The McCartney Legacy is a biographical book series about the post-Beatles musical career of Paul McCartney, written by music journalist Allan Kozinn and documentarian and writer Adrian Sinclair. Volume 1 of the series, covering the years 1969–1973, was released on 13 December 2022. A second volume, covering 1974–1980, is planned for release on 10 December 2024.[1] The project was influenced, in part, and inspired by the work of Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn, author of The Beatles: All These Years series.[2][3] McCartney did not participate in the project but did not discourage others from giving interviews,[3] such as former Wings drummer Denny Seiwell[4] and filmmaker Sir Michael Lindsay-Hogg.
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| Author | Allan Kozinn, Adrian Sinclair |
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| Subject | Paul McCartney |
| Genre | Biography |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
Publication date | 13 December 2022 |
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| Pages | 720 |
| ISBN | 978-0-063-00072-8 |
| Website | www |
Volume 1 was received favorably in The New York Times as a "well-planned encore" to McCartney's 2021 semi-autobiographical work, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present.[2] The book was also heralded by the British music press, receiving 5/5 from Record Collector magazine's Jamie Atkins, 9/10 from Uncut magazine's Jim Wirth, 8/10 from Classic Rock magazine's Hugh Fielder, and 4/5 from Mojo magazine's Tom Doyle. Music scholar Kenneth Womack praised it as "a triumph. Masterful in scope and full of rich detail."[5] In The Times, Daniel Finkelstein gave a mixed review, complaining that it was too long and was a substandard "imitator" of Lewisohn's work, while praising the depth of research.[6] The Irish Times gave a mixed review, offering that the book was "often compelling", but also "so exhaustive it's almost like swimming through treacle to get to something that little bit more interesting".[7] Rolling Stone writer Rob Sheffield described the book as a "comprehensive, painstaking, dazzling and definitive chronicle."[8] Lewisohn praised the book as an "accurate biography of a universal explorer."[8]
References
edit- ^ https://twitter.com/McCARTNEYLEGACY/status/1770918385724912111
- ^ a b Jacobs, Alexandra (6 December 2022). "No John, No George, No Ringo, but Still a Lot to Say". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ a b Miller, Stuart (12 December 2022). "With a little help from his friends, Paul McCartney gets a big post-Beatles biography". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ Rees, Jasper. "The McCartney Legacy review: what Paul really got up to in the Wings years". The Telegraph. MSN. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ Womack, Kenneth (11 December 2022). ""The McCartney Legacy": An in-depth study of Paul's angsty transition from Beatle to solo superstar". Salon. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ Finkelstein, Daniel (17 December 2022). "The McCartney Legacy by Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair review — the long and boring read". The Times. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ Clayton-Lea, Tony (9 January 2023). "The McCartney Legacy - Volume 1: 1969–73: Parts feel like swimming through treacle looking for something interesting". The Irish Times. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ a b "The McCartney Legacy: Volume 1: 1969 – 73". HarperCollins Publishers UK. Retrieved 2023-04-08.