New (album)

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New
Paul McCartney's studio album

Publication
(s)

October 11, 2013 ( D ) ,
October 14, 2013 ( UK ) ,
October 15, 2013 ( US )

Label (s)
  • Virgin Music / EMI (UK)

Format (s)

CD , vinyl , download

Genre (s)

Rock , pop

Title (number)

CD: 12
Deluxe Edition: 14
Jap. Deluxe Edition: 15

running time

CD: 46 min 11 s
Deluxe Edition: 52 min 23 s
Jap. Deluxe Edition: 57 min 13 s

production

Studio (s)

chronology
Kisses on the Bottom
(2012) 		New Pure McCartney
(2016)

New is the 17th  solo album by Paul McCartney . Including the Wings albums, the Fireman albums, the classic albums, the live albums and compilation albums, it is Paul McCartney's 45th album after the Beatles split up . It was released on October 11, 2013 in Germany , October 14, 2013 in the UK, and October 15, 2013 in the US .

Emergence

Since his studio album Kisses on the Bottom from 2012, the download single Cut Me Some Slack was released on December 17, 2012 , which Paul McCartney recorded with former members of the music group Nirvana , Dave Grohl , Krist Novoselić and Pat Smear . The song Cut Me Some Slack was played in this formation during the benefit concert 12-12-12: Concert for Sandy Victims (Original: 12-12-12: Concert for Sandy Relief ) on December 12, 2012 in Madison Square Garden in New York performed, where Paul McCartney also performed with his band. Only the song Helter Skelter was released on the benefit album 12-12-12: Concert for Sandy Relief . In June 2012, a live duet of a comedy version of the song Yesterday was released on Jimmy Fallon's album Blow Your Pants Off .

On June 17, 2013, another download single entitled Out of Sight was released under the artist name The Bloody Beetroots feat. Paul McCartney & Youth released, which like Cut Me Some Slack could not place in the charts. On October 29, 2013, the new recording of the Christmas song Wonderful Christmastime by the group Straight No Chaser appeared on their album Under the Influence - Holiday Edition , Paul McCartney contributed the vocals for the song Wonderful Christmastime .

In 2011 Paul McCartney decided to record a new studio album, where he wanted to work with several younger producers in advance, in order to then decide on one. This idea was discarded, so four producers were used for the album. Giles Martin , son of the Beatles' producer George Martin , was chosen as the main producer , and so Paul McCartney let the musical ideas of the four producers flow into the creation of the album.

The first recordings for the album New took place in January 2012 with Paul Epworth as producer at Wolf Tone Studios in London . Paul Epworth and Paul McCartney developed new songs through improvisation, these are the collective compositions Save Us , Queenie Eye , Road and Struggle . Paul McCartney and Paul Epworth played all instruments during the recordings. Additional recordings took place at Hensons Studios, Hog Hill Studios and AIR Studios.

Between February and March 2012, recordings for the songs Hosanna, Early Days , Turned Out and Demons Dance followed at AIR Studios , Hog Hill Studios and Abbey Road Studios . Responsible producer here was Ethan Johns , whose father, Glyn Johns was one of the three producers of the Beatles album Let It Be . Additional additional recordings took place at Hensons Studios and Abbey Road Studios.

In January and February 2012 Paul McCartney recorded the songs New and Alligator with producer Mark Ronson , who was also the DJ at the wedding of Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell , further recordings were made in July 2013. According to some sources, the song is said to be still The Secret Life of a Party Girl was produced by Mark Ronson. Additional recordings for the songs took place in the Hensons Studios, Avatar Studios and AIR Studios.

Between March and May 2012 Paul McCartney went on tour in Europe and South America , the tour was called On The Run Tour . On June 4, McCartney performed at The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert , where he played five songs. McCartney also appeared on July 27, 2012 during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and played the songs The End and Hey Jude .

With Giles Martin, the fourth and final producer of the album, the songs On My Way to Work , Everybody Out There , I Can Bet , Get Me Out of Here , Looking at Her, Appreciate , Scared and Hell to were released between March and May 2013 Pay recorded at Hog Hill Studios and AIR Studios. Additional additional recordings took place at Hensons Studios, Hog Hill Studios and Abbey Road Studios.

