Flowers in the Dirt

Flowers in the Dirt
Paul McCartney's studio album
Publication (s)	June 5, 1989 ( UK ) , June 6, 1989 ( US )
Label (s)	Parlophone / EMI / Capitol Records / Universal Music
Format (s)	LP , MC , CD , download
Genre (s)	skirt
Title (number)	LP: 12 CD: 13
running time	CD: 53 min 42 s
occupation	Paul McCartney : vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer, drums, tambourine, percussion, sitar, harmonium, mellotron, flugelhorn, bongos, violin, keyboards Linda McCartney : Mini-Moog, backing vocals Robbie McIntosh , David Gilmour : guitar Hamish Stuart : guitar, percussion, backing vocals Chris Whitten: drums, percussion Paul "Wix" Wickens: Keyboards Elvis Costello : vocals, keyboard David Foster , Trevor Horn , Mitchell Froom: Keyboard Dave Mattacks: drums Guy Barker : Trumpet Steve Lipson: guitar, keyboard Nicky Hopkins : piano David Rhodes : electric guitar Judd Lander: Harmonica Chris Davis, Chris White, Dave Bishop: Saxophone John Taylor, Tony Goddard: Cornet Ian Peters: Euphonium Ian Harper: Tenor Horn Sound engineers : Neil Dorfsman, Steve Lipson, Peter Henderson, Geoff Emerick, Jon Kelly, Tchad Blake and Ross Cullum
production	Paul McCartney, Mitchell Froom, Neil Dorfsman, Elvis Costello, Trevor Horn, Steve Lipson, Chris Hughes , Ross Cullum, David Foster
Studio (s)	Hog Hill Mill Studios, Sussex AIR Studios in London Olympic Studios London Metropolis Studios-London Islands Studios London Sunset Sound Factory Studios-Los Angeles, USA Mad Hatter Studios-Los Feliz, USA
chronology All the best! (1987) Flowers in the Dirt Tripping the Live Fantastic (1990)

Flowers in the Dirt ( English Flowers in the Dirt ) is the ninth solo album by Paul McCartney . At the same time, including the Wings albums and compilation albums , it is Paul McCartney's 19th album after the Beatles split up . It was released on June 5, 1989 in the UK and June 6, 1989 in the US . It was the last album so far with which McCartney reached the top of the British charts.

Emergence

After his last solo album Press to Play was a commercial failure in late 1986, McCartney devoted himself to various music projects. In December 1986 he recorded the instrumental song Squid , which only appeared in July 1997 on the B-side of the single The World Tonight .

In February / March 1987 Paul McCartney recorded several songs with Phil Ramone as producer; but there was no album release. However, two songs from these recording sessions were released in 1987, Once Upon a Long Ago was chosen for the compilation album All the Best! and used as the single A-side, the second song Back on My Feet became the B-side. Other recorded songs were: PS Love Me Do (Release: Flowers in the Dirt - Special Edition ), Love Come Tumbling Down (B-side of Beautiful Night , December 1997), This One (new recording during the sessions for Flowers in the Dirt ) , Atlantic Ocean (B-side of Young Boy , April 1997), Love Mix (B-side of Beautiful Night , December 1997) and the songs previously only published on Bootlegs : Return to Pepperland , Big Day and Christian Bob .

During these recordings Paul McCartney recorded with Duane Eddy and other studio musicians in February 1987 the song Rockestra Theme from the album Back to the Egg . The producer of this new recording is Eddy Pumer. Rockestra Theme was released on the album Duane Eddy , as well as 7 "vinyl and 12" vinyl single, in a lengthy mix, in Great Britain in 1987.

A spontaneous session on July 20 and 21, 1987 resulted in the album Снова в СССР with cover versions of 16 rock 'n' roll pieces, which was released exclusively in the USSR in October 1988 and released worldwide in September and October 1991 .

This was followed in October 1987 with recordings of two Linda McCartney songs, Endless Days and Poison Ivy , which were released on the Linda McCartney album Wide Prairie in 1998, and the Paul McCartney song Tropic Island Hum in December 1987 recorded, but it was only released as a single in September 2004.

