Chaos And Creation In The Backyard - 13- й по сольный студийный альбом Пола Маккартни, выпущенный в 2005 году. Альбом, записывавшийся довольно долго был спродюсирован известным по сотрудничеству с Radiohead продюсером Найджелом Годричем при поддержке Джорджа Мартина.  

Альбом вышел в свет 12 сентября 2005. Многочисленные отзывы критиков были весьма доброжелательны и отмечали, что после выпуска одного за другим последних четырёх альбомов - Flaming Pie, Run Devil Run, Driving Rain и Chaos and Creation In The Backyard - Маккартни вновь находится на пике своей творческой карьеры. Многие критики и слушатели со стажем указывали, что этот альбом необычен для Маккартни своей рефлексией и "интимным" звучанием. Неожиданное изменение направления в стиле было воспринято тоже как приятный сюрприз. В результате альбом был номинирован на премию "Грэмми" в трёх номинациях, в том числе как "Лучший альбом года" (но премию ни в одной из них не получил).  

В США альбом дебютировал в чарте Billboard 200 на 6-м месте с количеством продаж за первую неделю 91,545 экземпляров. В Великобритании альбом также попал в десятку лучших, проведя в чарте 3 недели. Согласно данным EMI, альбом был продан по всему миру в количестве около 1,3 миллиона экземпляров.   Маккартни на этом альбоме исполняет почти все инструментальные партии, подобно тому, как он делал это на альбомах McCartney (1970) и McCartney II (1980). Кроме этого, альбом примечателен тем, что впервые за долгое время, начиная с альбома-саундтрека Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984), Маккартни не принимал участие в продюсировании своего студийного альбома.  

Chaos and Creation in the Backyard стал последним рок-альбомом, который Маккартни издал на лейбле EMI, с которым сотрудничал (и в составе The Beatles, и отдельно) долгое время, с начала 1960-х. В марте 2007 Маккартни подписал контракт с лейблом Hear Music, принадлежащим сети Starbucks.

Personnel:  

Musicians:

Paul McCartney – piano, electric piano, Baldwin spinet, bass guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, classical guitar, drums, drum machine, violin, maracas, tambourine, vocals, flugelhorn, güiro, acoustic guitar loops, cello, vibrachimes, B3 organ, tambourine on snare, melodica, recorders, tubular bells, 12 string guitar, autoharp, harmonium, gong, triangle, toy glockenspiel, percussion, woodblock, moog synthesizer

Millennia Ensemble – strings, brass instrument

Joby Talbot – string arrangement, conducting, brass arrangement

Nigel Godrich – piano and Epiphone acoustic guitar loops

Pedro Eustache – duduk

Jason Falkner – electric guitar, classical guitar

James Gadson – drums

Joey Waronker – bass drum, bongos, shaker

The Los Angeles Music Players – strings

David Campbell – string arrangement

Rusty Anderson – acoustic guitar

Brian Ray – acoustic guitar

Abe Laboriel Jr. – percussion, block, tambourine  

Production:

Nigel Godrich – producer

Dan Grech-Marguerat – production assistant

Darrell Thorp – engineer

Alan Yoshida – mastering

Mike McCartney – cover

Brian Clarke – inlay

Bill Bernstein – back cover

Paul McCartney, Stylorouge London – art direction

TRACK-LIST:

1. Fine Line/ Arranged By [Strings], Conductor [Strings] – Joby Talbot Grand Piano [Bosendorfer], Spinet [Baldwin], Bass Guitar [Hofner], Electric Guitar [Epiphone Casino], Acoustic Guitar [Martin D28], Drums [Ludwig], Shaker, Tambourine, Vocals – Paul McCartney Strings – Millennia Ensemble* Arranged By [Strings], Conductor [Strings] – Joby Talbot Grand Piano [Bosendorfer], Spinet [Baldwin], Bass Guitar [Hofner], Electric Guitar [Epiphone Casino], Acoustic Guitar [Martin D28], Drums [Ludwig], Shaker, Tambourine, Vocals – Paul McCartney Strings – Millennia Ensemble* - 3:05

