The album was first teased in late March 2016 by cryptic video posts placed on McCartney's Facebook and Twitter pages.[ 2] He also says: There are no cover versions, which may be in line with the "pure" concept.
When the album was announced by McCartney on 31 March 2016, he downplayed the use of "career" in describing the collection, rather referring to it as representative of a "musical adventure".[ 3] He also noted he and his team compiled the tracks for the alternate track listings "with nothing else in mind other than having something fun to listen to" in different settings.[ 3]
The album features tracks from all of his official studio albums with the exception of Снова в СССР , Flowers in the Dirt , Run Devil Run and Driving Rain .
Pablo Gorondi from ABC News says: "Pure McCartney is a substantial, honest and gratifying introduction to the long and winding career of a pop music giant, a tasting menu whetting the appetite for more".[ 4]
Three versions of the album have been released, a two-disc CD of 39 tracks, a four-disc LP of 41 tracks (adding tracks "New" and "Too Many People") and a four-disc CD (and deluxe digital edition) of 67 tracks.[ 1] All songs are written by Paul McCartney , except where noted.
Title Writer(s) Album 1. "Maybe I'm Amazed " McCartney , 19703:51 2. "Heart of the Country " Linda McCartney , Paul McCartneyRam , 19712:24 3. "Jet " L. McCartney, P. McCartney Band on the Run , 19734:09 4. "Warm and Beautiful " L. McCartney, P. McCartney Wings at the Speed of Sound , 19763:14 5. "Listen to What the Man Said " L. McCartney, P. McCartney Venus and Mars , 19754:03 6. "Dear Boy " L. McCartney, P. McCartney Ram 2:15 7. "Silly Love Songs " L. McCartney, P. McCartney Wings at the Speed of Sound 5:55 8. "The Song We Were Singing" Flaming Pie , 19973:55 9. "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey " L. McCartney, P. McCartney Ram 4:56 10. "Another Day " L. McCartney, P. McCartney non-album single, 1971 3:43 11. "Sing the Changes" Electric Arguments , 2008(under the name "The Fireman " with Youth ) 3:45 12. "Jenny Wren " Chaos and Creation in the Backyard , 20053:48 13. "Save Us" Paul Epworth , P. McCartneyNew , 20132:40 14. "Mrs. Vandebilt " L. McCartney, P. McCartney Band on the Run 4:40 15. "Mull of Kintyre " Denny Laine , P. McCartneynon-album single, 1977 4:45 16. "Let 'Em In " L. McCartney, P. McCartney Wings at the Speed of Sound 5:11 17. "Let Me Roll It " L. McCartney, P. McCartney Band on the Run 4:50 18. "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five " L. McCartney, P. McCartney Band on the Run 5:31 19. "Ebony and Ivory " (with Stevie Wonder ) Tug of War , 19823:46 Total length: 77:21
Title Writer(s) Album 1. "Band on the Run " L. McCartney, P. McCartney Band on the Run 5:14 2. "Arrow Through Me " Back to the Egg , 19793:38 3. "My Love " L. McCartney, P. McCartney Red Rose Speedway , 19734:10 4. "Live and Let Die " L. McCartney, P. McCartney Live and Let Die soundtrack , 19733:13 5. "Too Much Rain " Chaos and Creation in the Backyard 3:26 6. "Goodnight Tonight " non-album single, 1979 4:22 7. "Say Say Say " (with Michael Jackson ; radio edit ; 2015 remix ) Michael Jackson, P. McCartney Pipes of Peace , 19833:40 8. "My Valentine" Kisses on the Bottom , 20123:16 9. "The World Tonight " Flaming Pie 4:06 10. "Pipes of Peace " Pipes of Peace 3:57 11. "Dance Tonight " Memory Almost Full , 20072:56 12. "Here Today " Tug of War 2:29 13. "Wanderlust" Tug of War 3:51 14. "Great Day" Flaming Pie 2:09 15. "Coming Up " McCartney II , 19803:52 16. "No More Lonely Nights " (radio edit) Give My Regards to Broad Street soundtrack, 19844:43 17. "Only Mama Knows" Memory Almost Full 4:19 18. "With a Little Luck " (DJ edit) London Town , 19783:13 19. "Hope for the Future" Destiny video game soundtrack, 20144:09 20. "Junk " McCartney 1:57 Total length: 72:40
Title Writer(s) Album 1. "Maybe I'm Amazed" McCartney 3:52 2. "Heart of the Country" L. McCartney, P. McCartney Ram 2:25 3. "Jet" L. McCartney, P. McCartney Band on the Run 4:10 4. "Warm and Beautiful" L. McCartney, P. McCartney Wings at the Speed of Sound 3:14 5. "Listen to What the Man Said" L. McCartney, P. McCartney Venus and Mars 4:03 6. "Dear Boy" L. McCartney, P. McCartney Ram 2:15 7. "Silly Love Songs" L. McCartney, P. McCartney Wings at the Speed of Sound 5:55 8. "The Song We Were Singing" Flaming Pie 3:55 9. "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" L. McCartney, P. McCartney Ram 4:57 10. "Early Days" New 4:08 11. "Big Barn Bed " L. McCartney, P. McCartney Red Rose Speedway 3:51 12. "Another Day" L. McCartney, P. McCartney non-album single 3:43 13. "Flaming Pie" Flaming Pie 2:31 14. "Jenny Wren" Chaos and Creation in the Backyard 3:49 15. "Too Many People " Ram 4:12 16. "Let Me Roll It" L. McCartney, P. McCartney Band on the Run 4:51 17. "New " New 2:58 Total length: 64:49