For the first time since the album Back to the Egg , Paul McCartney recorded an album with a permanent backing band, so most of the songs featured Linda McCartney, Hamish Stuart , Paul "Wix" Wickens, Chris Whitten and Robbie McIntosh (from September 1988). The band stayed together, apart from drummer Chris Whitten, until the end of 1993. With Paul "Wix" Wickens Paul McCartney works musically to this day (as of March 2017).

The first recordings for the album Flowers in the Dirt took place between December 1987 and January 1988 with the producers Trevor Horn and Steve Lipson, during these sessions the songs Rough Ride , Figure of Eight , How Many People and Où est le Soleil? recorded.

At the suggestion of his manager Richard Ogden, McCartney worked with Elvis Costello from September 1987 . Both already composed the title Back on My Feet , which was completed in March 1987 and appeared in November 1987 as the B-side of McCartney's single Once Upon a Long Ago . A very productive phase followed, in which several songs were created that later appeared not only on the McCartney album Flowers in the Dirt . Other recordings were published elsewhere: Veronica and Pads, Paws and Claws appeared on Costello's Spike album , So like Candy and Playboy to a Man appeared on Elvis Costello's Mighty like a Rose album , while Paul McCartney shared the jointly written songs Mistress and Maid and The Lovers That Never Were for his 1993 album Off the Ground . The two demo recordings Twenty-Five Fingers and Tommy's Coming Home , sung and recorded by McCartney and Costello and produced by McCartney in his Hog Hill Studio, were released on bootlegs ; the recordings are from September 3 and October 23, 1987. Nine of the demos were officially released on March 24, 2017 as a bonus to the CD / LP re-release.

On January 26th, February 1st, 2nd and 26th as well as on March 3rd, 1988 Elvis Costello and Paul McCartney produced with the studio band consisting of Chris Whitten (drums), Hamish Stewart (guitar, vocals) and Kevin Armstrong (guitar , Gesang) several songs, nine of which were also released as part of the Deluxe Edition on March 24, 2017.

In the course of this collaboration with Costello, which specifically concerned a new McCartney album, McCartney had doubts. Costello increasingly encouraged him to musically approach the style of the Beatles or " to orientate himself on the naked Mersey beat of the early years". When Costello returned to his own career after the recordings, McCartney had the collaborative songs by producers Mitchell Froom and Neil Dorfsman revised in September to November 1988.

Between April and July 1988 Paul McCartney produced the songs Put It There , Distraction , This One , Flying to My Home , The First Stone , Good Sign and the songs New Moon over Jamaica used in later years (released after a musical revision in October 1988 on the Johnny Cash album Water From the Wells of Home ), Same Love (B-side of the single Beautiful Night , December 1997), Don't Break the Promises (B-side of the single The World Tonight , May 1997) . Furthermore, two songs by Linda McCartney were recorded, The White Coated Man and Cow , which were only officially released in October 1998 on the Linda McCartney album Wide Prairie .

In the beginning of 1989 Chris Hughes and Ross Cullum produced the song Motor of Love and were still working on the revised single version of Figure of Eight .

The mixing of the album, which in addition to four co-productions with Costello also contained eight pieces written by McCartney alone, was completed on January 30, 1989.

As a pre-coupling of the album, the single My Brave Face was released on May 8, 1989 . Flowers in the Dirt was released on June 5, 1989. The album title goes back to a text passage in the song That Day Is Done ("She sprinkles the flowers with dirt ..."), whereby critics also pointed to the association of the picture with the punk movement.

Despite intensive promotional work by Paul McCartney, Flowers in the Dirt was the third studio album in a row that did not reach the top 20 on the US Billboard 200 , but it became the seventh and so far last number one album for Paul McCartney in Great Britain .

To promote the album in Germany, Paul McCartney appeared on the German entertainment show Mensch Meier on May 18, 1989 and performed the songs Put It There and Figure of Eight with full playback , both playback recordings coming from the music video Put It There .

