Flaming Pie

『Flaming Pie』(1997年)は、Paul McCartneyの晩年の最高傑作の一つと広く評価されており、リラックスした自信に満ちたクラシックなソングライティングへの回帰を反映している。
爽やかな「The World Tonight」、内省的で豊かな「Young Boy」、そしてグラミー賞を受賞した優しいバラード「Calico Skies」を収録した本作は、ロック、ポップ、アコースティックの影響を受けつつ、現代的なプロダクションとPaul McCartneyの不朽のメロディ感覚を融合させている。
『Flaming Pie』は1990年代におけるPaul McCartneyの存在意義を再確認させるとともに、彼の60年代の遺産と現代の聴衆を結びつける創造的な再生として称賛された。
デジパック仕様1CD。

According to Paul McCartney, working on the Beatles Anthology project inspired him to record an album that was stripped-back, immediate, and fun, one less studied and produced than most of his recent work. In many ways, Flaming Pie fulfills those goals. A largely acoustic collection of simple songs, Flaming Pie is direct and unassuming, and at its best, it recalls the homely charm of McCartney and Ram. McCartney still has a tendency to wallow in trite sentiment, and his more ambitious numbers, like the string-drenched epic Beautiful Night or the silly Beatlesque psychedelia of Flaming Pie, fall a little flat. But when he works on a small scale, as on the waltzing The Song We Were Singing, Calico Skies, Great Day, and Little Willow, hes gently affecting, and the moderately rocking pop of The World Tonight and Young Boy is more ingratiating than the pair of aimless bluesy jams with Steve Miller. Even with the filler, which should be expected on any McCartney album, Flaming Pie is one of his most successful latter-day efforts, mainly because McCartney is at his best when he doesnt try so hard and lets his effortless melodic gifts rise to the surface. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine