Tug of War is a Paul McCartney album released in 1982. The follow-up to 1980's McCartney II, Tug of War is also his first official solo album after the dissolution of Wings, who were disbanded by McCartney in April 1981. The lengthy recording of Tug of War encompassed the reunion of an old collaborator and the death of a beloved one.

Following McCartney II's release, Wings regrouped in October 1980 to begin what would be their final recording sessions, whereby several songs later to appear on Tug of War and Pipes of Peace were rehearsed, recorded and unreleased. Feeling the need for direction, McCartney called upon his old producer, George Martin, to begin recording a song written for the animated Rupert Bear character (of which McCartney owned the rights), entitled "We All Stand Together", among others. The productive sessions continued until 9 December, the morning McCartney woke up to discover his old partner, John Lennon, had been murdered the night before in New York City. Abandoning that day's session part-way through (where he and Denny Laine were recording future B-Side "Rainclouds"), both Martin and McCartney felt it was best to leave the project for the time being and start a new once they were ready.

In February 1981, two months after Lennon's death, Paul McCartney resumed his sessions, recording that month with Stevie Wonder, Carl Perkins and Ringo Starr and laying down several songs in the process. Ex-10CC guitarist Eric Stewart also became a frequent collaborator of McCartney's during this era. Further sessions that summer were also undertaken at McCartney's studio on his Scottish farm - all with Martin manning the controls and giving McCartney's music the benefit of 1980's technology. The sessions were so productive that several of its tracks would be held over for the next album, Pipes of Peace, which followed in 1983. The rest of 1981 would be spent in a quiet fashion, with McCartney and Martin touching up the album and perfecting it.

More on [ Tug of War ]

Tug of War - Twitter Search

New blog post: FX Update: Unemployment tops 10%. Bulls and bears play tug of war. http://ow.ly/15ZTYD
tradingfloorcom (tradingfloor.com) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:28:56 -0000
New blog post: FX Update: Unemployment tops 10%. Bulls and bears play tug of war. http://ow.ly/15ZTYD
Kayak Launch Project Caught in Political Tug-of-War http://bit.ly/4rSrYw
stephensmith3 (Stephen Smith) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:28:44 -0000
Kayak Launch Project Caught in Political Tug-of-War http://bit.ly/4rSrYw
Had a tug of war battle with Evan... Mummy was in the middle. Haha.
chucknaldo (Chuck Man) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:55:51 -0000
Had a tug of war battle with Evan... Mummy was in the middle. Haha.
Broke two tug-of-war ropes :P I think the finance guy is worrying about who's gonna pay for it :P
AbsarShah (Absar Shah) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:54:04 -0000
Broke two tug-of-war ropes :P I think the finance guy is worrying about who's gonna pay for it :P
Life is a never ending game of tug o war... to bad I'm always on the losing side.
TyeRiggs (Tyler Riggs) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:44:53 -0000
Life is a never ending game of tug o war... to bad I'm always on the losing side.
At work. But still feel like crap. Go MRE tomorrow in the tug of war!
naptownbige (Eric Dwight) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:08:42 -0000
At work. But still feel like crap. Go MRE tomorrow in the tug of war!

Subscribe to Tug_of_War RSS feed