In May 1989, the benefit single Ferry 'Cross the Mersey was released for the benefit of the victims of the Hillsborough disaster , performers were Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden , Holly Johnson and The Christians , producers of the song composed by Gerry Marsden were Stock Aitken Waterman .

The song was number 1 on the UK charts for three weeks .

Cover design

The album cover shows a background drawn by Brian Clarke with flowers on it. The photo of the arrangement is from Linda McCartney . The CD comes with a 16-page booklet containing the lyrics.

Track list

page 1

1. My Brave Face - 3:18 (McCartney / Costello)
2. Rough Ride - 4:43 (McCartney)
3. You Want Her Too - 3:11 (McCartney / Costello)
4. Distractions - 4:38 (McCartney)
5. We Got Married - 4:57 (McCartney)
6. Put It There - 2:07 (McCartney)

Page 2

1. Figure of Eight - 3:25 (McCartney)
2. This One - 4:10 (McCartney)
3. Don't Be Careless Love - 3:18 (McCartney / Costello)
4. That Day Is Done - 4:19 (McCartney / Costello)
5. How Many People - 4:14 (McCartney)
6. Motor of Love - 6:18 (McCartney)

Music cassette / CD bonus track

• Où est le soleil? - 4:45 (McCartney / Horn / Lipson)

Special editions

Flowers in the Dirt - World Tour Pack

The special edition was released in Great Britain on November 23, 1989 and was limited.

In addition to the standard long-playing record or CD, the World Tour Pack contains various supplements, including a single-sided recordable 7 "vinyl single for the World Tour Pack - vinyl edition or a 3" CD single (World Tour Pack - CD- Edition) with the previously unreleased song Party, Party .

Flowers in the Dirt - Special Edition

The double CD was released in Japan on March 1, 1990 and was limited.

CD 1

The commercially available CD

CD 2

1. Message - 0:28
   • A message from Paul McCartney to the Japanese fans.
2. The Long and Winding Road (Lennon – McCartney) - 3:51
   • From the video Put It There and B-side of the maxi single Figure of Eight
3. Loveliest Thing - 3:59
   • B-side of the maxi single Figure of Eight
4. Rough Ride - 4:53
   • From the video Put It There and B-side of the UK CD single Figure of Eight
5. Où est le soleil? (7 ″ mix) - 4:50
   • B-side of the single Figure of Eight
6. Mama's Little Girl - 3:41
   • B-side of the single Put It There
7. Same Time Next Year - 3:06
   • B-side of the maxi single Put It There
8. Party, Party (McCartney / Linda McCartney / Robbie McIntosh / Hamish Stuart / Chris Whitten / Paul "Wix" Wickens) - 5:35 (Remixed by Bruce Forest)
   • From the video Put It There and single supplement to the Flowers in the Dirt - World Tour Pack
9. PS Love Me Do (McCartney – Lennon) - 3:40
   • Previously unreleased song produced by Phil Ramone in February 1987.

Information on individual songs

• You Want Her Too is a duet between McCartney and Elvis Costello.
• David Gilmour played guitar on We Got Married .
• The three bonus pieces have the following origins:
  • Loveliest Thing was produced by Paul McCartney and Phil Ramone in August 1986 and first appeared on the B-side of the maxi single The Figure of Eight .
  • Back on My Feet was produced by Paul McCartney and Phil Ramone in March 1987.
  • Flying to My Home comes from the Flowers in the Dirt recording sessions and was first released on the B-side of the single My Brave Face .

