Paul McCartney: Red Rose Speedway

"Red Rose Speedway" (1973) is the Wings' lush, romantic second album, on which Paul McCartney demonstrates his growing confidence as a writer and bandleader. Highlights of the album include the chart ballad "My Love", the exuberant opener "Big Barn Bed" and the tender, multi-part "Little Lamb Dragonfly", which showcases McCartney's melodic strengths. Originally planned as a double album, it eventually turned out to be a streamlined collection with a polished soft rock sound. "Red Rose Speedway" helped to establish Wings as a commercially viable McCartney project and cement his supremacy in the pop music of the early 1970s.