Kisses on the Bottom
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Released | 6 February 2012[1] | |||
Recorded | March – November 2011 | |||
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Genre | Jazz, traditional pop | |||
Length | 49:19 | |||
Label | Hear Music | |||
Producer | Tommy LiPuma | |||
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Kisses on the Bottom is the fifteenth solo studio album by Paul McCartney, consisting primarily of covers of traditional pop music and jazz. Released in February 2012 on Starbucks' Hear Music label, it was McCartney's first studio album since Memory Almost Full in 2007. The album was produced by Tommy LiPuma and includes just two original compositions by McCartney: "My Valentine" and "Only Our Hearts". The former features jazz drummer Karriem Riggins. Kisses on the Bottom peaked at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart and number 5 on the US Billboard 200, while also topping Billboard magazine's Jazz Albums chart.
In addition to the standard release, the album was made available in a "Deluxe" edition, which added the songs "Baby's Request"—written by McCartney and originally recorded by
History and recording
A year prior to recording the album, jazz producer Tommy LiPuma and an unnamed keyboardist tried out some ideas for five days with Paul McCartney at McCartney's home studio in East Sussex.[4] Featuring just vocals and piano, the trio "put about 15–20 songs on tape", to see what tracks would work.[4] Around this time, an unknown McCartney original was recorded, with the help of engineer Geoff Emerick.[5] The songs that McCartney would work on were voted upon democratically; McCartney commented, "I pulled up some [songs] from my memories, when I was a kid and we had family sing-songs, which was the original inspiration for the whole idea, I said to Tom, 'Let's look at these ones. This is the kind of era I want to look at.' Tommy himself suggested some; a girl in my office; [...] Diana [Krall] suggested some. Then I played Tommy a couple that I'd written, and he said, 'Whoa, that's a great idea,' so we selected a couple of those. [...] We all made suggestions, and we took all those suggestions to the studio."[4]
An alternate
The album was recorded throughout 2011 at
Release and promotion
External videos | |
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"My Valentine" Music video – from McCartney's official account on YouTube |
Kisses on the Bottom was released in the UK on 6 February 2012, and a day later in the US, on LP and CD. The CD version was originally released in two editions: a standard 14-track edition,[nb 1] and a 16-track "Deluxe" edition.[nb 2]
A streaming free live performance was hosted by
Singles
McCartney performed "My Valentine" live at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards in 2012 with Diana Krall, and Joe Walsh of Eagles.[nb 3] The single climbed to number 20 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart[20] after its debut at number 28. "My Valentine" also reached number 23 on the Japan Hot 100,[21] number 27 on the Billboard Jazz Digital Songs chart,[22] and number 23 on the Billboard Rock Digital Songs chart.[23] "Only Our Hearts" debuted at number 84 on the Japan Hot 100.[21]
Reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 62/100[24] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [25] |
The A.V. Club | C+[26] |
Chicago Tribune | [27] |
The Daily Telegraph | [28] |
The Guardian | [29] |
The Independent | [30] |
Mojo | [31] |
PopMatters | [1] |
Rolling Stone | [32] |
Spin | 3/10[33] |
Kisses on the Bottom rates 62/100—meaning a "generally favorable" reception—at Metacritic, who compiled data from 26 professional reviews, sixteen of which were "mixed".[24]
According to
AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine said McCartney "cut faithful, loving versions of songs he's always sung", and deemed his two original compositions—"My Valentine" and "Only Our Hearts"—to be "quite good".[25] Of McCartney's originals, Neil McCormick, reviewing the album for The Daily Telegraph, noted that it is "impossible to pick them out as contemporary songs amongst the standards" and added that, whilst "Only Our Hearts" is "unremarkable", the album's other original, "My Valentine", "has the ring of a classic".[28] Greg Kot said the slow version of "Bye Bye Blackbird" "nearly stalls".[27]
Awards and accolades
Kisses on the Bottom won a
Commercial performance
Kisses on the Bottom peaked at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart,[36] and number 5 on the US Billboard 200.[37] It also debuted at number 17 on Billboard's Jazz Albums listings, before climbing to number 1 the following week.[38] In addition, it hit number 2 on the Billboard Tastemaker Albums chart,[39] just behind Van Halen's A Different Kind of Truth, and number 5 on the magazine's Digital Albums chart.[40]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | " Always" | Irving Berlin | 3:50 |
10. | "My Very Good Friend the Milkman" | Harold Spina, Johnny Burke | 3:04 |
11. | "Bye Bye Blackbird" | Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon | 4:26 |
12. | "Get Yourself Another Fool" | Haywood Henry, Monroe Tucker | 4:42 |
13. | "The Inch Worm" | Loesser | 3:43 |
14. | "Only Our Hearts" | McCartney | 4:21 |
Total length: | 49:19 |
Deluxe edition
The deluxe version of the album includes two additional tracks (including "Baby's Request", a rerecording of a
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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15. | "Baby's Request" | McCartney | 3:30 |
16. | "My One and Only Love" | Guy Wood, Robert Mellin | 3:50 |