Re-releases

• In April 1993 the CD was released in a version remastered by Peter Mew . The CD comes with a 16-page illustrated booklet containing information about the album and the lyrics to the song. The album has the following three bonus tracks:

1. Back on My Feet - 4:24 (McCartney / Costello)
2. Flying to My Home - 4:15 (McCartney)
3. Loveliest Thing - 3:58 (McCartney)

• In May 2007 the album was released in download format with the bonus track

This One (Club Lovejoys mix) (Remixed by Matt Butler) - 6:12 (McCartney)

• On March 24, 2017, Flowers in the Dirt , remastered for the second time, was released by the music label Capitol Records as part of The Paul McCartney Archive Collection . The remastering was done by Alex Wharton and Sam Okell at Abbey Road Studios . The CD album has a cardboard cover that can be opened and which is accompanied by an 18-page illustrated booklet containing information about the album and the lyrics to the song. The design comes from the company YES. The album was released in different formats:
• Special Edition
  The original 13-track album with a bonus CD (original demos with Elvis Costello ) containing the following songs:

1. The Lovers That Never Were - 3:58
2. Tommy's Coming Home - 4:10
3. Twenty Fine Fingers - 2:28
4. So Like Candy - 3:29
5. You Want Her Too - 2:40
6. That Day is Done - 4:16
7. Don't Be Careless Love - 3:44
8. My Brave Face - 2:40
9. Playboy To a Man - 2:58

The album was also released as a vinyl version (without Où est le soleil? ) As a double LP (newly remastered) including the nine bonus tracks and a download code that contained the song Où est le soleil? includes.

• Deluxe Edition
  This edition includes a 112-page illustrated book that documents the making of the album, a 32-page book that the handwritten texts maps of Paul McCartney, a 62-page book, the pictures of the two music videos of This One shows , and a 32-page book containing 20 pictures by Linda McCartney that were exhibited in the Mayor Gallery in London between November 22nd and December 22nd, 1989. The Deluxe Edition contains the original 13-track album with the bonus CD mentioned above, although the song Playboy To a Man has a length of 7:21 min, as the other song The Lovers That Never Were ( Geoff Emerick Mix ) was appended. The Deluxe Edition also contains another CD with demos, which was recorded in 1988 with the studio band of Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello:

1. The Lovers That Never Were - 3:50
2. Tommy's Coming Home - 5:03
3. Twenty Fine Fingers - 2:47
4. So Like Candy - 3:48
5. You Want Her Too - 3:20
6. That Day is Done - 4:22
7. Don't Be Careless Love - 3:25
8. My Brave Face - 3:30
9. Playboy To a Man - 2:55
   

as well as a DVD (total running time: 142 min 26 s) with the following content:

1. My Brave Face (music video) - 3:50
2. My Brave Face (music video version 2) - 3:41
3. This One (music video) - 4:25
4. This One (Music Video Version 2) - 4:27
5. Figure of Eight (music video) - 5:19
6. Party Party (music video) - 3:50
7. Où est le soleil? (Music video) - 4:26
8. Put it There (music video) - 2:18
9. Distractions (music video) - 4:50
10. We Got Married (music video) - 4:03
11. Creating Flowers in the Dirt:
    • Paul and Elvis - 21:17
    • Buds in the Studio - 7:38
    • The Making of "This One" (The Dean Chamberlain One) - 7:35
12. Put It There Documentary - 1:04:43

In addition, the deluxe version comes with a download code with which the buyer is entitled to purchase the following songs free of charge in addition to the contents of the three CDs mentioned:

1. Back on My Feet - 4:24
2. Flying to My Home - 4:15
3. The First Stone - 4:06
4. Good Sign - 6:59
5. This One (Club Lovejoys Mix) - 6:11
6. Figure of Eight (12 ″ Bob Clearmountain Mix) - 5:14
7. Loveliest Thing - 4:03
8. Où est le soleil? (12 ″ Mix) - 7:06
9. Où est le soleil? (Tub Dub Mix) - 4:30
10. Où est le soleil? (7 ″ Mix) - 4:53
11. Où est le soleil? (Instrumental) - 4:29
12. Party Party (Original Mix) - 5:32
13. Party Party (Club Mix) - 6:21
14. I Don`t Want to Confess (Cassette Demo with Elvis Costello) - 2:21
15. Shallow Grave (Cassette Demo with Elvis Costello) - 2:14
16. Mistress and Maid (Cassette Demo with Elvis Costello) - 2:29
17. The Lovers That Never Were (Geoff Emerick Mix) - 4:05

• In March and May 2017, the following free downloads were made available on the official Paul McCartney homepage that were previously not officially available:

1. Distractions (demo) - 4:56
2. This One (demo) - 3:26
3. Back on My Feet (Demo) - 3:23

Single releases

My brave face

On May 8, 1989, the single My Brave Face / Flying to My Home was released , the B-side was recorded during the sessions for the album Flowers in the Dirt .

