Similar to a previous Post that asked us to list our the Top 40 of Paul's Post Beatles' songs, but in this case I thought it would be interesting to narrow that list down to the top 20 BEST OF THE BEST Paul songs beginning with his first album McCartney. This list would include all Post Beatle Paul songs including his period with Wings. I am going to start with my own personal Top 20 list. I also decided to narrow my list to songs that are "relatively well known" to Beatle and Paul fans. Songs that have gotten at least some airplay or in other cases, a lot of airplay. I'm not going to include my favorites that I would call highly underrated or generally unknown unless you're a Paul geek like I am.
The general criteria I am using includes: songs written entirely or almost entirely by Paul, final studio performance including vocals, overall melody, creativity (is it unique and doesn't sound like other Paul or Beatle songs) etc.
Here's is my list pretty much in album order.
TOP 20 PAUL MCCARTNEY POST BEATLE SONGS
1. MAYBE I'M AMAZED (MCCARTNEY) ...Album version
2. BAND ON THE RUN (BAND ON THE RUN)
3. UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY (RAM)
4. LIVE AND LET DIE (SINGLE)
5. SILLY LOVE SONGS (WINGS AT THE SPEED OF SOUND)
6. WITH A LITTLE LUCK (LONDON TOWN)...album version
7. MULL OF KINTYRE (SINGLE)
8. COMING UP (MCCARTNEY 2)...album version
9. HERE TODAY (TUG OF WAR)
10. WANDERLUST (TUG OF WAR)
11. PUT IT THERE (FLOWERS IN THE DIRT)
12. CALICO SKIES (FLAMING PIE)
13. BEAUTIFUL NIGHT (FLAMING PIE)
14. LITTLE WILLOW (FLAMING PIE)
15. RIDING TO VANITY FAIR (CHAOS)
16. TOO MUCH RAIN (CHAOS)
17. ONLY MAMA KNOWS (MEMORY ALMOST FULL)
18. THE END OF THE END (MEMORY ALMOST FULL)
19, EARLY DAYS (NEW)
20. I DON'T KNOW (EGYPT STATION)
IF I HAD TO NARROW IT DOWN TO A TOP 10, MY LIST FROM ABOVE WOULD BE:
1.MAYBE I'M AMAZED
2.BAND ON THE RUN
3.LIVE AND LET DIE
4.SILLY LOVE SONGS
5.WANDERLUST
6.RIDING TO VANITY FAIR
7.CALICO SKIES
8.BEAUTIFUL NIGHT
9.ONLY MAMA KNOWS
10. I DON'T KNOW