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Various Artists Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1 Maybe I?M Amazed - Billy Joel
2 Things We Said Today - Bob Dylan
3 Band on the Run - Heart
4 Junior?S Farm - Steve Miller
5 The Long and Winding Road - Yusuf
6 My Love - Harry Connick, JR
7 Wanderlust - Brian Wilson
8 Bluebird - Corinne Bailey Rae
9 Yesterday - Willie Nelson
10 Junk - Jeff Lynne
11 When I?M Sixty Four - Barry Gibb
12 Every Night - Jamie Cullum
13 Venus and Mars/Rock Show - Kiss
14 Let Me Roll It - Paul Rodgers
15 Helter Skelter - Roger Daltrey
16 Helen Wheels - Def Leppard
17 Hello Goodbye - the Cure (Featuring James McCartney)

Disc: 2

1 Live and Let Die - Billy Joel
2 Let It Be - Chrissie Hynde
3 Jet - Robin Zander & Rick Nielsen
4 Hi Hi Hi - Joe Elliott
5 Letting Go - Heart
6 Hey Jude - Steve Miller
7 Listen to What the Man Said - Owl City
8 Got to Get You Into My Life - Perry Farrell
9 Drive My Car - Dion
10 Lady Madonna - Allen Toussaint
11 Let 'Em in - Dr. John
12 So Bad - Smokey Robinson
13 No More Lonely Nights - the Airborne Toxic Event
14 Eleanor Rigby - Alice Cooper
15 Come and Get It - Toots Hibbert with Sly & Robbie
16 On the Way - B.B. King
17 Birthday - Sammy Hagar

Disc: 3

1 C Moon - Robert Smith
2 Can't Buy Me Love - Booker T. Jones
3 P.S. I Love You - Ronnie Spector
4 All My Loving - Darlene Love
5 For No One - for No One
6 Put It There - Peter, Bjorn & John
7 Run Devil Run - Wanda Jackson
8 Smile Away - Alice Cooper

Disc: 4

1 Maybe I?M Amazed - Billy Joel
2 Things We Said Today - Bob Dylan
3 Band on the Run - Heart
4 Junior?S Farm - Steve Miller
5 The Long and Winding Road - Yusuf

Disc: 5

1 My Love - Harry Connick, JR
2 Wanderlust - Brian Wilson
3 Bluebird - Corinne Bailey Rae
4 Yesterday - Willie Nelson
5 Junk - Jeff Lynne
6 When I?M Sixty Four - Barry Gibb
7 Every Night - Jamie Cullum

Disc: 6

1 Venus and Mars/Rock Show - Kiss
2 Let Me Roll It - Paul Rodgers
3 Helter Skelter - Roger Daltrey
4 Helen Wheels - Def Leppard
5 Hello Goodbye - the Cure (Featuring James McCartney)

Disc: 7

1 Live and Let Die - Billy Joel
2 Let It Be - Chrissie Hynde
3 Jet - Robin Zander & Rick Nielsen
4 Hi Hi Hi - Joe Elliott
5 Letting Go - Heart

Disc: 8

1 Hey Jude - Steve Miller
2 Listen to What the Man Said - Owl City
3 Got to Get You Into My Life - Perry Farrell
4 Drive My Car - Dion
5 Lady Madonna - Allen Toussaint
6 Let 'Em in - Dr. John

Disc: 9

1 So Bad - Smokey Robinson
2 No More Lonely Nights - the Airborne Toxic Event
3 Eleanor Rigby - Alice Cooper
4 Come and Get It - Toots Hibbert with Sly & Robbie
5 On the Way - B.B. King
6 Birthday - Sammy Hagar

Disc: 10

1 C Moon - Robert Smith
2 Can't Buy Me Love - Booker T. Jones
3 P.S. I Love You - Ronnie Spector
4 All My Loving - Darlene Love
5 For No One - for No One
6 Put It There - Peter, Bjorn & John
7 Run Devil Run - Wanda Jackson
8 Smile Away - Alice Cooper

Disc: 11

1 The Making of the Art of McCartney

Disc: 12

1 The Making of the Art of McCartney ? Collectors Edition DVD

Editorial Reviews

4X Colored 12 vinyl LPs
Double CD + bonus CD
Guitar Shaped USB Stick With Flac Files
DVD Documentary, Audio Documentary
4 Black & White art cards, Illustrated guide to creation
CD Interview, DVD Interview

