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) ISBN 978-88-909122-1-4 (pp. 364-366).
Web links
- More information about the album
- Official Homepage: Back in the US
- More information about the music video: Back in the US Tour
- More information about the music video: Back in the US Tour
Individual evidence
- ↑ Driving Rain USA Tour
- ↑ Back in the US Tour
- ^ Paul McCartney Setlist at Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis . setlist.fm. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
- ↑ Driving Mexico Tour
- ↑ Promotion CD: Back in the US
- ↑ Talking in the US
- ^ Promotion single CD: Hello Goodbye
Studio albums:
McCartney (1970) |
Ram (1971) [Paul and Linda McCartney ] |
Thrillington [pseudonym: Percy Thrillington ] (1977) |
McCartney II (1980) |
Tug of War (1982) |
Pipes of Peace (1983) |
Press to Play (1986) |
Flowers in the Dirt (1989) |
Снова в СССР (1991) |
Off the Ground (1993) |
Flaming Pie (1997) |
Run Devil Run (1999) |
Driving Rain (2001) |
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (2005) |
Memory Almost Full (2007) |
Kisses on the Bottom (2012) |
New (2013) |
Egypt Station (2018)
Studio albums with the Wings :
Wild Life (1971) |
Red Rose Speedway (1973) |
Band on the Run (1973) |
Venus and Mars (1975) |
Wings at the Speed of Sound (1976) |
London Town (1978) |
Back to the Egg (1979)
Studio albums with The Fireman :
Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest (1993) |
Rushes (1998) |
Electric Arguments (2008)
Classical Music Albums:
Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio [Paul McCartney & Carl Davis ] (1991) |
Standing Stone (1997) |
Working Classical (1999) |
Ecce Cor Meum (2006) |
Ocean's Kingdom (2011)
Live albums:
Wings over America [Wings] (1976) |
Tripping the Live Fantastic (1990) |
Tripping the Live Fantastic - Highlights! (1990) |
Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) (1991) |
Paul Is Live (1993) |
Back in the US (2002) |
Back in the World (2003) |
Good Evening New York City (2009) |
iTunes Live from Capitol Studios (2012) |
Amoeba Gig (2019)
Live EPs:
iTunes Festival London (Live) (2007) |
Amoeba's Secret (Live) (2009)
Compilations:
Wings Greatest [Wings] (1978) |
Paul McCartney and Wings GDR album (1981) |
All the best! (1987) |
Wingspan: Hits and History (2001) |
Pure McCartney (2016)
Soundtracks:
The Family Way [Paul McCartney and George Martin ] (1967) |
Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
Remix albums:
Liverpool Sound Collage [Paul McCartney with Super Furry Animals and Youth ] (2000) |
Twin Freaks [pseudonym: Twin Freaks ] (2005)
Interviews:
The McCartney Interview (1980)