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.
01. Paul McCartney - Stranglehold [3:36]
02. Paul McCartney - Good Times Coming Feel The Sun [4:57]
03. Paul McCartney - Talk More Talk [5:18]
04. Paul McCartney - Footprints [4:32]
05. Paul McCartney - Only Love Remains [4:16]
06. Paul McCartney - Press [4:43]
07. Paul McCartney - Pretty Little Head [5:14]
08. Paul McCartney - Move Over Busker [4:05]
09. Paul McCartney - Angry [3:36]
10. Paul McCartney - However Absurd [4:59]
11. Paul McCartney - Write Away [3:01]
12. Paul McCartney - It's Not True [5:53]
13. Paul McCartney - Tough On A Tightrope [4:42]
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Total time [00:58:53]
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Paul McCartney / Press To Play (1986, CP32-5156)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 0.00 dB -16.02 dB 3:36 01-Stranglehold
DR14 0.00 dB -15.86 dB 4:57 02-Good Times Coming Feel The Sun
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DR14 -0.47 dB -16.78 dB 3:01 11-Write Away
DR14 -0.58 dB -16.97 dB 5:53 12-It's Not True
DR14 -1.13 dB -18.61 dB 4:42 13-Tough On A Tightrope
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