Driving Rain is Paul McCartney's first album after the death of his inseparable Linda. In only one song (Lonely Road) he sings about that loss and it is immediately the strongest song on the record. Let the man see something of himself more often. On Driving Rain, McCartney chooses the path he has walked so many times since the Beatles split up. So a lot of 'silly love songs' about his new love
… Heather with the difference that there are few really good songs this time. Expressing the great feelings in life has never been his forte, but this time he often gets stuck in clumsy platitudes, certainly towards the end of the record. McCartney chooses to keep his annoying emotions to himself and to play nice again to the outside world. That is his right, but a good record has not yielded that. It doesn't get really bad anywhere, McCartney is too much of a professional for that. But on Driving Rain he does not show what he is really capable of. (MS)more
