Wings: Wingspan
Mick Houghton, MOJO, June 2001
IT STRETCHES from his first solo recordings to 'No More Lonely Nights', off the ill-advised Give My Regards To Broad Street. An odd place to conclude this hand-picked collection, perhaps, but there's never been much logic to the arc of Paul McCartney's career. For one so often criticised as too eager to please, McCartney has never done anything other than please himself.
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