To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Paul and Linda McCartneys 1971 masterpieceRAM, the album will be reissued May 14, 2021, as a limited edition half-speed mastered vinyl pressing via UMe.

Pauls most recent release, the #1 albumMcCartney III, recorded in Rockdown last year, saw a return to the homespun, lo-fi style of the earliest days of his solo career. The eclectic charm and intimacy of 1970sMcCartneyand1971sRAMfound Paul redefining his post-Beatles creative identity, while unconsciously rewriting the rules of pop music and creating new genres along the wayor asPitchforkwould later describeRAMs sustained influence on generations of fans and musicians alike, “inventing an approach to pop music that would eventually become someone else’s indie-pop.

The only album to be credited to both Paul and Linda McCartney,RAMwas created mostly at Paul and Linda’s farm in Scotland (following initial, more traditional studio sessions in New York). Unlike the completely solo sessions that resulted in Pauls eponymous debut album, the recording ofRAMfound Paul and Linda enlisting a number of musicians, including Denny Seiwell who would become a founding member of Wings, Pauls next musical adventure.

TheRAMsessions were completed in early 1971, also yielding the standalone single“Another Day”,a worldwide hit that precededRAMs May 1971 release.

RAMs singular sonic palette was unlike its predecessoror anything else for that matterand has grown exponentially in stature and influence over the decades. Critically polarizing at the time, the album was instantly beloved by fans, hitting #1 in the UK and giving Paul his first post-Beatles American #1 single, the GRAMMY-winning“Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey”.In recent years the record has continued to solidify its standing as one of the most loved in Pauls unparalleled output. Fans and critics alike continue to sing its praises:Rolling Stonehas hailed the album as a“masterpiece” and “a grand psychedelic ramble full of divine melodies,Pitchforkhas praised it as “a domestic-bliss album, one of the weirdest, earthiest, and most honest ever made, andMojo, perhaps most accurately of all, has deemedRAMquintessentially McCartney.”