Product details

  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.75 x 15.75 x 1.57 inches; 1.1 Pounds
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Sony Music Canada Inc.
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2014
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ September 9, 2014
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Sony Music Canada Inc.
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00NF4POM2
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 3
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 213 ratings

Customer reviews

4.4 out of 5 stars
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Ms Nouveau
5.0 out of 5 stars So many great songs performed by amazing artists
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2024
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I was led to this album because I am a big Billy Joel fan, so I was excited to have the two Paul McCartney songs that he performs. I have listened to the entire two discs multiple times and am enjoying hearing all of the excellent songs performed by a wide variety of artists.
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Rabidranath
5.0 out of 5 stars Best "McCartney" album since "Band on the Run"
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2016
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From the angelic version of Corinne Bailey Rae's "Bluebird" to Billy Joel's threatening "Live and Let Die" this album is filled with absolute gems. There are so many excellent translations of McCartney songs that to name them all would amount to reading off the list of tracks on the CD(s) -- but I'm sure that most listeners will have no trouble coming up with a "Top Ten" list of favorites.

Hearing these songs performed by other artists allowed me to hear these songs anew and appreciate them more than ever. I have acquired a deeper regard for McCartney's songwriting genius -- and an unexpected appreciation for his humor, depth of feeling, talent as a lyricist, and range as a vocalist.

IMO this is the best "McCartney" album since "Band on the Run."
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John
4.0 out of 5 stars Not artistically reaching but a good listen generally
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2015
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Overall I really liked the album. It had some highs and lows but was generally a high. A few notes. First, most of the material is arranged and played very much like the original. This can be good and bad and sometimes undecided. So if you are looking for artistic interpretation, pretty much forget it. Probably the biggest deviation from the original is "Come and Get It" with a reggae sound to it. I really like "Venus and Mars" which I think Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons did a great job on. I though that "Band on the Run" started a little rough with Heart but once past the initial verse did well. I couldn't listen to "Things We Said Today." I like Bob Dylan. I just thought his voice was embarrassing on this one. I was also quite disappointed in "Maybe I'm Amazed." I am a huge Billy Joel fan and this is one of my favorite all time songs. But I though Joel's voice just didn't cut it. He did much better on "Live and Let Die."

One of my favorite McCartney songs is "Wanderlust" so I crossed my fingers. Brian Wilson did not let me down. While the general arrangement is similar to the original there is the usual Wilson vocalizations that give it his unique sound. I thought "Junior's Farm" was a good match for Steve Miller and I finally understood some of the words. :-)

Everything else is good, not necessarily noteworthy, but a good listen.

I understand everyone has their own tastes so this is just my interpretation. I'm glad I bought the album and I'm sure I'll listen to it a lot. Read all the reviews and make your own decision.
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Living For Chocolate and Books
5.0 out of 5 stars McCartney fans will love this!
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2018
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I'm a huge fan of the genius of Paul McCartney. It's fascinating to hear how others sing and interpret these songs. unlike other similar covers, the arrangements are true to the originals. My faves are Harry Connick Jr, Barry Gibb & Willie Nelson. There are a couple artists I could live without, but they don't spoil my enjoyment of the collection. I bought it after watching the documentary of the same name,
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r t
5.0 out of 5 stars they all love and respect paul
Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2014
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what is wrong with you negative people!!..these artist are paying tribute to a LEGEND!!..
we're all older..so they're not all in their prime,..they all love and respect paul..it isn't about paul doing the songs,..it's about paying tribute..
to paul..I personally like it for what it is..also, there are soo, many GREAT!!..artist in one place..it's
a nice moment in music...
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Ann M Robson
5.0 out of 5 stars Hubby says it a great CD!
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2018
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My husband had me order this for him, he said it was the only Beatles/McCartney CD that he didn’t have and could not find it in iTunes to download it either...he loves it!
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John A Brodie
5.0 out of 5 stars So much great music. Such excellent versions of McCartney material - ...
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2014
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This collection is a celebration. So much great music. Such excellent versions of McCartney material - some maybe even better than Paul's original. The love and respect each artist has for Sir Paul is obvious. It will make you smile, many times over.
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Liam. Thibault
4.0 out of 5 stars I'd give it a c+
Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2014
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I'd heard bad reviews of this. To prepare myself, I searched for various other tribute records of the Beatles, and there are some good ones out there. The key to honoring a great band or artist is not to play it note for note, nor is it to go so outrageous that no one recognizes the song. Unless, you're Jimi Hendrix and the song is All Along the Watchtower. I'd say about 2/3rds of this is correct. You want to honor the artist, not bore him/her/them.

