Template:For Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates {{safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst-infobox||$params=italic_title,name,type,longtype,artist,cover,border,alt,caption,released,recorded,venue,studio,genre,length,language,label,director,producer,compiler,chronology,prev_title,prev_year,year,next_title,next_year,misc|$extra=italic_title,longtype,border,caption,language,director,compiler,chronology,year,misc|$aliases=italic title>italic_title,Italic title>italic_title,Name>name,Type>type,image>cover,Cover>cover,Border>border,Alt>alt,Caption>caption,Longtype>longtype,Artist>artist,Released>released,Recorded>recorded,Venue>venue,Studio>studio,Genre>genre,Length>length,Language>language,Label>label,Director>director,Producer>producer,Compiler>compiler,Chronology>chronology,Misc>misc|$flags=override|$B={{#ifeq:{{#invoke:Is infobox in lead|main|[Ii]nfobox [Aa]lbum}}|true|{{#if:Template:Has short description | |Template:Short description|noreplace}}}}{{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox album with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y|italic_title |type |name |image |cover |border |alt |caption |longtype |artist |released |recorded |venue |studio |genre |length |language |label |director |producer |compiler |prev_title|prev_year|next_title|next_year|chronology|year|misc}}{{#if:{{#invoke:String|match|error_category=Music infoboxes with Module:String errors|A|1=Rushes1998Working Classical1999studioRun Devil RunPaul_McCartney_Run_Devil_Run_1999.jpegyesPaul McCartney4 October 1999March 1-5 and May 4-5, 1999Abbey Road, LondonRock and roll<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name= "Sheffield 2024">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>40:46ParlophoneChris Thomas, Paul McCartneyx|2=</?t[drh][ >]|nomatch=}}|Template:Main other}}Template:Main other}} Run Devil Run is the eleventh solo studio album by Paul McCartney, released in 1999. It features mostly covers of both familiar and obscure 1950s rock and roll songs, along with three original McCartney compositions written in the same style, including the title track, making it the second McCartney covers album, after his Russian cover album. As his first project following first wife Linda's death in 1998, McCartney felt the need to get back to his roots and perform some of the music he loved as a teenager. On 14 December 1999, McCartney returned to the Cavern Club stage to play a set publicising the new album.
BackgroundEdit
Following the death of his wife Linda McCartney in April 1998, Paul McCartney had a year of mourning.<ref name=W&M154>Benitez 2010, p. 154</ref> Wanting to keep things fresh, a lesson he had learned from his experiences working on The Beatles Anthology project and put to use on Flaming Pie, McCartney planned to cut the album as quickly as possible, much in the way the Beatles had recorded in their early years.<ref name=W&M154/> Asking Chris Thomas to help produce,<ref group="nb">McCartney and Thomas previously worked together when McCartney was in The Beatles working on The Beatles (1968) when Thomas was an engineer, and when the pair co-produced Wings' Back to the Egg (1979) album.<ref name=FAQ66>Rodriguez 2010, p. 66</ref></ref> McCartney booked time at Abbey Road Studios to undertake his quest.<ref name=Carlin312/>
Music and lyricsEdit
The album consists of 12 cover versions of rock and roll songs and three McCartney originals.
Of the covers, "Blue Jean Bop" was written and recorded by Gene Vincent in 1956.<ref name=Carlin313/> "She Said Yeah" had been recorded by Larry Williams.<ref name=Carlin313/> "All Shook Up", "I Got Stung" and "Party" had been recorded by Elvis Presley.<ref name=Carlin313/> "No Other Baby" was written by Dickie Bishop and Bob Watson,<ref name=STG242>Jackson 2012, p. 242</ref> and was originally recorded in 1958 by skiffle group the Vipers<ref group="nb">The 1958 version had been produced by George Martin, who produced the Beatles' albums.<ref name=STG243/> McCartney had previously recorded the song during the Choba B CCCP (1988) sessions.<ref name=STG243/></ref><ref name=STG243/> and released as a single. Despite never owning a copy of the song, it had made a big enough imprint on McCartney for him to record it 40 years on.<ref name=Carlin313/> "Lonesome Town" had been recorded by Ricky Nelson.<ref name=Carlin313/> "Movie Magg" had been recorded by Carl Perkins.<ref name=Carlin313/> Chuck Berry's composition "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" had been recorded by him and by Buddy Holly whose version McCartney liked.<ref name=Carlin313/> "Shake a Hand" was written by Joe Morris and recorded by Little Richard in 1956<ref name=STG243/> "Coquette" had been recorded by Fats Domino. "Honey Hush" had been first recorded by Joe Turner, though the liner notes state that McCartney was more familiar with the version by Johnny Burnette.
Of the originals "Run Devil Run" is a song in the Chuck Berry style, "Try Not to Cry" was recounting a widower's suffering,<ref name=Carlin313-4>Carlin 2010, p. 313–314</ref> and "What It Is" had been started a few months prior to Linda's death.<ref name=Carlin313/>
Recording and structureEdit
Template:Quote box Wanting to work with reliable and empathetic musicians, McCartney called up Pink Floyd's David Gilmour to play guitar.<ref group="nb">Gilmour had worked with McCartney as early as The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) sessions where McCartney recorded some voice-overs which were not used; Gilmour later worked with McCartney on songs which ended up on the Back to the Egg (1978), Give My Regards to Broad Street (1983) and Flowers in the Dirt (1989) albums.</ref><ref name=Carlin312/> Also recruited were guitarist Mick Green,<ref group="nb">Green previously played on McCartney's Снова в СССР album.</ref> keyboardists Pete Wingfield and Geraint Watkins, and on drums Deep Purple's Ian Paice and Dave Mattacks.<ref name=Carlin312>Carlin 2010, p. 312</ref> McCartney played bass,<ref name=Carlin312/> and overdubbed electric or acoustic guitar or percussion on some songs.
