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Wings at the Speed of Sound is the fifth studio album by the British–American rock band Wings, released on 26 March 1976. [1] Issued at the height of the band's popularity, it reached the top spot on the US album chart—the band's fourth consecutive album to do so—and peaked at number 2 on the UK album chart.
- In The Studio
- Cover Artwork
- The Release
The first McCartney album to be recorded in Britain since 1973’s Red Rose Speedway, Wings At The Speed Of Soundwas recorded in two periods at EMI Studios at Abbey Road, London. The sessions took place in September and October 1975, and in January and February 1976. McCartney later confessed that “the album didn’t take long”. He began writing materi...
The swift assembly of Wings At The Speed Of Sound extended to the cover artwork. Designed by Hipgnosis and George Hardie, who worked so successfully on Venus And Mars, it had no gatefold sleeve, lyrics or other extras. The front photograph was of lettering on the marquee in front of the Leicester Square Theatre in London. At the time it was taken, ...
Wings At The Speed Of Soundwas released in March 1976 in the United States and United Kingdom. It received mixed reviews, and the reception wasn’t helped by EMI reissuing each of The Beatles’ singles at the same time, most of which re-entered the charts. Despite this, Wings At The Speed Of Soundspent 35 weeks in the UK album charts, peaking at numb...
Reinforced by months on the road, the cohesion of a settled line-up was much in evidence on Wings At The Speed Of Sound, the band’s fifth album. So much so, that each band member had at least one lead vocal performance, including Linda’s ‘Cook Of The House’ and Denny Laine’s ‘Time To Hide’.
Wings at the Speed of Sound is the fifth album by Wings and was recorded and issued in 1976 in the midst of a large world tour as the follow-up album to the popular Venus and Mars. It is the band’s only album where every member sings lead on at least one song.
Jan 3, 2024 · Released in 1976, Wings At The Speed Of Sound is one of Wings’ most essential releases and is, arguably, only challenged by Band On The Run for supremacy. As the fifth studio album in Wings’ discography, Wings At The Speed Of Sound sees the band in full swing during their most successful years and is their most diverse as vocal duties were ...
In 1993, Wings at the Speed of Sound was remastered and reissued on compact disc as part of "The Paul McCartney Collection" series.
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This is Wings fifth album from March, 1976. The Rolling Stone’s review saw this record as something of a concept album, describing it as “A Day with the McCartneys”.