I won't try to tell you the best at it: we all have our favorites. I must say that i am pleasantly surprised at some of the songs that I thought might be horrible are rather good, and others that should be great......

What does peeve me, and it should you as well, is that there are 4 different versions of this album out there w/ 2 bonus tracks each. iTunes, Target & Best Buy are all in on it. If someone knows where the downloads of the other bonus material is, or if Amazon wants to work out a deal......I will bring out one tribute song that I can't find anywhere is Gabriel Aplin. She does a fine soft acoustic version of There's a Place. You can find it on YouTube, but that has a string section to it, and it's too breathy. The one I heard is just her, and an acoustic guitar. Gimpy Beautiful! If anyone has any info.....
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the Matador of Canada.
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great collection
Reviewed in Canada on January 23, 2022
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Are you a fan of Paul McCartney and you don't mind someone else doing a cover of his songs? That's perfect because this collection is full of amazing covers of his music and is a must-have for any serious record collector. The only issue is the cover did come damaged.
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Steve
5.0 out of 5 stars Snabb leverans.
Reviewed in Sweden on April 11, 2024
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Ett mycket bra album och bra ljud.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Snabb leverans.
Reviewed in Sweden on April 11, 2024
Ett mycket bra album och bra ljud.
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J. Galvin
5.0 out of 5 stars Many Diamonds, some cubic zirconia. All classic
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 15, 2015
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Showed up quicker than I expected and was perfect, I had ordered the Deluxe Issue in the U.S. but there were so many issues that I had to send it back (bad pressed vinyl, broken storage compartments, Scuffed CD's). This collection has a few losers but too many good track to have passed on. with the vinyl, you get all the tracks from the deluxe edition. various other outlets have bonus tracks but 2 from one company and 2 from another. still not equal to what's on the Vinyl.
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MrBlueSky
5.0 out of 5 stars Schlicht und ergreifend: Ich bin begeistert!
Reviewed in Germany on November 21, 2014
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Zugegeben, die Beatles gehören schon immer mit zu meinem Lieblingsbands, so ist es eigentlich gar nicht mehr möglich, eine wirklich objektive Rezension zu dieser Box zu verfassen; allerdings gibt es wirkliche Objektivität ja eigentlich bei Bewertung eines musikalischen Produkts ja eh nicht ....

Über die Aufmachung der Box kann es eigentlich keine Diskussion geben: Klasse! Die Box aus schwarzem stabilen Karton, der ein wenig wie mit Stoff überzogen wirkt, und dem in großen glänzenden Lettern aufgedruckten "The Art of McCartney", wirkt absolut hochwertig. Nach dem Aufklappen des Deckels springen einem die vier CDs schon fast ins Gesicht; in den zwei Schubladen sind dann die Vinyls, ein paar hochwertig gedruckte Bilder sowie ein schöner Bildband, und weiter ein Zertifikat, eine DVD und noch ein USB-Stick in Gitarrenform mit den Titeln in wiederrum digitaler Form gespeichert.

Dass die Songs fast ausschließlich von "Altstars" aufgenommen wurden stört mich kein wenig! Ehrlich gesagt, es freut mich sogar sehr, dass nicht jeder "Hinz und Kuntz", der gerade mal aktuell ein paar Hits geliefert hat, hier was verwursteln durfte. Dass die Songs auch sehr nah an den Originalen bleiben ist für mich persönlich auch ein Riesenpluspunkt. Mir gefallen diese Aufnahmen wirklich ausgesprochen gut!

Wer ein schönes Weihnachtsgeschenk sucht oder auch sich selbst beschenken möchte landet mit dieser Box jedenfalls einen Volltreffer, sofern Interesse an der Musik des Sir Paul McCartney gegeben ist.

Ich wiederhol mich: Toll, toll, toll !
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c.y
5.0 out of 5 stars いいです。
Reviewed in Japan on November 28, 2014
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ポールの名曲の数々を原曲の良さを最大限に生かして、個性的なアレンジをしてトリュビートしています。
1980年代のポールへの悪評は完全にそこには無い。201４年にリリースされたのはロック史上での必然を感じます。
Listen What Man Saidは特にクラリネットがディストーションの効いたギターで軽快且つ重厚になって曲を引き立たせている。
Jetもかっこいい、Let Me Roll Itも粋きに、Helter Skerterは実はWHOなのくらい。
Mabye I'm Amazedは愛が弾けて、My Loveは妖艶です。
Wings　Fan　は必聴にして必携です。　　　　　　　　　　　　　　2014.11。28
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