“I do often wonder if I’m just writing about the past,” Paul McCartney has said of his new album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane. “But then I think, how can you write about anything else?”
Yes, one of the greatest living songwriters is certainly in a nostalgic mood on his 20th solo album. Inspired by a childhood spent growing up in postwar Liverpool, along with his earliest days knocking about with Beatles bandmates Ringo Starr, John Lennon and George Harrison, this is a lovely addition to an astonishing and varied career. Not to mention, one of his most insightful records.
