Released in 1978 after
London Town
gave
McCartney
another huge hit,
Wings Greatest
rounds up
's greatest hits from 1971 to 1978 -- which means it skips
"Maybe I'm Amazed"
but touches on
Ram
. The main strength of this collection is that it contains many hits that never appeared on any album, and these are among
's very best non-
Beatle
singles: the eccentric domesticity of
"Another Day,"
the choogling rocker
"Junior's Farm,"
the Bond anthem
"Live and Let Die,"
the piledriving
"Hi Hi Hi,"
and
"Mull of Kintyre,"
a Scottish-styled folk ballad that was his biggest hit in England. And yes, it's fair to peg these as
successes, since some of them were billed as
, not
Wings
, and as such, this record is a great overview of
's first decade of solo recording, containing many of his very best solo tunes. One consumer warning: Much of this overlaps with 1988's
All the Best
(both the U.S. and U.K. editions), which is more comprehensive for the listener looking for a more complete retrospective. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine