Give My Regards to Broad Street explained

Give My Regards to Broad Street
Type:Soundtrack
Longtype:/ studio album
Artist:Paul McCartney
Cover:BroadStreetCover.jpg
Border:yes
Recorded:December 1982 – May 1984
Studio:Abbey Road Studios, AIR Studios and CTS, London
Genre:
  • Rock
Length:43:52 (LP)
57:05 (Cassette)
61:03 (CD)
Label:Parlophone/EMI (UK)
Columbia/CBS (US)
Producer:George Martin
Prev Title:Pipes of Peace
Prev Year:1983
Next Title:Press to Play
Next Year:1986

Give My Regards to Broad Street is the fifth solo studio album by Paul McCartney and the soundtrack to the film of the same name. It features covers of Beatles' songs, Wings and solo tracks by McCartney, as well as a few new songs. The album reached number 1 on the UK chart. The lead single, "No More Lonely Nights", was BAFTA and Golden Globe Award nominated. It was also to be his final album to be released under Columbia Records, which had been his US label for over five years.

Songs

The majority of the album is a retrospective – sequenced in the order of the songs' appearance in the film – which features re-interpretations of many of Paul McCartney's past classics of the Beatles and Wings: "Good Day Sunshine", "Yesterday", "Here, There and Everywhere", "Silly Love Songs", "For No One", "Eleanor Rigby" and "The Long and Winding Road". There were also interpretations of songs from McCartney's more recent albums; "Ballroom Dancing" and "Wanderlust" from Tug of War and "So Bad" from Pipes of Peace.[1] Besides "No More Lonely Nights" (also heard in a dance version), the only previously-unheard tracks were "Not Such a Bad Boy", "No Values" and a symphonic extension of "Eleanor Rigby" entitled "Eleanor's Dream". The album running time was so long that its vinyl release had edited versions of the songs.[2] The cassette and the later CD edition preserved the tracks' full lengths, while the CD went one further by including a bonus 1940s-styled piece called "Goodnight Princess". The Beatles cover versions are dedicated to McCartney's fellow Beatle John Lennon, who had been killed four years earlier.

Release and charts

Preceded by "No More Lonely Nights (Ballad)", a worldwide Top 10 hit featuring guitar work by David Gilmour, Give My Regards to Broad Street entered the UK charts at number 1 and was certified platinum, while also going gold with a number 21 peak in the United States (where it sold and charted under expectations). It would also mark the end of McCartney's association with Columbia Records in the US, which began in 1979 with the final Wings album Back to the Egg. McCartney would re-sign with EMI Records worldwide (where he remained until 2007) with his Columbia output reverting to his new – and original – label in the US, Capitol Records.

Simultaneously with the film's premiere in November, McCartney's Rupert Bear recording, "We All Stand Together", started back in 1980 and credited to "Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus", was released and became a hit single in the UK, reaching number 3. The accompanying animated film was shown in cinemas immediately preceding the main feature that was Give My Regards to Broad Street.

The soundtrack's original release was on Columbia Records in 1984 in North America. It was remastered in 1993 and reissued on CD as part of The Paul McCartney Collection series with two extended dance mixes of "No More Lonely Nights (playout version)" as bonus tracks.

Track listing

Notes

This record is longer than usual but due to the available playing time on a vinyl disc, some editing of the soundtrack has been necessary to retain full volume and dynamic range. Even longer versions exist on cassette and compact disc.

Personnel

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1984)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 10
Canadian Albums (RPM)[4] 23
Dutch Mega Albums (MegaCharts)[5] 24
Japanese LPs (Oricon)[6] 6
New Zealand Albums (RIANZ)[7] 25
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[8] 4
Spanish Albums (Promusicae)[9] 4
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 9
UK Albums (OCC)[11] 1
West German Media Albums (Media Control)[12] 25

Year-end charts

Chart (1984)Position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)85
Canadian Albums (RPM)[13] 79
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[14] 95
Spanish Albums (Promusicae) 15
UK Albums[15] 27

Certifications and sales

Notes and References

  1. Web site: How 'Give My Regards' Stalled Paul McCartney's Career.
  2. LP back cover: 'This record is longer than usual but due to the available playing time on a vinyl disc some editing of the sound track has been necessary in order to retain full volume and dynamic range. Even longer versions exist on cassette and compact disc.'
  3. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6.
  4. Top Albums/CDs – Volume 41, No. 13. RPM. PHP. 1 December 1984. 3 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20140317062254/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.9588&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062. 17 March 2014. dead.
  5. Web site: dutchcharts.nl Paul McCartney – Give My Regards to Broad Street . dutchcharts.nl . . 3 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121114193819/http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Paul+McCartney&titel=Give+My+Regards+To+Broad+Street&cat=a . 14 November 2012 . dmy .
  6. Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9.
  7. Web site: charts.nz Paul McCartney – Give My Regards to Broad Street . . 3 May 2013 . dmy .
  8. Web site: norwegiancharts.com Paul McCartney – Give My Regards to Broad Street . VG-lista . 3 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121108232537/http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Paul+McCartney&titel=Give+My+Regards+To+Broad+Street&cat=a . 8 November 2012 . dmy .
  9. Book: Salaverri, Fernando. Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. 1st . September 2005. Fundación Autor-SGAE. Spain. 84-8048-639-2.
  10. Web site: swedishcharts.com Paul McCartney – Give My Regards to Broad Street. 3 May 2013.
  11. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20080209095724/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_the_no1_albums.php?show=4. 9 February 2008. Number 1 Albums – 1980s. The Official Charts Company. 27 June 2011.
  12. Web site: Album Search: Paul McCartney – Give My Regards to Broad Street. https://web.archive.org/web/20140724181039/http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=Paul+McCartney&title=Give+My+Regards+To+Broad+Street&cat=a&country=de. dead. 24 July 2014. de. Media Control. ASP. 1 May 2013.
  13. RPM Top 100 Albums of 1984. RPM. 5 January 1985. 3 May 2011.
  14. Web site: 日本で売れた洋楽アルバムトップ10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071021034527/http://www2.wbs.ne.jp/~ms-db/oricon/oricon%2084.htm . 21 October 2007 . Top-ten international albums on the Japanese Oricon Year-End Charts 1984 . 21 October 2007.
  15. Web site: Complete UK Year-End Album Charts . 2 September 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120111074744/http://chartheaven.9.forumer.com/a/complete-uk-yearend-album-charts_post21.html . 11 January 2012 . dmy .

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