Ram

"Sangene på Ram hører muligvis ikke til Pauls allerbedste, og Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey er vel nærmest den eneste sang, som har været et decideret hit. Til gengæld oser hele pladen af vitalitet, musikalitet, energi og masser af følelser. Det er hudløst, uden filter, og der er rent hul igennem - både til kærligheden til hustruen Linda (som medvirker flittigt på pladen, og som efter denne gæsteanmelders mening har haft stor betydning for albummets sound og generelt er urimeligt undervurderet), men også til frustrationen over bruddet med The Beatles året tidligere".

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"Where McCartney was homemade, sounding deliberately ragged in parts, Ram had a fuller production yet retained that ramshackle feel, sounding as if it were recorded in a shack out back, not far from the farm where the cover photo of Paul holding the ram by the horns was taken. It's filled with songs that feel tossed off, filled with songs that are cheerfully, incessantly melodic; it turns the monumental symphonic sweep of Abbey Road into a cheeky slice of whimsy on the two-part suite "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey." All this made Ram an object of scorn and derision upon its release (and for years afterward, in fact), but in retrospect it looks like nothing so much as the first indie pop album, a record that celebrates small pleasures with big melodies, a record that's guileless and unembarrassed to be cutesy".

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"These songs may not be self-styled major statements, but they are endearing and enduring, as is Ram itself, which seems like a more unique, exquisite pleasure with each passing year".

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