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I thought a collection of reviews would be good.  :) Please add to this if you find some new ones.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/sep/06/paul-mccartney-egypt-station-review-capitol

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Well, I've just had a listen to the whole album and I must say it's better than I thought it would be ..at least I like it better than what has been released from the album already. To be honest, there's nothing special here. Most of the songs go exactly where you think they will from the opening 20 seconds. Is that a problem? Not really, I suppose. It is Paul McCartney, so I guess expectations get ahead of me. When nothing really happens to surprise me, my brain just says "ok".  Again, not a bad thing. So far, Hand in Hand is a favourite. The last track at over 6 minutes called Hunt You Down/Naked/C-Link is cool. I guess after one listen this isn't really fair, but I'll try again after a few listens and see if my opinion changes. :)

Keri:
I've had one listen, i liked his voice sounded better than I expected, seems like he's doing most of the playing himself again and not really complex but some nice ideas and sounds. I'd like to see him do a large ambitious work and so I'm a bit disappointed it's not that but that's my own issue. It has good packaging and I think he's made the album for himself and enjoyed making it, there was nothing I wanted to skip and am really pleased he's done it. Will be listening some more.I am making it sound a bit lack lustre but I think it's genuine and adding something to the work of one of the great artists of our time.

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I also wanted to mention his voice. It seems pretty good here. I'm not sure if it's the recording technique or whatever, but it's not warbly at all. I was pleased to hear that. :)

Mervap:
I've seen reviews in other circles that decry this not being another "Ram" or "Flowers"......I would say to these folks, "Guess what? When you follow an artist's career, you get a snapshot of where that artist is at that time. Ram was almost 50 years ago (gasp!). I like this album better than his last....the production isn't as compressed and it feels more "fun". Glad he's still with us and putting out good things.

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