It is not documented when the recording work on the album was completed, as Paul McCartney allegedly had vocal cord problems in 2012 and some vocal parts were re-recorded.

The album was released on October 11, 2013, after McCartney had already presented the songs Save Us, New and Everybody Out There on September 21, 2013 during the “iHeart Radio Music Festival” .

Due to the takeover of EMI by the Universal Music Group in 2011, the album New was again released in Great Britain by EMI / Virgin Music, after Paul McCartney separated from the recording company EMI in 2007 and joined the Hear Music / Universal Music Group was changed.

The album New was commercially successful in Germany (eleventh Top Ten album), Great Britain (26th Top Ten album) and in the USA (19th Top Ten album). The album was also released in Europe as a twelve-track vinyl album.

Cover design

The cover was designed by Yes and Ben IB, the cover concept comes from Rebecca and Mike (the last names are not listed in the CD booklet). The CD comes with a 20-page illustrated booklet containing information about the album, the lyrics and the songs. The photographs of the CD inlay are by Mary McCartney , MJ Kim, Jamie Kirkham and Stills. On the inside of the hinged cardboard CD cover is the history of the album's creation written by Paul McCartney.

Track list

Paul McCartney composed three songs with Paul Epworth, the remaining songs on the album alone.

  1. Save Us (Paul McCartney / Paul Epworth) - 2:39
  2. Alligator - 3:27
  3. On My Way to Work - 3:43
  4. Queenie Eye (Paul McCartney / Paul Epworth) - 3:47
  5. Early Days - 4:07
  6. New - 2:56
  7. Appreciate - 4:28
  8. Everybody Out There - 3:21
  9. Hosanna - 3:29
  10. I Can Bet - 3:21
  11. Looking at Her - 3:05
  12. Road (Paul McCartney / Paul Epworth) - 7:39
    • Scared (hidden track in the song Road ) - 2:48

Deluxe Edition

  2. Turned Out - 2:59
  3. Get Me Out of Here - 6:15
    • Scared (Hidden Track included in the song Get Me Out of Here ) - 2:48

Japanese deluxe edition

  2. Struggle (Paul McCartney / Paul Epworth) - 7:58
    • Scared (hidden track in the song Struggle ) - 2:48

Other special editions

  • The US retail chain Target sold the deluxe edition with an additional 22-minute DVD on October 15, 2013 , which shows an interview with Paul McCartney under the title A Rendevouz with Paul McCartney and excerpts from the Out There tour .
  • On May 7, 2014, another deluxe version (Japan Tour Edition) with an additional 80-minute DVD was released in Japan , which in addition to the interview "A Rendevouz with Paul McCartney", a 47-minute documentary about the making of the album, contains the music videos New (Lyric Video) and Queenie Eye , as well as the two songs Save Us and Everybody out There from the concert on November 21, 2013 in the Tokyo Dome . The cover of the Japanese deluxe version has been redesigned.
  • On November 7th, 2014 the Collector's Edition was published internationally , consisting of two CDs and a DVD, which are embedded in a rectangular hardcover book (19.5 cm × 14 cm), the illustrated book contains 32 pages:
    • CD 1: The standard deluxe edition of the album New with 15 tracks, whereby the song Scared can be played and is therefore no longer a hidden track .
    • CD 2 has the following content:
  1. Struggle - 4:50
  2. Hell to Pay - 4:00
  3. Demon's Dance - 3:51
  4. Save Us (Live at Tokyo Dome 2013) - 2:41
  5. New (Live at Tokyo Dome 2013) - 2:40
  6. Queenie Eye (Live at Tokyo Dome 2013) - 3:42
  7. Everybody Out There (Live at Tokyo Dome 2013) - 3:50
  • The DVD has the following content:
  1. Something New - 47:14
  2. New Interview - 9:41
  3. MGM Grand For iHeartRadio Music Festival - 2:35
  4. Hollywood Boulevard with Jimmy Kimmel - 1:39
  5. NBC Studios with Jimmy Fallon - 2:01
  6. Times Square - 2:44
  7. The Shard - 1:34
  8. BBC Maida Vale Studios - 3:17
  9. The London Studios with Graham Norton - 2:28
  10. Covent Garden and HMV Oxford Street - 2:52
  11. Queenie Eye (Music Video) - 4:14
  12. Save Us (Music Video) - 2:58
  13. Appreciate (Music Video) - 5:58
  14. Early Days (Music Video) - 5:23
  15. Making of Queenie Eye - 6:52
  16. Making of Appreciate - 8:24 am
  17. Making of Early Days - 8:52

More information on individual songs

  • The lyrics to the song Queenie Eye are based on a children's counting rhyme from a childhood game by Paul McCartney.
  • Early Days has an autobiographical text that describes the time John Lennon and Paul McCartney took before the Beatles' success.
  • On My Way to Work deals with Paul McCartney's youth in Liverpool .

