Sometimes when I don't listen to a particular Macca album, strange things pop up. I was re-visiting RAM for the first time in a bit, and I was struck by this thought: There are so many things about this album that are different from almost every other McCartney CD. It was recorded in New York City.....It's billed as Paul & Linda McCartney.....Far as I know, the only time Paul used Hugh McCracken on a recording(he was later to play on Lennon's last CD, "Double Fantasy". His whole approach, indeed, seemed like he was insulated from expectations, though certainly this wasn't the case.....like he didn't care what the critics would think. He would not make another record in this manner again until, perhaps, The Fireman, and then not nearly as tuneful.