A 12 ″ vinyl maxi single / 5 ″ CD single with the following songs was also released: My Brave Face / Flying to My Home / I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday / Ain't That a Shame . The songs I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday and Ain't That a Shame are from the Снова в СССР (The Russian Album) sessions / album.

Flying to My Home comes from the Flowers in the Dirt recording sessions.

In the USA, 7 "vinyl promotional singles (with the A-side My Brave Face on both sides ) and 5" CD promotional singles were produced.

This one

On July 17, 1989, the single This One / The First Stone was released . In the United States, the single was released on August 1, 1989, where it was only available as a music cassette. A week later, the limited 7 "vinyl single This One / The Long and Winding Road followed in Great Britain .

The following three maxisisingles were published by This One :

• This One / The First Stone / I Wanna Cry / I'm in Love Again   (as 12 ″ vinyl maxi single and 5 ″ CD single)

The songs I Wanna Cry and I'm in Love Again are from the Снова в СССР (The Russian Album) sessions / album.

• This One / The First Stone / Good Sign   (12 ″ vinyl maxi single, released July 31, 1989)

The songs Good Sign and The First Stone are from the Flowers in the Dirt recording sessions.

• This One (Club Lovejoys Mix) / The First Stone / I Wanna Cry / I'm in Love Again   (as a 12 ″ vinyl maxi single, released August 1989, in Germany) This One was remixed by Matt Butler.

In the USA, 7 "vinyl promotional singles (both sides with the A-side This One ) and 5" CD promotional singles were produced.

Où est le soleil?

On July 25, 1989, the 12 ″ vinyl maxi single Où est le soleil? Was released in the USA, Italy, Greece, France and Spain . (Long Remix) / Où est le soleil? (Tub Dub Mix) / Où est le soleil? (Instrumental Mix).

In November 1989 the following 12 ″ vinyl maxi single was released in Germany: Où est le soleil? (Long Remix) / Figure of Eight (Remix) / Où est le soleil? (Tub Dub Mix). The remixes of Où est le soleil? made by Goh Hotoda, production directed by Shep Pettibone.

In the USA a 5 ″ CD promotional single with a shortened remix (7 ″ mix) was produced.

Note: Another remix by Dennis Muyet was released on the compilation album Disconet Dance Classics (CD Series 3) .

Figure of Eight

The fourth single was Figure of Eight (Remix) / Où est le soleil? (Single Remix) on November 13, 1989. In the US, the single was released on November 14, 1989, where it was only available as a music cassette. The single version is not just a remix by Bob Clearmountain, but new overdubs were also recorded for the song. The 7 ″ vinyl single, 12 ″ vinyl maxi single and the 3 ″ CD contain the 5 minute and 11 second version. The 5 ″ CD contains a version shortened to 4 minutes and 4 seconds.

From Figure of Eight following published five maxi singles:

• Figure of Eight (Remix) / This One (Club Lovejoys Mix)

Released November 13, 1989 in Great Britain as a 12 "vinyl maxi single.

• Figure of Eight (Remix) / The Long and Winding Road / Loveliest Thing

Released on November 13, 1989 as a 5 ″ CD.

• Figure of Eight (Remix) / Où est le soleil?

Limited, single-sided recordable 12 ″ vinyl maxi single (etched disc). Released November 20, 1989 in Great Britain.

• Figure of Eight (Remix) / Où est le soleil? / Où est le soleil? (Tub Dub Mix)

Released November 27, 1989 in Great Britain as a 12 "vinyl maxi single.

• Figure of Eight (Remix) / Rough Ride / Où est le soleil? (7 ″ mix)

Released on November 27, 1989 in Great Britain as a 3 ″ CD.

In the USA, 7 "vinyl promotional singles and 5" CD promotional singles were produced.

