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''Back to the Egg'' is the seventh and final studio album by the British-American band Wings, released in 1979 on Columbia Records in America, and on Parlophone in the UK. Co-produced by Chris Thomas, the album reflects band leader Paul McCartney's embracing of contemporary musical trends such as new wave and punk, and marked the arrival of new Wings members Laurence Juber and Steve Holley. ''Back to the Egg'' adopts a loose conceptual theme around the idea of a working band, and its creation coincided with a period of considerable activity for the group, which included making a return to touring and work on several television and film projects. Recording for the album began in June 1978 and lasted for almost a year. The sessions took place at Spirit of Ranachan Studios in Scotland, Lympne Castle in Kent, London's Abbey Road Studios, and Replica Studio – the last of which McCartney built as an exact replica of Abbey Road's Studio Two when the latter became unavailable. Wings returned to Abbey Road in March 1979 to complete the album, before filming a series of promotional videos in Lympne and elsewhere, for what became the ''Back to the Egg'' TV special. ''Back to the Egg'' received unfavourable reviews from the majority of critics, with ''Rolling Stone'' magazine deriding it as "the sorriest grab bag of dreck in recent memory".〔 Although the album charted in the top ten around the world and was certified platinum in the United States, it was viewed as a commercial failure relative to previous Wings releases, particularly in light of the generous financial terms under which McCartney had signed with CBS-owned Columbia Records. Of its singles – "Old Siam, Sir", "Getting Closer" and "Arrow Through Me" – only "Getting Closer" made the top twenty in Britain or America. The song "Rockestra Theme", recorded with a cast of guest musicians from bands such as the Who, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1980. Wings toured the UK in support of the album, but the planned world tour ended in January 1980, when McCartney was arrested in Japan for possession of drugs. The group disbanded early the following year. ''Back to the Egg'' was reissued in 1993, with bonus tracks, and in 2007 for iTunes, with the addition of Wings' 1979 non-album single "Goodnight Tonight", in its extended form. ==Background== Following the release of the album ''London Town'' (1978), Wings band leader Paul McCartney hired two session musicians, drummer Steve Holly and lead guitarist Laurence Juber, to replace former members Joe English and Jimmy McCulloch.〔McGee, p. 120〕 With the new line-up – Wings' sixth since its formation in 1971〔Doggett, p. 264〕 – McCartney intended to record a raw rock and roll album and return to touring, for the band's first concerts since their acclaimed Wings Over the World tour of 1975–76.〔Rodriguez, p. 66〕 In addition, McCartney hoped to realise his longstanding plan of making a film adaptation of the Rupert the Bear cartoon series,〔Madinger and Easter, p. 239〕 for which he owned the commercial rights,〔Clayson, p. 210〕 and commissioned English playwright Willy Russell to write a feature film starring Wings.〔Sounes, pp. 345–46〕 Both Holly and Juber were recruited by Wings co-founder and guitarist Denny Laine,〔Clayson, p. 190〕 who had appeared as a guest on ''The David Essex Show'' in 1977 when Juber was working as a guitarist in the house band.〔Rodriguez, pp. 217, 220〕 Holly, a neighbour of Laine's, joined Wings in time to appear in the promotional video for ''London Town''s lead single, "With a Little Luck",〔McGee, p. 121〕 having turned down a position with Elton John's band.〔Rodriguez, pp. 217, 219〕 According to Wings biographer Garry McGee, Juber and Holly each received a weekly sum equating to less than one-fifth of that paid to McCartney, his wife Linda (the band's keyboard player) and Laine.〔 For the new album, ''Back to the Egg'', McCartney decided to collaborate in the studio with producer Chris Thomas,〔 with whom he had begun working on the audio for two films documenting Wings' last world tour: ''Wings Over the World'', a television documentary,〔 and the cinema release ''Rockshow'' (1980).〔Madinger and Easter, p. 228〕 Thomas's involvement would mark the first time that Wings had recorded with an outside producer since their 1973 single "Live and Let Die", which George Martin had produced.〔Rodriguez, pp. 66, 269〕 Due to his recent work with the Pretenders and the Sex Pistols, Thomas brought a punk rock and new wave influence to Wings' sound,〔〔Sounes, pp. 344–45〕 matching McCartney's desire to reflect contemporary musical trends.〔Madinger and Easter, p. 240〕〔Rodriguez, p. 376〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Back to the Egg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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