Editing Driving Rain (section)

==Release and reception==
{{Album reviews
| MC = 75/100<ref name="mc_review">{{cite web|title=Critic reviews for ''Driving Rain''|url= http://www.metacritic.com/music/driving-rain/critic-reviews|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=15 July 2013}}</ref>
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Erlewine/AM">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/driving-rain-mw0000591223|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|title=Paul McCartney ''Driving Rain''|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[The A.V. Club]]''
| rev2Score = (mixed)<ref>{{cite web|last=Phipps|first=Keith|url=http://www.theonionavclub.com/reviews/music/music_d/drivingrain01.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20020306063220/http://www.theonionavclub.com/reviews/music/music_d/drivingrain01.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2002-03-06|title=Paul McCartney ''Driving Rain''|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=February 2002|access-date=18 November 2014}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>Du Noyer, Paul (December 2001/January 2002). "Paul McCartney ''Driving Rain''". ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''. p. 119.</ref>
| rev4      = [[Dotmusic]]
| rev4score = 3.5/5<ref>{{cite web|last=Heath|first=Chris|url=http://www.dotmusic.com/reviews/Albums/November2001/reviews22809.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020420134238/http://www.dotmusic.com/reviews/Albums/November2001/reviews22809.asp|title=Paul McCartney – 'Driving Rain' (Parlophone)|publisher=[[Dotmusic]]|access-date=20 May 2013|date=14 November 2001|archive-date=20 April 2002 }}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev5Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|author=Larkin, Colin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' (4th edn)'' |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York, NY |year=2006 |isbn=0-19-531373-9 |page=1257}}</ref>
| rev6 = [[entertainment.ie]]
| rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[http://www.entertainment.ie/reviews/review.asp?ID=1724&subcat=CD ]{{dead link|date=September 2011}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev7Score = B<ref name="EW_review">{{cite magazine|author=Willman, Chris |title=Mini Capsule Review: ''Driving Rain'' (2001) |url=https://ew.com/article/2001/11/16/driving-rain/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070331190315/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C183909%2C00.html |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=12 November 2001 |archive-date=31 March 2007 |access-date=18 November 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev8score = 6/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/paul-mccartney/5866 |last=Segal |first=Victoria|title=Paul McCartney: Driving Rain |work=[[NME]] |date=20 November 2001 |access-date=9 September 2011}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8550907&style=music&fulldesc=T |title=Paul McCartney – Driving Rain CD Album |publisher=[[CD Universe]]/[[Muze]] |access-date=18 November 2014}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine|first=Greg|last= Kot |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420055810/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/paulmccartney/albums/album/165011/review/5944918/driving_rain|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/paulmccartney/albums/album/165011/review/5944918/driving_rain|archive-date=20 April 2008 |date=30 October 2001|access-date=20 April 2008|title=Album Reviews: Paul McCartney ''Driving Rain'' |url-status=dead|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref>
| rev11 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev11score = 7/10<ref name="Moon/Spin">{{cite web|last=Moon|first=Tom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wXGw14ml_M4C&q=McCartney&pg=PA108 |title=Paul McCartney ''Driving Rain'' |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=January 2002|page=108 |access-date=18 November 2014}}</ref>
| rev12 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev12score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="MacDonald/Uncut">{{cite magazine|last=MacDonald|first=Ian|title=Paul McCartney: ''Driving Rain'' (Parlophone) |magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |date=January 2002 }} Available at [http://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/paul-mccartney-driving-rain-parlophone Rock's Backpages] (''subscription required'').</ref>
}}
In November 2001, ''Driving Rain'' was released to generally strong reviews but stunned many{{cn|date=March 2021}} with its very low sales. The album sold 66,000 copies in its first week in the US.<ref name=Band157>{{cite book|last=McGee|first=Garry|title=Band on the Run: A History of Paul McCartney and Wings|year=2003|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|location=Lanham, MD|isbn=9780878333042|page=157}}</ref> ''Driving Rain'' peaked at number 46 in the UK,<ref name="JPGR">{{cite web|title=Driving Rain|publisher=JPGR|url=http://www.jpgr.co.uk/p5355102.html|year=2001|access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref> and became McCartney's lowest-selling album in his homeland. The US reaction was a little stronger, with the album peaking at number 26 and being certified Gold by the [[RIAA]].

McCartney halted the pressing of ''Driving Rain'' so that "Freedom" could appear as a [[hidden track]] (since the artwork had already been printed). The just-released "From a Lover to a Friend" (which only reached number 45 in the UK) was repackaged with "Freedom", although the single failed to re-chart.

Reviewing the album for ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' magazine, [[Ian MacDonald]] commented on McCartney's spontaneous approach to its recording, saying that "In parts (for example, the lengthy closer 'Rinse The Raindrops'), the results are almost ferocious, coming as close to a McCartney-esque [[Tin Machine]] as one could reasonably imagine." MacDonald considered the more "polished and produced" tracks to be "the most successful", however, and concluded: "Possibly a grower, this album is certainly better than anything Macca's done for some while, if not the late masterpiece some of us have been hoping for."<ref name="MacDonald/Uncut" /> [[Fox News]] commentator [[Roger Friedman]] remarked that the chorus of the song "Tiny Bubble" is "remarkably" similar to "[[Piggies]]", written by [[George Harrison]] and released on the Beatles' 1968 [[The Beatles (album)|self-titled double album]] (also known as the "White Album").<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/mccartney-sounds-like-harrison-in-new-tune|title=McCartney Sounds Like Harrison in New Tune|publisher=[[Fox News]]|date=25 March 2015}}</ref>

McCartney opened his tour in support of the album in April 2002. Titled the [[Driving World Tour|Driving USA tour]], it was a commercial success, with extensions being added to the itinerary around the world. Four of the album's sixteen songs were performed: "Lonely Road", "Your Loving Flame", "Freedom" and the title track. "From a Lover to a Friend" was also performed at the Concert for New York City on October 20, 2001.