Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Track list: 5-7
5. Only Love Remains (0:00)
6. Press (4:16)
7. Pretty Little Head (9:00)
Part 1. youtu.be/lor_NHNnDag
Part 2. youtu.be/wZCPKfS_j5E
Part 3. youtu.be/Qw1EGNAqe6c
Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkWvh9BoHZBpcSvbtutAz1SsYWBkPYg2y
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Press to Play is the sixth solo studio album by the British musician Paul McCartney, released on 25 August 1986. It was McCartney's first album of entirely new music since Pipes of Peace in 1983, and his first solo album to be issued internationally by EMI following a six-year period with Columbia Records in the United States and Canada. Keen to re-establish himself after his poorly received 1984 musical film Give My Regards to Broad Street, McCartney enlisted producer Hugh Padgham to give the album a contemporary sound.
On release, Press to Play received a mixed critical reception and was McCartney's poorest-selling studio album up to that point. Although it failed to make the top 20 in the US, the album peaked at number 8 on the UK Albums Chart and achieved gold status from the BPI in September 1986. Four singles were issued from Press to Play: "Press", "Pretty Little Head", "Stranglehold" and "Only Love Remains". "Press" was a minor success, peaking at number 21 in the US. The music video for the song featured McCartney walking around Bond Street and Charing Cross tube stations in London, catching a tube train and speaking with members of the general public.
Personnel:
Paul McCartney – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic piano, keyboards, synthesizers, acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar
Nick Glennie-Smith – keyboards
Eddie Rayner – keyboards
Eric Stewart – keyboards, acoustic guitar, electric guitars, harmony vocals
Simon Chamberlain – acoustic piano, electric grand piano
Carlos Alomar – acoustic guitar, electric guitars
Pete Townshend – electric guitars (9)
Jerry Marotta – drums, percussion
Graham Ward – drums, percussion
Phil Collins – drums and percussion (9)
Ray Cooper – percussion
Dick Morrissey – tenor saxophone
Lenny Pickett – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Gary Barnacle – saxophone
John Bradbury – violin
Gavyn Wright – violin
Tony Visconti – orchestral arrangements (5)
Anne Dudley – orchestral arrangements (10)
Kate Robbins – harmony vocals
Ruby James – harmony vocals
Linda McCartney – harmony vocals, spoken word (3)
James McCartney – spoken word (3)
John Hammel – spoken word (3)
Matt Howe – spoken word (3)
Steve Jackson – spoken word (3)
Eddie Klein – spoken word (3)
Production and artwork:
Paul McCartney – producer, stereo drawings
Hugh Padgham – producer (1), engineer (1, 2, 4), mixing (1–5, 7)
George Hurrell – photography
Haydn Bendall – additional engineer
Matt Butler – additional engineer
Tony Clark – additional engineer
Matt Howe – additional engineer
Steve Jackson – additional engineer, engineer (3)
Jon Kelly – additional engineer
Peter Mew – additional engineer
Bert Bevans – mixing (6)
Steve Forward – mixing (6)
Julian Mendelsohn – mixing (12)
John Hammel – studio technician
Trevor Jones – studio technician
Eddie Klein – studio technician
Track list: 5-7
5. Only Love Remains (0:00)
6. Press (4:16)
7. Pretty Little Head (9:00)
Part 1. youtu.be/lor_NHNnDag
Part 2. youtu.be/wZCPKfS_j5E
Part 3. youtu.be/Qw1EGNAqe6c
Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkWvh9BoHZBpcSvbtutAz1SsYWBkPYg2y
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Press to Play is the sixth solo studio album by the British musician Paul McCartney, released on 25 August 1986. It was McCartney's first album of entirely new music since Pipes of Peace in 1983, and his first solo album to be issued internationally by EMI following a six-year period with Columbia Records in the United States and Canada. Keen to re-establish himself after his poorly received 1984 musical film Give My Regards to Broad Street, McCartney enlisted producer Hugh Padgham to give the album a contemporary sound.
On release, Press to Play received a mixed critical reception and was McCartney's poorest-selling studio album up to that point. Although it failed to make the top 20 in the US, the album peaked at number 8 on the UK Albums Chart and achieved gold status from the BPI in September 1986. Four singles were issued from Press to Play: "Press", "Pretty Little Head", "Stranglehold" and "Only Love Remains". "Press" was a minor success, peaking at number 21 in the US. The music video for the song featured McCartney walking around Bond Street and Charing Cross tube stations in London, catching a tube train and speaking with members of the general public.
Personnel:
Paul McCartney – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic piano, keyboards, synthesizers, acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar
Nick Glennie-Smith – keyboards
Eddie Rayner – keyboards
Eric Stewart – keyboards, acoustic guitar, electric guitars, harmony vocals
Simon Chamberlain – acoustic piano, electric grand piano
Carlos Alomar – acoustic guitar, electric guitars
Pete Townshend – electric guitars (9)
Jerry Marotta – drums, percussion
Graham Ward – drums, percussion
Phil Collins – drums and percussion (9)
Ray Cooper – percussion
Dick Morrissey – tenor saxophone
Lenny Pickett – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Gary Barnacle – saxophone
John Bradbury – violin
Gavyn Wright – violin
Tony Visconti – orchestral arrangements (5)
Anne Dudley – orchestral arrangements (10)
Kate Robbins – harmony vocals
Ruby James – harmony vocals
Linda McCartney – harmony vocals, spoken word (3)
James McCartney – spoken word (3)
John Hammel – spoken word (3)
Matt Howe – spoken word (3)
Steve Jackson – spoken word (3)
Eddie Klein – spoken word (3)
Production and artwork:
Paul McCartney – producer, stereo drawings
Hugh Padgham – producer (1), engineer (1, 2, 4), mixing (1–5, 7)
George Hurrell – photography
Haydn Bendall – additional engineer
Matt Butler – additional engineer
Tony Clark – additional engineer
Matt Howe – additional engineer
Steve Jackson – additional engineer, engineer (3)
Jon Kelly – additional engineer
Peter Mew – additional engineer
Bert Bevans – mixing (6)
Steve Forward – mixing (6)
Julian Mendelsohn – mixing (12)
John Hammel – studio technician
Trevor Jones – studio technician
Eddie Klein – studio technician