The songs The Long and Winding Road and Rough Ride come from the recordings for the video documentary Put It There . Loveliest Thing was produced by Paul McCartney and Phil Ramone in August 1986.

Put it there

On February 5, 1990, Put It There / Mama's Little Girl was released as the fifth single . In the US, the single was released on May 1st, where it was only available as a music cassette.

The following 12 ″ vinyl maxi single and 5 ″ CD single were also released in Europe: Put It There / Mama's Little Girl / Same Time Next Year .

Mama's Little Girl is from the Red Rose Speedway sessions, while Same Time Next Year was recorded but not used on May 5 and 6, 1978 for the film Next Year, Same Time . The studio work took place in the RAK Studios and the Abbey Road Studios in London. The producers were Paul McCartney and Chris Thomas.

In the USA, 7 ″ vinyl promotional singles ( Put It There on both sides with the A side ) were produced.

Further promotion singles

The planned third single release should originally be the song Distractions . 7 ″ promotion singles were made in Spain that contain the song on both sides. The video for Distractions can be seen in a different musical mix in the music documentary Put It There .

Another single in the USA was the song We Got Married . This is indicated by the release of a 5 ″ CD promotional single (We Got Married (Edit) / We Got Married) and the production of a music video.

The following two 12 ″ vinyl promotional singles were produced in Great Britain in 1989:

• Party Party (Single Version) / Party Party (Bruce Forest Extended Remix)
• Good Sign / Good Sign (Groove Mix)

Both singles were limited to 500 units each. The two mixes of the B-sides are only available on the two maxisingles.

Music videos

Music videos were shot for the single A-sides as well as by Distractions , We Got Married and Party Party .

Chart placements

year	album	Chart placements					annotation
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1989	Flowers in the Dirt	9	18th	13	1	21st	The album also reached number 15 in the Dutch charts, number 2 in the Swedish charts, number 1 in the Norwegian charts and number 18 in the Australian charts.
2017	Flowers in the Dirt (re-release)	-	-	-	41	-
year	Single release	Chart placements					annotation
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1989	My Brave Face Flowers in the Dirt	29	-	25th	18th	25th	The title also reached number 31 in the French charts, number 15 in the Dutch charts, 16 in the Belgian (Flemish) charts, number 19 in the Swedish charts, number 4 in the Norwegian charts and number 30 in the Australian charts.
1989	This One Flowers in the Dirt	40	8th	-	18th	94	The title also reached number 31 in the Dutch charts and number 30 in the Belgian (Flemish) charts.
1989	Où est le Soleil? Flowers in the Dirt	-	-	-	nv	-
1989	Figure of Eight Flowers in the Dirt	-	-	-	42	-	The title reached number 42 in the Dutch charts.
1990	Put It There Flowers in the Dirt	60	-	-	32	28	The title also reached number 82 in the Dutch charts.

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Spain (Promusicae)	2 × platinum	200,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	7 × gold 3 × platinum	1,475,000

Video publications

The video documentary Put It There   was released on VHS cassette in December 1989 . A DVD version was released in December 2003. The documentary contains interviews, music videos and test recordings for Flowers in the Dirt and was filmed from April 26th to 28th, 1989. On June 10, 1989, Put It There was broadcast in a shortened version by the BBC. During these sessions the released songs Rough Ride , The Long And Winding Road and Party Party were recorded.

criticism

The music magazine Rolling Stone praised the songs that were created in collaboration with Costello, with My Brave Face showing "two masterful songwriters at work who play out their opposing strengths and are in top form".