Total length: | 56:39 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" | Ahlert, Young | 2:42 |
2. | "Home (When Shadows Fall)" | Van Steeden, J. Clarkson, H. Clarkson | 4:45 |
3. | "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" | Arlen, Mercer | 2:51 |
4. | "My Valentine" | McCartney | 3:22 |
Kisses on the Bottom – Complete Kisses
An expanded edition of the album, titled Kisses on the Bottom – Complete Kisses, was released exclusively on
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" | Ahlert, Young | 2:36 |
2. | "Home (When Shadows Fall)" | Van Steeden, J. Clarkson, H. Clarkson | 4:04 |
3. | "It's Only a Paper Moon" | Arlen, Harburg, Rose | 2:35 |
4. | "More I Cannot Wish You" | Loesser | 3:04 |
5. | "The Glory of Love" | Hill | 3:46 |
6. | "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)" | Mysels, Robertson, Cogane | 3:22 |
7. | "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" | Arlen, Mercer | 2:32 |
8. | "My Valentine" | McCartney | 3:14 |
9. | "Always" | Berlin | 3:50 |
10. | "My Very Good Friend the Milkman" | Spina, Burke | 3:04 |
11. | "Bye Bye Blackbird" | Henderson, Dixon | 4:26 |
12. | "Get Yourself Another Fool" | Henry, Tucker | 4:42 |
13. | "The Inch Worm" | Loesser | 3:43 |
14. | "Only Our Hearts" | McCartney | 4:21 |
15. | "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" | Mel Tormé, Bob Wells | 3:35 |
16. | "Baby's Request" | McCartney | 3:30 |
17. | "My One and Only Love" | Wood, Mellin | 3:50 |
18. | "My Valentine" (Johnny Mandel Original Arrangement) | McCartney | 3:12 |
19. | "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" (Live) | Ahlert, Young | 2:44 |
20. | "Home (When Shadows Fall)" (Live) | Van Steeden, J. Clarkson, H. Clarkson | 4:26 |
21. | "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Live) | Arlen, Harburg, Rose | 2:55 |
22. | "More I Cannot Wish You" (Live) | Loesser | 3:28 |
23. | "The Glory of Love" (Live) | Hill | 3:53 |
24. | "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)" (Live) | Mysels, Robertson, Cogane | 4:14 |
25. | "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (Live) | Arlen, Mercer | 2:51 |
26. | "My Valentine" (Live) | McCartney | 3:31 |
27. | "Always" (Live) | Berlin | 4:21 |
28. | "My Very Good Friend the Milkman" (Live) | Spina, Burke | 3:14 |
29. | "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Live) | Henderson, Dixon | 4:45 |
30. | "Get Yourself Another Fool" (Live) | Henry, Tucker | 7:48 |
31. | "My One and Only Love" (Live) | Wood, Mellin | 4:16 |
Personnel
Personnel per standard edition booklet.[8]
- Performance
- Paul McCartney – vocals; acoustic guitar on "Get Yourself Another Fool" and "The Inch Worm"
- Diana Krall – piano, rhythm arrangements (except on "Only Our Hearts")
- Tamir Hendelman – piano on "Only Our Hearts"
- Stevie Wonder – harmonica on "Only Our Hearts"
- John Pizzarelli – guitar
- Anthony Wilson – guitar on "The Glory of Love" and "My Very Good Friend the Milkman", rhythm guitar on "Get Yourself Another Fool"
- Eric Clapton – guitar on "My Valentine" and “Get Yourself Another Fool"
- Bucky Pizzarelli – guitar on "It's Only a Paper Moon" and "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)"
- John Chiodini – guitar on "Only Our Hearts"
- Robert Hurst – double bass on 1–4, 6–9, 11, 13
- John Clayton – double bass on "The Glory of Love", "My Very Good Friend the Milkman"
- Christian McBride – double bass on "Get Yourself Another Fool"
- Chuck Berghofer – double bass on "Only Our Hearts"
- Vinnie Colaiuta – drums on "Only Our Hearts"
- Karriem Riggins – drums
- Jeff Hamilton – drums on "The Glory of Love", "My Very Good Friend the Milkman"
- Mike Mainieri – vibraphone on "Home (When Shadows Fall)", "More I Cannot Wish You", "The Glory of Love", and "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me)"
- London Symphony Orchestra
- orchestra conductor, orchestra arrangement
- Roman Simovic – concertmaster
- Andy Stein – violin on "It's Only a Paper Moon"
- Eddie Karam – orchestra conductor
- Assa Drori – concertmaster
- Johnny Mandel – orchestra arrangement, orchestra conductor, rhythm arrangement
- Ira Nepus – trombone
- Chloe Arzy – children's choir
- Evyn Johnson – children's choir
- Makiah Johnson – children's choir
- Michael Johnson – children's choir
- Delany Meyer – children's choir
- Ilsey Moon – children's choir
- Sabrina Walden – children's choir
- Sasha Walden – children's choir
- Scottie Haskell – children's choir conductor
- Production
- Tommy LiPuma – producer
- Paul Du Noyer – interviewer
- engineer, mixing
- Elliot Scheiner – engineer
- Brian Montgomery– engineer, pro-tools
- Steve Genewick – engineer, pro-tools
- Fernando Lodeiro – assistant engineer
- Marcus Johnson – assistant engineer
- Sam Okell – assistant engineer
- Kris Burton – assistant engineer
- Gordon Davidson – assistant engineer
- Paul Pritchard – assistant engineer
- Eddie Klein – assistant engineer
- Keith Smith – assistant engineer
- Jamie Kirkham – assistant engineer
- Doug Sax – mastering
- Sanwook "Sunny" Nam – mastering
- Shari Sutcliffe – music contractor, project coordinator
- Mary McCartney – cover photo
- MJ Kim – additional photographer
- John Hammel – images
- Jonathan Schofield – art conception
- Matthew Cooper – design
- Nancy Jeffries – A&R
- Scott Rodger – project manager
- MPL Production Team:
- Lisa Power
- Ruth Birch
- Claudia Schmid
- Rebecca Church
- Billie Temple
- Toby McColl
- Kat Holder
- Richard Miller
- Jess Whiteley
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
Certifications and sales
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Notes
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External links
- Kisses on the Bottom at Discogs (list of releases)