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| Released | 26 April 1982 | |||
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| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 41:10 | |||
| Label | Parlophone (UK) Columbia (US) | |||
| Producer | George Martin | |||
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Tug of War is the third solo studio album by the English musician Paul McCartney, released on 26 April 1982. It is his 11th album overall following the break up of the Beatles in 1970, his first album released after the dissolution of his band Wings the previous year, and his first album following the murder of his former songwriting partner John Lennon.[1] The cover features an abstract oil painting by the artist Brian Clarke, a frequent McCartney collaborator, incorporating an overpainted transparency of a portrait of Paul taken by Linda McCartney.[2][3]
Tug of War was produced by former Beatles producer George Martin and was a number-one hit in many countries, selling over one million copies in the United States in the year of its release.[4] Some critics hailed it as a 'return to form' for McCartney. The 2015 re-release, in a remastered deluxe edition, received a nomination for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards.
- ^ McCartney: Songwriter ISBN 0-491-03325-7 p. 128
- ^ Plassat, Francois (2010). Paul McCartney: l'empreinte d'un géant. Paris: JBz & Cie. ISBN 978-2-75560-651-5.
- ^ Tug of War (album liner notes). Paul McCartney. EMI. 1982.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Paul McCartney: Tug of War". RIAA Certification. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 16 April 2020.