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- Summary: Paul McCartney's first solo studio release in over five years features a guest appearance by fellow Beatle Ringo Starr.
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- Record Label: Capitol
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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May 22, 2026The Boys of Dungeon Lane is certainly as good as anything he has given us in the last 50 years.
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May 22, 2026“As You Lie There” is the first song on The Boys of Dungeon Lane, McCartney’s first studio album in six years, and it sets the tone for this warm, nostalgic late-career masterpiece.
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UncutMay 22, 2026Some songs, like "Ripples In A Pond" (A pop song for his wife Nancy), hit with the contemporary Andrew Wyatt wallop, which is very much why musicians in their ninth decades so revere his production; but as ever, it's the bits where McCartnet lets appearances be damned that work out best. [Jul 2026, p.24]
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May 22, 2026The melodic gift and residual optimism ultimately carry the day aided by the canny ear for a guitar riff that characterised Wings. [Jul 2026, p.82]
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May 22, 2026The Boys Of Dungeon Lane does everything a Paul McCartney album should do. The vulnerability in his voice adds a peculiar charm: it’s a man looking at an ever-decreasing road ahead with his trademark optimism.