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The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time

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Updated June 11, 2019 7.0k votes 775 voters 7.5k views

List RulesVote for your favorite Paul McCartney studio album.

Here are the best Paul McCartney albums of all time, ranked from best to worst by the Ranker community. This list includes Paul McCartney's solo albums as well as with Wings and with his experimental electronic music duo The Fireman.

Although Paul McCartney is best known for being in the English rock band The Beatles, the multi-talented musician has also achieved critical and commercial success as a solo artist, the frontman for the rock band Wings, and half of the experimental electronic music duo The Fireman. The two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has won over 20 Grammy Awards, while also bring recognized as one of the greatest composers and performers in music history. 

This Paul McCartney discography is ranked from best to worst, so the top Paul McCartney albums can be found at the top of the list. To make it easy for you, we haven't included Paul McCartney singles, live albums, EPs, or compilations, so everything you see here should only be studio albums. If you think the greatest Paul McCartney album isn't high enough on the list, then be sure to vote for it so it receives the credit it deserves. Make sure you don't just vote for critically acclaimed albums; if you have a favorite Paul McCartney album, then vote it up, even if it's not necessarily the most popular.

The list includes McCartney's Venus and Mars (1975), Ram (1971) and more. This list of popular Paul McCartney CDs has been voted on by music fans around the world, so the order of this list isn't just one person's opinion.

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  • 1
    Ram is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    Ram

    1971

    Artist: Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

    Tracks: Ram On, Ram On, Long Haired Lady

    Length (mins): 00:43:14

    Genres (Music): Rock music

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    Flaming Pie is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    Flaming Pie

    1997

    Artist: Paul McCartney

    Producer: George Martin, Jeff Lynne

    Tracks: Somedays, Used to Be Bad, Beautiful Night

    Length (mins): 00:53:46

    Genres (Music): Rock music, Rock and roll

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    Venus and Mars is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    Venus and Mars

    1975

    Artist: Wings

    Tracks: Venus and Mars (reprise), Treat Her Gently / Lonely Old People, Call Me Back Again

    Genres (Music): Rock music, Pop music, Blues-rock, Pop rock, Soul music

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    Chaos and Creation in the Back is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    Chaos and Creation in the Backyard

    2005

    Artist: Paul McCartney

    Producer: Nigel Godrich

    Tracks: Jenny Wren, This Never Happened Before, How Kind of You

    Genres (Music): Rock music, Psychedelic pop

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  • 5
    Tug of War is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    Tug of War

    1982

    Artist: Paul McCartney

    Producer: George Martin

    Tracks: Here Today, Be What You See (Link), Ballroom Dancing

    Length (mins): 00:41:12

    Genres (Music): Rock music, Pop music, Soft rock, Pop rock

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  • 6
    Memory Almost Full is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    Memory Almost Full

    2007

    Artist: Paul McCartney

    Tracks: You Tell Me, Only Mama Knows, Vintage Clothes

    Label: Mercury Records

    Genres (Music): Rock music

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  • 7
    Back to the Egg is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    Back to the Egg

    1979

    Artist: Wings

    Tracks: Getting Closer, The Broadcast, Arrow Through Me

    Label: Columbia

    Genres (Music): Rock music

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  • 8
    Egypt Station is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    Egypt Station

    2018
  • 9
    Flowers in the Dirt is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    Flowers in the Dirt

    1989

    Artist: Paul McCartney

    Tracks: Rough Ride, Put It There, This One

    Genres (Music): Rock music

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  • 10
    McCartney is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    McCartney

    1970

    Artist: Paul McCartney

    Producer: Paul McCartney

    Tracks: Singalong Junk, Teddy Boy, Valentine Day

    Length (mins): 00:35:10

    Genres (Music): Rock music, Pop music, Soft rock, Experimental music

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    London Town is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    London Town

    1978

    Artist: Wings

    Tracks: Backwards Traveller, Cafe on the Left Bank, London Town

    Length (mins): 00:56:12

    Genres (Music): Rock music, Rock and roll, Soft rock, Country rock

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    Wings at the Speed of Sound is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    Wings at the Speed of Sound

    1976

    Artist: Wings

    Tracks: Must Do Something About It, San Ferry Anne, Cook of the House

    Genres (Music): Soft rock, Pop rock

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    New is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    New

    2013

    Artist: Paul McCartney

    Tracks: I Can Bet, Everybody Out There, New

    Genres (Music): Folk rock, Art rock

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  • 14
    Electric Arguments is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    Electric Arguments

    2008

    Artist: The Fireman

    Tracks: Travelling Light, Sun Is Shining, Highway (electro dynamo lemon sherbet sunrise dubstep remix)

    Genres (Music): Electronica, Psychedelic rock, Rock music, Pop music, Ambient music

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  • 15
    Wild Life is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    Wild Life

    1971

    Artist: Wings

    Tracks: Dear Friend, Tomorrow, Bip Bop

    Label: Capitol Records

    Genres (Music): Rock music

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    Working Classical is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    Working Classical

    1999

    Artist: Paul McCartney

    Tracks: Warm and Beautiful, The Lovely Linda, Tuesday

    Length (mins): 01:01:37

    Genres (Music): Classical music

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    Off the Ground is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    Off the Ground

    1993

    Artist: Paul McCartney

    Tracks: Looking for Changes, Biker Like an Icon, C'mon People

    Label: Capitol Records

    Genres (Music): Rock music

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    Kisses on the Bottom is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    Kisses on the Bottom

    2012

    Artist: Paul McCartney

    Tracks: Always, My Valentine, Baby’s Request

    Genres (Music): Pop music, Jazz, Traditional pop music

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    Ocean's Kingdom is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    Ocean's Kingdom

    2011

    Artist: Paul McCartney

    Tracks: Movement 4: Moonrise, Movement 3: Imprisonment, Movement 1: Ocean’s Kingdom

    Genres (Music): Classical music

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    Give My Regards to Broad Stree is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    Give My Regards to Broad Street

    1984
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    McCartney II is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    McCartney II

    1980

    Artist: Paul McCartney

    Tracks: Nobody Knows, Waterfalls, Summer’s Day Song

    Genres (Music): Electronica, Rock music, New Wave, Hard rock, Soft rock

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    Ecce Cor Meum (Behold My Heart is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    Ecce Cor Meum (Behold My Heart)

    2006

    Artist: Paul McCartney

    Tracks: IV. Ecce Cor Meum, II. Gratia, III. Musica

    Genres (Music): Classical music

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    Standing Stone is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    Standing Stone

    1997

    Artist: Paul McCartney

    Tracks: Cell Growth (Semplice), Rustic Dance (Rustico), Eclipse (Eroico)

    Length (mins): 01:14:47

    Genres (Music): Classical music

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    Driving Rain is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    Driving Rain

    2001

    Artist: Paul McCartney

    Tracks: Magic, Rinse the Raindrops, Heather

    Genres (Music): Rock music

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    Pipes of Peace is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list The Best Paul McCartney Albums of All Time
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    Pipes of Peace

    1983

    Artist: Paul McCartney

    Producer: George Martin

    Tracks: Hey Hey, The Other Me, Through Our Love

    Genres (Music): Rock music, Pop music, Soft rock, Pop rock

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