Wings at the Speed of Sound by Wings (Vinyl record album review)

Album name: Wings at the Speed of Sound

Group name: Wings

Year: 1976

Number of discs: one

Label: Capitol Records

Collection: Selman

Distinguishing characteristics: hole punched through top right corner

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My review

Level of familiarity before listening

I listened to a Wings record, Band on the Run, back in May, and was not impressed. I’ve never heard Wings at the Speed of Sound before.

What I expected

More forgettable Faul McCartney post-Beatles songs.

What it was actually like

Like the other Wings record, this one was pretty bad.

Let ‘Em In had a disco sound, which I found extremely jarring, and also the chorus sounded a little like a fife and drums marching band. Silly Love Songs was also disco. I get that it was 1976, but come on.

Wino Junko was all right, and I liked its electric guitar.

Cook of the House was a very poorly executed rockabilly song that could have been great, if they had been serious about doing it in a rockabilly style.

Grade

2/5: bad, but I was able to listen to the whole thing