2. How Kind Of You/ Electric Guitar [Epiphone Casino], Acoustic Guitar [Martin D28], Bass Guitar [Hofner], Grand Piano [Bosendorfer], Flugelhorn, Shaker, Performer [Guerrero], Drums [Ludwig], Vocals – Paul McCartney Loops [Piano & Epiphone Acoustic Guitar] – Nigel Godrich, Paul McCartney Electric Guitar [Epiphone Casino], Acoustic Guitar [Martin D28], Bass Guitar [Hofner], Grand Piano [Bosendorfer], Flugelhorn, Shaker, Performer [Guerrero], Drums [Ludwig], Vocals – Paul McCartney Loops [Piano & Epiphone Acoustic Guitar] – Nigel Godrich, Paul McCartney - 4:47

3. Jenny Wren/ Acoustic Guitar [Epiphone Texan], Percussion [Ludwig Floor Tom], Vocals – Paul McCartney Duduk – Pedro Eustache Acoustic Guitar [Epiphone Texan], Percussion [Ludwig Floor Tom], Vocals – Paul McCartney Duduk – Pedro Eustache - 3:47

4. At The Mercy/ Arranged By [Strings & Brass], Conductor [Strings & Brass] – Joby Talbot Drums – James Gadson Electric Guitar – Jason Falkner Grand Piano [Steinway], Electric Guitar [Fender Telecaster], Bass Guitar [Hofner], Cello, Keyboards [Mass Vibrachimes], Tambourine, Organ [B3], Vocals – Paul McCartney Strings, Brass – Millennia Ensemble* Arranged By [Strings & Brass], Conductor [Strings & Brass] – Joby Talbot Drums – James Gadson Electric Guitar – Jason Falkner Grand Piano [Steinway], Electric Guitar [Fender Telecaster], Bass Guitar [Hofner], Cello, Keyboards [Mass Vibrachimes], Tambourine, Organ [B3], Vocals – Paul McCartney Strings, Brass – Millennia Ensemble* - 2:38

5. Friends To Go/ Grand Piano [Bosendorfer], Acoustic Guitar [Martin D28], Bass Guitar [Hofner], Electric Guitar [Epiphone Casino], Drums [Ludwig], Tambourine [On Snare], Flugelhorn, Melodica [Hofner], Shaker, Vocals – Paul McCartney Grand Piano [Bosendorfer], Acoustic Guitar [Martin D28], Bass Guitar [Hofner], Electric Guitar [Epiphone Casino], Drums [Ludwig], Tambourine [On Snare], Flugelhorn, Melodica [Hofner], Shaker, Vocals – Paul McCartney - 2:43

6. English Tea/ Arranged By [Strings & Brass], Conductor [Strings & Brass] – Joby Talbot Grand Piano [Bosendorfer], Bass Guitar [Hofner], Bass Drum [Ludwig], Recorder, Bells [Tubular], Vocals – Paul McCartney Strings, Brass – Millennia Ensemble* Arranged By [Strings & Brass], Conductor [Strings & Brass] – Joby Talbot Grand Piano [Bosendorfer], Bass Guitar [Hofner], Bass Drum [Ludwig], Recorder, Bells [Tubular], Vocals – Paul McCartney Strings, Brass – Millennia Ensemble* - 2:12

7. Too Much Rain/ Grand Piano [Bosendorfer], Electric Guitar [Fender Stratocaster], Acoustic Guitar [Martin D28], Guitar [Martin 12 String], Bass Guitar [Hofner], Electric Guitar [Epiphone Casino], Autoharp [Schmidt], Drums [Ludwig], Maracas, Vocals – Paul McCartney Grand Piano [Bosendorfer], Electric Guitar [Fender Stratocaster], Acoustic Guitar [Martin D28], Guitar [Martin 12 String], Bass Guitar [Hofner], Electric Guitar [Epiphone Casino], Autoharp [Schmidt], Drums [Ludwig], Maracas, Vocals – Paul McCartney - 3:24

8. A Certain Softness/ Bass Drum, Bongos, Shaker – Joey Waronker Guitar [Classical] – Jason Falkner Guitar [Petersen Classical], Bass Guitar [Hofner], Upright Piano [Crown], Harmonium, Gong [Paiste], Cymbal, Triangle, Vocals – Paul McCartney Bass Drum, Bongos, Shaker – Joey Waronker Guitar [Classical] – Jason Falkner Guitar [Petersen Classical], Bass Guitar [Hofner], Upright Piano [Crown], Harmonium, Gong [Paiste], Cymbal, Triangle, Vocals – Paul McCartney - 2:42

