After the acrimonious end of The Beatles, Paul McCartney quickly settled into life without them. On the front cover of 'Ram', he shared a message in plan sight.

Paul McCartney might not have the most level-headed opinion on his own work, but he knew when some songs worked better over time.

This 1971 record from Paul McCartney and his late wife Linda is one of his most well-known (and well-loved) solo albums. Ram wasn’t the smooth, polished, perfect album that fans had come to expect ...

but seven of his nine ’70s albums arrived under the Wings banner. Two core members of Wings, Paul and Linda McCartney, also appeared on 1970’s McCartney and 1971’s Ram. Original Wings ...

McCartney, which became a number-one release in the United States. That was followed almost immediately by perhaps his most revered solo album to date, Ram, which he collaborated on with his then ...