Sources mention that a total of 22 songs were recorded, since a total of 18 songs were published by November 2014, four remain unpublished. But it cannot be proven that these songs exist.

Republication

  • On May 18, 2018, the album, pressed on 180 grams of transparent pink vinyl, was released by Capitol Records , and the CD version was also re-released.

Single releases

New

Cover of the single New

On August 29, 2013, the download single New was published, a physical single was not released. Promotional CD singles were made in the UK and USA.

Queenie Eye

On October 24, 2013, the second download single Queenie Eye was published, a physical single was again not released. In the UK a promotional CD was distributed with an abbreviated version (Radio Edit) and in the US promotional CD singles were made in two different versions:

  • Queenie Eye (RadioEdit) / Queenie Eye (Album Version)
  • Queenie Eye (Radio Edit) / Queenie Eye (Album Version) / Queenie Eye (Dialogue explaining the Song) / Queenie Eye (Short Song Introduction)

Save Us

On March 31, 2014, the third download single Save Us was released. Promotional CDs were made in the UK and USA.

Appreciate

On May 16, 2014, the fourth download single Appreciate was released.

Early days

On July 7, 2014, the fifth download single Early Days was released.

Music videos

A music video was made for the song Queenie Eye , and the video stars Meryl Streep , Johnny Depp , Kate Moss , Sean Penn , Chris Pine , Gary Barlow , Jude Law, and Alice Eve . Additional music videos were produced for the songs New , Appreciate and Early Days .

Chart placements

year album Chart placements annotation
DE AT CH UK US
2013 New 6th 6th 12 3 3 The album reached number 1 in the charts in Norway and number 2 in the Japanese and French charts.
year Single release Chart placements annotation
DE AT CH UK US
2013 New
New 		- - - 105 - The single reached number 4 in the Japanese charts.
2013 Queenie Eye
New 		- - - - - The single reached number 42 in the Japanese charts.
2014 Save Us
New 		- - - - - The single reached number 84 in the Japanese charts.
2014 Appreciate
New 		- - - - -
2014 Early Days
New 		- - - - - The single reached number 75 in the Japanese charts.

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
Japan (RIAJ) Japan (RIAJ) Gold record icon.svg gold 100,000
Poland (ZPAV) Poland (ZPAV) Gold record icon.svg gold 10,000
All in all Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold
 110,000

literature

  • Luca Perasi: Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013). LILY Publishing, Milan, Italy 2013, ISBN 978-88-909122-1-4 , pp. 417-428.
  • CD booklet

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Download single: Cut Me Some Slack
  2. ↑ Report on Single Out of Sight
  3. ↑ Under the Influence - Holiday Edition by Straight No Chaser ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2014 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / store.sncmusic.com
  4. ^ On The Run Tour
  5. ↑ Appearance: The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert
  6. ↑ Appearance at the Olympic Games on July 27, 2012
  7. ^ IHeart Radio Music Festivals
  8. ↑ New: Deluxe version of the Target retail chain
  9. ↑ New: Japanese deluxe version for the 2014 tour
  10. ↑ New - Pink Vinyl
  11. ↑ Download single New
  12. ↑ UK promotion CD: New
  13. ↑ USA Promotion CD New
  14. ↑ UK promotion CD: Queenie Eye
  15. ↑ USA promotion CD: Queenie Eye - Version 1
  16. ↑ USA promotion CD Queenie Eye - Version 2
  17. ↑ UK promotion CD Save Us
  18. ↑ USA promotion CD Save Us
  19. ↑ Download Single Appreciate
  20. ↑ Download single Early Days
  21. ↑ Queenie Eye Music Video Information
  22. ↑ Appreciate Music Video Information
  23. ↑ Music video information on Early Days