9. Riding To Vanity Fair/ Arranged By [Strings] – David Campbell Bass Guitar [Hofner], Electric Guitar [Epiphone Casino], Acoustic Guitar [Martin D28], Glockenspiel [Toy], Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Vocals – Paul McCartney Drums – James Gadson Strings – The Los Angeles Music Players Arranged By [Strings] – David Campbell Bass Guitar [Hofner], Electric Guitar [Epiphone Casino], Acoustic Guitar [Martin D28], Glockenspiel [Toy], Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Vocals – Paul McCartney Drums – James Gadson Strings – The Los Angeles Music Players - 5:07

10. Follow Me/ Arranged By [Strings], Conductor [Strings] – Joby Talbot Bass Guitar [Hofner], Electric Guitar [Epiphone Casino], Acoustic Guitar [Epiphone Texan], Drums [Ludwig], Percussion, Percussion [Block], Tambourine, Vocals – Paul McCartney Percussion, Percussion [Block], Tambourine – Abe Laboriel Jnr.* Strings – Millennia Ensemble* Arranged By [Strings], Conductor [Strings] – Joby Talbot Bass Guitar [Hofner], Electric Guitar [Epiphone Casino], Acoustic Guitar [Epiphone Texan], Drums [Ludwig], Percussion, Percussion [Block], Tambourine, Vocals – Paul McCartney Percussion, Percussion [Block], Tambourine – Abe Laboriel Jnr.* Strings – Millennia Ensemble* - 2:31

11. Promise To You Girl/ Upright Piano [Crown], Grand Piano [Steinway], Bass Guitar [Hofner], Electric Guitar [Epiphone Casino], Drums [Ludwig], Synthesizer [Moog], Tambourine, Triangle, Shaker, Vocals – Paul McCartney Upright Piano [Crown], Grand Piano [Steinway], Bass Guitar [Hofner], Electric Guitar [Epiphone Casino], Drums [Ludwig], Synthesizer [Moog], Tambourine, Triangle, Shaker, Vocals – Paul McCartney - 3:10

12. This Never Happened Before/ Arranged By [Strings & Brass], Conductor [Strings & Brass] – Joby Talbot Grand Piano [Yamaha], Bass Guitar [Hofner], Electric Guitar [Epiphone Casino], Drums [Ludwig], Vocals – Paul McCartney Strings, Brass – Millennia Ensemble* Arranged By [Strings & Brass], Conductor [Strings & Brass] – Joby Talbot Grand Piano [Yamaha], Bass Guitar [Hofner], Electric Guitar [Epiphone Casino], Drums [Ludwig], Vocals – Paul McCartney Strings, Brass – Millennia Ensemble* - 3:26

13. Anyway/ Arranged By [Strings & Brass], Conductor [Strings & Brass] – Joby Talbot Grand Piano [Steinway], Grand Piano [Bosendorfer], Bass Guitar [Hofner], Electric Guitar [Gibson L5], Acoustic Guitar [Martin D28], Drums [Ludwig], Synthesizer [Moog], Harmonium, Vocals – Paul McCartney Strings, Brass – Millennia Ensemble* Arranged By [Strings & Brass], Conductor [Strings & Brass] – Joby Talbot Grand Piano [Steinway], Grand Piano [Bosendorfer], Bass Guitar [Hofner], Electric Guitar [Gibson L5], Acoustic Guitar [Martin D28], Drums [Ludwig], Synthesizer [Moog], Harmonium, Vocals – Paul McCartney Strings, Brass – Millennia Ensemble* - 3:50

ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКИ:

Жанр: Pop/ Rock

Стиль: Adult Contemporary, Album Rock, Soft Rock, Pop / Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Contemporary Singer/ Songwriter, Rock & Roll / Roots, Singer / Songwriter, AM Pop, Hard Rock, Classic Rock, Rock & Roll, Acoustic Rock, Baroque Pop, Chamber Pop

Страна: ЧЕХИЯ (CHESH REPUBLIC)

Дата первоначального релиза: 2005-09-12

Дата релиза: 2018-05-18

Лейбл: Capitol Records/ MPL

Кол-во носителей: 1

Штрих-код: 602557567687

Кат. номер: Capitol Records – 602557567687

Количество треков: 13

Длительность: 46:53

Состояние компакт-диска: New! ( Sealed/ Sealed)! Новый! Запечатан!