Back to the Egg - Definition

Back To The Egg was the final album to feature Paul McCartney and his group Wings. Originally released in 1979, this album showcased the band at its absolute peak, with its MOR (middle-of-the-road) sound so dominant in many of the album's tracks. A major highlight of the album is a guest performance by an all-star "Rockestra", featuring The Who's Pete Townshend, Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, Rolling Stone Ron Wood, Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones, and one of the last performances of John Bonham (also from Zeppelin).

Two songs recorded during sessions for "Egg", the disco-ish "Goodnight Tonight", and "Daytime Nighttime Suffering", were originally released as one stand-alone single. While both were left out of the original vinyl version, the B-sided "Suffering" was restored as a bonus track for the CD version ("Goodnight" ended up on the CD version of Paul's solo album McCartney II), as well as two Christmas songs that were themselves originally released as part of one stand-alone single, "Wonderful Christmastime" and "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reggae".

Album tracks

1. Reception
2. Getting Closer
3. We're Open Tonight
4. Spin It On
5. Again and Again and Again
6. Old Siam, Sir
7. Arrow Through Me
8. Rockestra Theme
9. To You
10. After the Ball/Million Miles
11. Winter Rose/Love Awake
12. The Broadcast
13. So Glad To See You Here
14. Baby's Request
15. Daytime Nighttime Suffering*
16. Wonderful Christmastime*
17. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reggae*

• bonus tracks on CD only