Title Writer(s) Album 1. "Live and Let Die" L. McCartney, P. McCartney Live and Let Die 3:15 2. "English Tea" Chaos and Creation in the Backyard 2:14 3. "Mull of Kintyre" Laine, P. McCartney non-album single 4:46 4. "Save Us" Epworth, P. McCartney New 2:41 5. "My Love" L. McCartney, P. McCartney Red Rose Speedway 4:10 6. "Bip Bop" L. McCartney, P. McCartney Wild Life , 19714:13 7. "Let 'Em In" L. McCartney, P. McCartney Wings at the Speed of Sound 5:11 8. "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five" L. McCartney, P. McCartney Band on the Run 5:32 9. "Calico Skies " Flaming Pie 2:32 10. "Hi, Hi, Hi " L. McCartney, P. McCartney non-album single, 1972 3:10 11. "Waterfalls " McCartney II 4:46 12. "Band on the Run" Band on the Run 5:14 13. "Appreciate" New 4:30 14. "Sing the Changes" Electric Arguments 3:46 15. "Arrow Through Me" Back to the Egg 3:39 16. "Every Night " McCartney 2:34 17. "Junior's Farm " L. McCartney, P. McCartney non-album single, 1974 4:23 18. "Mrs. Vandebilt" Band on the Run 4:41 Total length: 71:16
Title Writer(s) Album 1. "Say Say Say" (with Michael Jackson; 2015 remix) Jackson, P. McCartney Pipes of Peace 3:57 2. "My Valentine" Kisses on the Bottom 3:16 3. "Pipes of Peace" Pipes of Peace 3:57 4. "The World Tonight" Flaming Pie 4:06 5. "Souvenir" Flaming Pie 3:40 6. "Dance Tonight" Memory Almost Full 2:56 7. "Ebony and Ivory" (with Stevie Wonder) Tug of War 3:46 8. "Fine Line " Chaos and Creation in the Backyard 3:07 9. "Here Today" Tug of War 2:29 10. "Press " Press to Play , 19864:47 11. "Wanderlust" Tug of War 3:51 12. "Winedark Open Sea" Off the Ground , 19935:28 13. "Beautiful Night " Flaming Pie 5:08 14. "Girlfriend " London Town 4:43 15. "Queenie Eye " Epworth, P. McCartney New 3:49 16. "We All Stand Together " Rupert and the Frog Song soundtrack, 19844:25 Total length: 63:11
Title Writer(s) Album 1. "Coming Up" McCartney II 3:54 2. "Too Much Rain" Chaos and Creation in the Backyard 3:26 3. "Good Times Coming/Feel the Sun" Press to Play 4:57 4. "Goodnight Tonight" non-album single 4:22 5. "Baby's Request" Back to the Egg 2:51 6. "With a Little Luck" (DJ edit) London Town 3:13 7. "Little Willow" Flaming Pie 2:58 8. "Only Mama Knows" Memory Almost Full 4:20 9. "Don't Let It Bring You Down" Laine, P. McCartney London Town 4:36 10. "The Back Seat of My Car " Ram 4:31 11. "No More Lonely Nights" (7" single version) Give My Regards to Broad Street 4:44 12. "Great Day" Flaming Pie 2:09 13. "Venus and Mars/Rock Show " (radio edit) L. McCartney, P. McCartney Venus and Mars 3:48 14. "Temporary Secretary " McCartney II 3:16 15. "Hope for the Future" Destiny 4:09 16. "Junk" McCartney 1:57 Total length: 59:12
Pure McCartney – Vinyl edition (Side 1) Title Writer(s) 1. "Maybe I'm Amazed" 2. "Heart of the Country" L. McCartney, P. McCartney 3. "Jet" L. McCartney, P. McCartney 4. "Warm and Beautiful" L. McCartney, P. McCartney 5. "Listen to What the Man Said" L. McCartney, P. McCartney 6. "Dear Boy" L. McCartney, P. McCartney
Pure McCartney – Vinyl edition (Side 2) Title Writer(s) 1. "Silly Love Songs" L. McCartney, P. McCartney 2. "The Song We Were Singing" 3. "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" L. McCartney, P. McCartney 4. "Another Day" L. McCartney, P. McCartney 5. "New"
Pure McCartney – Vinyl edition (Side 3) Title Writer(s) 1. "Mull of Kintyre" Laine, P. McCartney 2. "Sing the Changes" 3. "Jenny Wren" 4. "Mrs. Vandebilt" L. McCartney, P. McCartney 5. "Save Us"
Pure McCartney – Vinyl edition (Side 4) Title Writer(s) 1. "Let 'Em In" L. McCartney, P. McCartney 2. "Let Me Roll It" L. McCartney, P. McCartney 3. "Ebony and Ivory" (with Stevie Wonder; 2015 remix) 4. "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five" L. McCartney, P. McCartney
Pure McCartney – Vinyl edition (Side 5) Title Writer(s) 1. "Band on the Run" L. McCartney, P. McCartney 2. "Arrow Through Me" 3. "My Love" L. McCartney, P. McCartney 4. "Live and Let Die" L. McCartney, P. McCartney 5. "Too Much Rain"
Pure McCartney – Vinyl edition (Side 6) Title Writer(s) 1. "Say Say Say" (with Michael Jackson; radio edit; 2015 remix) Jackson, P. McCartney 2. "My Valentine" 3. "Goodnight Tonight" 4. "The World Tonight" 5. "Pipes of Peace"
Pure McCartney – Vinyl edition (Side 7) Title 1. "Dance Tonight" 2. "Here Today" (radio edit) 3. "Wanderlust" (radio edit) 4. "Great Day" 5. "Coming Up" 6. "No More Lonely Nights" (radio edit)
Pure McCartney – Vinyl edition (Side 8) Title 1. "Too Many People" 2. "Only Mama Knows" 3. "With a Little Luck" (DJ edit) 4. "Hope for the Future" 5. "Junk"