Working Classical
Studio album by Paul McCartney with theLondon Symphony Orchestra and the Loma Mar Quartet
Released	1 November 1999
Recorded	October 1998, February 1999
Studio	EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Genre	Classical,chamber music
Length	61:35
Label	EMI Classics
Producer	John Fraser
Paul McCartney chronology
Run Devil Run (1999) Working Classical (1999) Liverpool Sound Collage (2000)

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AllMusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Working Classical isPaul McCartney's third full-length release of originalclassical music as a double LP and as a single CD, and was issued less than a month afterRun Devil Run's release in 1999.

Following up on 1997'sStanding Stone, the concept behindWorking Classical was to place pre-existing (and in some cases, very well known) McCartney songs into an orchestral context. Specially for this project, McCartney also unveiled some new pieces, namely "Haymakers", "Midwife", "Spiral" and "Tuesday". A different performance of "A Leaf" was originally released on 21 April 1995 on a CD single, and is presented here in a new recording.

Performing the new arrangements are theLondon Symphony Orchestra and the Loma Mar Quartet, with special orchestrations arranged by noted musiciansRichard Rodney Bennett,Jonathan Tunick andAndy Stein.^[3]

The title of this project is a pun on the phrase "working class", in the sense that McCartney, despite his elevated stature, still cherishes hisLiverpool roots and is proud of them. Mirroring this ideology is his pride in hisrock and roll songs and willingness to transfer them into the "elevated" classical music genre.

Paul McCartney's Working Classical was another success in that genre, even though this time it failed to dent the regular US album charts, and was better received critically than his previous effort,Standing Stone. His subsequent forays into the classical realm are 2006'sEcce Cor Meum and 2011'sOcean's Kingdom.

All pieces byPaul McCartney.

1. "Junk" – 2:49
2. "A Leaf" – 11:08
3. "Haymakers" – 3:33
4. "Midwife" – 3:33
5. "Spiral" – 10:02
6. "Warm and Beautiful" – 2:31
7. "My Love" – 3:48
8. "Maybe I'm Amazed" – 2:04
9. "Calico Skies" – 1:52
10. "Golden Earth Girl" – 1:57
11. "Somedays" – 3:05
12. "Tuesday" – 12:26
13. "She's My Baby" – 1:47
14. "The Lovely Linda" – 0:54

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