After the musical one man show of "McCARTNEY", ex-Beatle Paul utilized some of the best session men in New York and collaborated with wife Linda on "RAM". The effort boasts a technicolor sound reminiscent of The Beatles at the height of their psychedelic experimentation, while the lyrics find him celebrating family life (hence the cover photo taken of Paul on his Scottish farm) with a hallucinagenic bent as such lines like "my dog he got three legs/your dog he got none" ("3 Legs"), "I know my banana is older than the rest" ("Monkberry Moon Delight"), "too many people preaching practices" ("Too Many People"), and "dear boy/hope you never know how much you've missed" ("Dear Boy") attests to. The latter tracks were read by John Lennon as a subtle attack on him to which Lennon responded with "How Do You Sleep?" on his next album "IMAGINE" (that record also included a postcard-sized snapshot of John handling a pig in the same manner as Paul on the front of the "RAM" album cover). Another symbolic depiction on the back sleeve of "RAM" shows a beetle screwing another beetle (to put it mildly...you get the point) which is a sad commentary on the state of the Fab Four's relationship at the time. For all that "RAM" is a melodically rich and eccentric work even though it isn't a flat-out masterpiece. Still. "Too Many People", the hilarious "Smile Away", "Heart Of The Country", "Monkberry Moon Delight", "Eat At Home", the sweetly salacious "Back Seat Of My Car" and the Number 1 hit "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" make it worthwhile. HIGHEST POP ALBUM CHART POSITION: Number 2.