The Allmusic database found that the album had “more heart, ambition and courage” than its predecessor; With Flowers in the Dirt, McCartney wanted to create an album with “more demanding texts, themes, sounds and productions”. Other critics also found Flowers in the Dirt to be a good comeback for McCartney, with the Chicago Tribune heading "Paul Is Back - Well, Almost" and writing that the album was a welcome, if not entirely fantastic, return of the "most fabulous of the Fab Four" .

literature

Chip Madinger and Mark Easter: Eight Arms To Hold You - The Solo Compendium , 44.1 Productions 2000, ISBN 0-615-11724-4 (pp. 291-312)

Web links

• More information about the album
• More information about the 2017 re-release
• Official homepage: Flowers in the Dirt
• Recorded by Paul McCartney in 1987
• Recorded by Paul McCartney in 1988
• Recordings by Paul McCartney from 1989
• Paul McCartney singles from 1980 to 2007

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Duane Eddy Single: Rockestra Theme
2. ↑ Peter Ames Carlin: Paul McCartney. The biography . Hannibal, Höfen 2010, p. 370.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Judith Philipp, Ralf Simon: Listen to What the Man Said. Paul McCartney and his songs. A complete retrospective of the records, videos & films . Pendragon, Bielefeld 1991, p. 142.
4. ^ ^{A b} Peter Ames Carlin: Paul McCartney. The biography . Hannibal, Höfen 2010, p. 372.
5. ↑ Peter Ames Carlin: Paul McCartney. The biography . Hannibal, Höfen 2010, p. 374.
6. ↑ Flowers in the Dirt Companion Book of the Deluxe Edition, March 2017
7. ↑ ^{a b} Judith Philipp, Ralf Simon: Listen to What the Man Said. Paul McCartney and his songs. A complete retrospective of the records, videos & films . Pendragon, Bielefeld 1991, p. 152.
8. ^ Anthony DeCurtis: Paul McCartney: Flowers in the Dirt . In: Rolling Stone , June 29, 1989 ( online ).
9. ↑ CD single: Flowers in the Dirt - World Tour Pack
10. ↑ Single: My Brave Face
11. ↑ Maxi single: My Brave Face
12. ↑ CD single: My Brave Face
13. ↑ Promotion 7 ″ single: My Brave Face
14. ^ Promotion CD single: My Brave Face
15. ↑ Single: This One
16. ↑ First maxi single: This One
17. ↑ CD single: This One
18. ↑ Second maxi single: This One
19. ↑ Third maxi single: This One
20. ↑ Promotion 7 ″ single: This One
21. ^ Promotion CD single: This One
22. ↑ US / Spanish maxi single: Où est le soleil?
23. ↑ German maxi single: Où est le soleil?
24. ↑ Promotion CD single: Où est le soleil?
25. ↑ Single: Figure of Eight
26. ↑ First maxi single: Figure of Eight
27. ↑ Second maxi single: Figure of Eight
28. ↑ CD single: Figure of Eight
29. ↑ Third maxi single: Figure of Eight
30. ↑ Promotion 7 ″ single: Figure of Eight
31. ↑ Promotion CD single: Figure of Eight
32. ↑ Single: Put It There
33. ↑ Maxi single: Put It There
34. ↑ CD single: Put It There
35. ↑ Promotion 7 ″ single: Put It There
36. ↑ Spanish 7 ″ promotional single: Distractions
37. ↑ CD promotion single: We Got Married
38. ↑ UK 12 ″ promotional single: Party Party
39. ↑ UK 12 ″ promotional single: Good Sign
40. ↑ Chart sources: hitparade.ch , allmusic.com
41. ↑ Chart sources: allmusic.com
42. ↑ See overview on hitparade.ch
43. ↑ See overview on hitparade.ch
44. ↑ See officialcharts.com
45. ↑ See hitparade.ch
46. ↑ See hitparade.ch
47. ↑ Video: Put it There
48. ^ "That two master songwriters are at work, drawing on their complementary strengths and operating at the peak of their powers." Anthony DeCurtis: Paul McCartney: Flowers in the Dirt . In: Rolling Stone , June 29, 1989 ( online ).
49. ↑ "it had more heart, ambition, and nerve,"; "He aimed for more ambitious lyrics, themes, sounds, and productions" Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Paul McCartney: Flowers in the Dirt. Review . allmusic.com.
50. ^ "Welcome, if not wholly fantastic, return from the 'fabbest' of the Fab Four." David Silverman: Paul Is Back - Well, Almost . In: Chicago Tribune , June 11, 189.