DrBeatle:
Nice find, thanks for sharing!! I always thought the slagging the LP took back then was because people were still made at Paul for the (perceived) image of him as having caused the Beatles breakup. I've never had anything other than a love bordering on obsession for that album. So it's nice to see there were still SOME objective critics back in 1971!
Back then, critics had it in for Paul for numerous reasons....the breakup of the Beatles and how he went about announcing it....to promote his new album, which wasn't much more than home recordings, Paul being considered a light weight, Paulie and the kiddies in tons of photos. Now, of course, photos of rock stars with their kids are considered great and touching, but not then. It wasn't cool. Jon Landau, may he live in infamy, totally trashed the album in his Rolling Stone review. And took great delight in doing so. I have to admit, I let it affect how I perceived the album. Much to my delight and surprise, when it was remastered and re-released a few years ago, I totally loved it. And the bonus tracks. Love all of it.