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Press to Play is the sixth solo studio album by English musician Paul McCartney, released on 25 August 1986.It was McCartney's first album of entirely new music since Pipes of Peace in 1983, and his first solo album to be issued internationally by EMI following a six-year alliance with Columbia Records in the United States and Canada.
The "special" editions of the albums were also released as double LPs on 180 gram "audiophile vinyl", with the original album on one record and bonus material on the second. The records also come with a download card for MP3 versions of all tracks included. The special editions of the albums are available on streaming services worldwide. [1]
TV special of McCartney talking about his career from 1970 to 1986 to promote his new album Press to Play. Once Upon a Video... Released: 1987 (VHS/Laserdisc) Four music videos and two TV ads released on video. Put It There: Released: 10 June 1989 (broadcast) 1 September 1989 (VHS/Laserdisc) 2003 / 24 March 2017 (DVD)
Released on 14 July 1986, "Press" peaked at number 25 on the UK Singles Chart [1] and number 21 on the US Billboard Hot 100, where it spent eight weeks in the top 40. [2] This marked the beginning of a downturn in McCartney's fortunes on the singles charts, since it was the first time since Back to the Egg in 1979 that a lead single from a McCartney album had failed to reach the top 20 in the ...
In addition to writing his own songs, McCartney has recorded cover versions of songs throughout his career, most notably on CHOBA B CCCP (1988), [29] Run Devil Run (1999), [30] and Kisses on the Bottom (2012). [31] He also produced Thrillington, an instrumental cover album of Ram in the jazz and lounge genres under the name Percy "Thrills ...
When the new remastered version was released on 13 June 2011 as part of the Paul McCartney Archive Collection, [40] the album re-entered the UK charts at number 108. [41] The album was reissued on 5 August 2022 in a boxset entitled McCartney I II III, consisting of 3 LPs or 3 CDs, along with the first and third albums of the trilogy. [42]
The box set was announced building upon an eventful 2022 for Paul McCartney, from the Got Back tour in late spring, his eightieth birthday on 18 June, his headlining the Glastonbury Festival a week later on 25 June, and the 5 August release of McCartney I II III, another box set collection bringing together the "McCartney trilogy" in McCartney, McCartney II, and McCartney III.
All the Best! was a commercial success in the UK, where it reached number 2 (having been kept off the top position by George Michael's debut solo album, Faith). [11] In America, the compilation peaked at number 62, [12] although it was eventually certified double platinum there.