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After watching Paul McCartney preview his new NEW album on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE and LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON, I knew I was going to be in for a treat when I purchased the CD. It did not disappoint; NEW is one of Macca's finest efforts. Four producers were used: Mark Ronson, Paul Epworth, Ethan Johns (Glyn's son), and Giles Martin (Sir George's son, who has worked on many Beatle-related projects in the past, including the Love (CD + Audio DVD) soundtrack).
The Deluxe Edition has two bonus tracks; "Turned Out," and "Get Me Out Of Here." There is also a hidden track, a piano-driven ballad called "Scared," that appears at the end of the disc, on both the Standard Edition (after "Road") and the Deluxe Edition (after "Get Me Out Of Here").
Several versions of the Deluxe Edition are available. Best Buy has one with photo cards and an album laminate; FYE, and several other retailers, have a version in a light cube where Paul's signature changes colors. I purchased the Target version, which has a bonus DVD titled "A Rendez-Vous With Paul McCartney," featuring highlights from the 2013 OUT THERE tour, and is hosted by the cute-as-a-button Geneviève Borne, a French-Canadian TV personality and fashion model. Could this be a tease for a future OUT THERE DVD?
Paul indicates in the liner notes that several other songs were recorded that did not make the cut, which will probably be issued somewhere down the road. One of these, "Struggle," appears on the Japanese version of NEW.
UPDATE: Told ya so! A new collector's edition of NEW was issued on October 28, 2014, with the aforementioned "Struggle" and other bonus material. From Macca's Web site, here are the contents:
COLLECTOR'S EDITION [2 CDs + 1 DVD]
Disc 1 (same as previous version)
1. "Save Us"
2. "Alligator"
3. "On My Way To Work"
4. "Queenie Eye"
5. "Early Days"
6. "New"
7. "Appreciate"
8. "Everybody Out There"
9. "Hosanna"
10. "I Can Bet"
11. "Looking At Her"
12. "Road"
13. "Turned Out"
14. "Get Me Out Of Here" + "Scared" (hidden track)
Disc 2
1. "Struggle" (previously available only in Japan)
2. "Hell To Pay" (previously unreleased)
3. "Demons Dance" (previously unreleased)
4. "Save Us" (Live at Tokyo Dome 2013)
5. "New" (Live at Tokyo Dome 2013)
6. "Queenie Eye" (Live at Tokyo Dome 2013)
7. "Everybody Out There" (Live at Tokyo Dome 2013)
Disc 3 - DVD
01. Something New ("making-of" documentary)
02. New Interview (Bang & Olufsen Presents The Living Room Tour: Launching Paul McCartney's Album NEW)
03. The Promo Tour
03.1. MGM Grand for iHeartRadio Music Festival, Las Vegas, 21st September 2013
03.2. Hollywood Boulevard with Jimmy Kimmel, Los Angeles, 23rd September 2013
03.3. NBC Studios with Jimmy Fallon, New York, 7th October 2013
03.4. Times Square, New York, 10th October 2013
03.5. The Shard, London, 15th October 2013
03.6. BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, 16th October 2013
03.7. The London Studios with Graham Norton, London, 17th October 2013
03.8. Covent Garden and HMV Oxford Street, London, 18th October 2013
04. Music Videos
04.1. "Queenie Eye"
04.2. "Save Us"
04.3. "Appreciate"
04.4. "Early Days"
04.5. Making Of "Queenie Eye"
04.6. Making Of "Appreciate"
04.7. Making Of "Early Days"
Total DVD Running Time: 1 hour, 58 minutes
I received the new Collector's Edition from Amazon, and it looks and sounds great. The three new songs on the bonus audio CD are quite good. "Struggle," as other reviewers have noted, is a very electronic-sounding track, almost Japanese-like (which is probably why it was originally issued exclusively in The Land Of The Rising Sun). "Hell To Pay" is similar in style to 2005's "Fine Line," but rocks much harder; those critics who claim that Paul doesn't rock hard enough should listen to this track. "Demons Dance" is another rocker, with a "Lady Madonna"-style piano lick. The four live tracks from Tokyo Dome are excellent and hopefully will be available on DVD/Blu-ray someday. The bonus DVD is terrific as well; the "making-of" documentary SOMETHING NEW is fascinating to watch (was the title just coincidental, or purposely named after The Beatles' third Capitol album?). The subsequent Bang & Olufsen "living room" interview and the promotional tour segments are also good, although I wish that some of the musical performances, particularly from the Kimmel and Fallon shows, had been retained. Legal issues may have gotten in the way. And it's nice to finally have the four music videos, and the three "making-of" videos on DVD at last, instead of having to watch them on YouTube. Initially, I wondered why there was no "Making Of "Save Us"" video, but that video simply syncs the audio of the song to concert footage, and is not a "production video" like the other three.
Whether or not you own one of the previous editions of NEW, this version is worth the extra money because of the nice hardcover book and the extra bonus material. I'll still keep the Target version, though, because it includes Paul's live performances from the OUT THERE tour, and also because I love Geneviève Borne...
Paul has issued multiple versions of his albums before. Nineteen eighty-nine's FLOWERS IN THE DIRT had several versions, including the original version, the World Tour Pack box set, with tour memorabilia, and the "Party Party" bonus single; the 2-CD Japanese import, which featured the exclusive track "P.S. Love Me Do," "Party Party," and several other CD-single tracks; and the remastered 1993 "Paul McCartney Collection" version, which featured three bonus tracks. There was the European import Off the Ground - The Complete Works, which had a bonus disc of 12 CD-single tracks; and most recently, there were three versions of 2007's MEMORY ALMOST FULL: the standard edition, the first Deluxe Limited Edition, in DVD-type packaging, which contained a second CD with three bonus tracks and a Paul interview, along with a fold-out poster with complete lyrics (other MAF editions only had abbreviated lyrics), and the second Deluxe Edition, containing all 16 songs on one CD, though not the Paul interview, plus a bonus DVD with music videos and live performances.
Anyway, back to NEW. Whatever version you choose, from Amazon or someplace else, you will love this album; Macca's still got more talent at 72 than most younger performers a third of his age. And no twerking required (Miley Cyrus, put your clothes back on!)
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Paul McCartney's best album for years with bonus CD and and DVD. This is a fine set enclosed in a hard cover book. Great songs and fantastic musicianship from Paul and his band. A must have for Macca fans.
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