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Paul McCartney: Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard

Bob Ruggiero, Houston Press, 17 November 2005

SOMETIMES EVEN royalty needs a kick in the ass. That's what Sir Paul McCartney got for himself by pegging Beck/Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich to helm his recent Chaos and Creation in the Backyard. Godrich is a man not afraid to tell a living legend when he's wanking out the silly love songs; in return, he inspired a creative jolt from the Macca that led him to play almost all of the instruments himself.

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