PAUL MCCARTNEY – Yesterday’s Memories For Today’s Entertainment With His 19th Solo LP ‘THE BOYS OF DUNGEON LANE’
30 May 2026
Photo by Mary McCartney
Imperishable melody genius PAUL MCCARTNEY (83 now) and, arguably, the best pop songwriter ever, released his 19th solo LP, baptized THE BOYS OF DUNGEON LANE.
Press info: “The new album is a collection of rare and revealing glimpses into memories never-before shared, along with some newly inspired love songs, from one of the most culturally significant figures of our time.
These extraordinary new songs find Paul writing with rare openness about his childhood
in post-war Liverpool, the resilience of his parents, and early adventures shared with George Harrison and John Lennon long before the world had ever heard of Beatlemania.”
NME says: “Pop’s twinkly eyed granddad gets nostalgic on an album that also finds him pushing forward musically. It’s a guided tour of the long and winding road. McCartney co-produced the album with 35-year-old hot-shot Andrew Watt, the pair squeezed in sessions
over a four-year period whenever the octogenarian’s hectic schedule allowed.
Against all odds, given that this album arrives some 63 years after the Beatles’ debut
‘Please Please Me’, Macca actually makes history on ‘The Boys Of Dungeon Lane’. Remarkably, the jaunty ‘Home To Us’ is his first-ever duet with Ringo Starr, who assists him in celebrating their rough-and-tumble hometown.
Despite the absence of any real bombshells, it’s a pleasure to accompany
McCartney as he gets back to where he once belonged.”
Order info here.
TUTV: Yep, I’m a Macca fan(atic). What he did with The Beatles was/is phenomenal.
His unique gift for writing simple, yet cleverly layered, and inventively orchestrated,
pop-ular tunes is truly exceptional in music history. And he did it countless times, over
and over again, in his almost 70-year (!!!) career. His oeuvre is massive.
Of course, his immensely productive/inspiring partnership with John Lennon in
the Fab Four was instrumental and monumental for their worldwide, lasting success.
Then he did some sublime stuff with his band on the run, Wings, and with his
solo debut in 1971, he started a formidable solo journey, with LPs ranging from
good to unforgettable and, yes, with a couple of stinkers in between.
And now we have #19 on our earphones. Melancholia, storytelling reflection, and
euphonically spot-on, fitting songs are all over this nostalgic, never-look-back-in-anger record. It misses some glorious moments, as there are a lot on Egypt Station
from 2018 (my all-time fav McCartney solo album).
Still, its charming, entertaining, and, again, of course, its melodic and vocal (his voice
hasn’t aged whatsoever, and shines as ever before) beatitude is far better than what
some contemporary singer-songwriters have to offer. His yesterday memories sound velvety today.
Ahead of the release, Macca gave us two 2 singles.
– DAYS WE LEFT BEHIND –
– HOME TO US –
ALBUM
