- pop, rock, electronic, singer-songwriter
- 39 min
- 11 tracks
- Paul McCartney Catalog
Pipes of Peace is the fifth solo studio album by the English singer-songwriter Paul McCartney. It was released on 31 October 1983. As the follow-up to the popular Tug of War, the album came close to matching the commercial success of its predecessor in Britain but peaked only at number 15 on America's Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart.
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Spare, character-led, grave and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Robert ChristgauB−
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music2/5 ★
- The Essential Rock Discography4/10
- MusicHound2/5 ★
- Pitchfork Media6.1/10
- PopMatters4/10 ★
- Q3/5 ★
- Record Mirror3/5 ★
- Rolling Stone2/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Pipes of Peace3:56
- 2Say Say Say3:56
- 3The Other Me3:58
- 4Keep Under Cover3:07
- 5So Bad3:22
- 6The Man3:56
- 7Sweetest Little Show2:52
- 8Average Person4:34
- 9Hey Hey2:54
- 10Tug of Peace2:56
- 11Through Our Love3:30
11 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Paul McCartney
- Label
- Paul McCartney Catalog
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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