McCartney wanted the sessions to be laid back, with no post-production.<ref name=Carlin312/> McCartney had brought a list of material that he wished to play,<ref name=Carlin312/> the songs being early rock and roll songs from his childhood and a few originals he had written in a similar style.<ref name=Carlin312/>
The initial sessions were a week<ref name=Carlin312/> in early March, with a few more sessions done in May, and then the album—featuring three new McCartney songs among the old classics—was complete.<ref name=Carlin313>Carlin 2010, p. 313</ref>
Thomas thought it a "cathartic" exercise for McCartney, calling it the "this is for Linda album".<ref>Talk More Talk. "Episode 5: Interview with Producer Chris Thomas". YouTube</ref>
ReleaseEdit
Released on 4 October 1999 in the UK, and a day later in the US, reaching number 12 in the UK and number 27 in the US.<ref name=STG291>Jackson 2012, p. 291</ref>
The title Run Devil Run was inspired by Miller's Rexall Drugs, a hoodoo and herbal medicine shop in South Downtown Atlanta with products by that very name.<ref>Sounes 2010, p. 496 "most of them obscure, with a couple of newly written tracks including the title song, 'Run Devil Run', inspired by a voodoo remedy Paul had picked up in Atlanta to ward off evildoers, thieves and liars."</ref> It appealed to McCartney as a great title for a rock and roll song, which he duly composed. The store was located at 87 Broad Street in Atlanta, Georgia.
To stimulate sales, a number of different bonus discs and singles were issued to accompany the album. Two special editions of Run Devil Run with limited-edition bonus discs were available only at certain retailers. A special limited edition of the album, sold only at Best Buy, featured a bonus interview disc. A similar special limited edition of the album, sold only at Musicland and Sam Goody stores, featured a four-track E.P. that contained the original artists' versions of four songs on the album: "Blue Jean Bop" by Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps, "Lonesome Town" by Ricky Nelson, "Coquette" by Fats Domino, and "Let's Have a Party" by Wanda Jackson. Also, in the UK, all fifteen songs on the album, along with "Fabulous", were released on 25 December 1999, as set of eight 7-inch singles sold together in a Run Devil Run Limited Edition Collector's Box designed to look like a record case from the 1950s.
"No Other Baby" was released as a 7" vinyl single in the UK with two songs on the B-side, "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" and a non-album track "Fabulous". In America, "No Other Baby" was released on a special juke-box single, with "Try Not to Cry" included as the B-side. "No Other Baby", "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" and "Fabulous" were released together on two different CD singles, one of which contained stereo versions of the three songs and the other of which contained mono versions of the three songs. The music video for "No Other Baby", which was filmed in black and white, highlights McCartney's grief after Linda's death.<ref name=STG243>Jackson 2012, p. 243</ref>
McCartney filmed a performance at the Cavern Club as part of promotion for the album,<ref name=RoughGuide>Ingham 2009</ref> on 14 December 1999.<ref name=Sounes>Sounes 2010, p. 496</ref> This performance was eventually released as a video Live at the Cavern Club.
ReceptionEdit
Template:Album ratings On release, Run Devil Run received several highly favourable reviews. McCartney biographer Peter Ames Carlin said that despite the rock and roll songs being written by others, the album was "the most deeply autobiographical album of Paul's career".<ref name=Carlin313/> Rhapsody praised the work, calling it one of their favourite cover albums.<ref>Rhapsody' Favorite Covers Albums Template:Webarchive Referenced 1 August 2010.</ref>
Track listingEdit
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- In 2007, upon adding McCartney's catalogue of music, the iTunes Store added his cover of the Charlie Gracie song, "Fabulous", as an exclusive digital bonus track on this album.
- "Fabulous" was also released as the B-side on the "No Other Baby" single.
PersonnelEdit
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- Paul McCartney – vocals (all), bass guitar (all), electric guitar (5, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16), percussion (7, 9), acoustic guitar (8)
- David Gilmour – electric guitar (all), backing vocals (3, 5, 6), lap steel guitar (4)
- Mick Green – electric guitar (all except 9, 10), Hi Strung electric guitar (9, 10)
- Pete Wingfield –piano (2, 4, 6, 9-12, 14-16), Hammond organ (5, 14), Wurlitzer electronic piano (13)
- Ian Paice – drums (all except 3, 7), percussion (8, 9)
- Dave Mattacks – drums (3, 7), percussion (6, 7)
- Geraint Watkins – piano (3, 7)
- Chris Hall – accordion (9)
Production
- Chris Thomas, Paul McCartney – producers
- Geoff Emerick, Paul Hicks – engineer
- Steve Rooke – mastering
- Dave Fine – cover photos
- Richard Haughton – Paul photo
- Mike McCartney – young Paul photo
- John Hammel – session photos
- Mike Owen – products photo
- Philip Gallard – instrument photos
- Klaus Voormann, Aleen Toroyan – drawings
- Norman Hathaway – design
ChartsEdit
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30 |
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12 |
Year-end chartsEdit
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