
On the day that McCartney composed "Early Days", he had been reminiscing about his past in Liverpool with John Lennon: "I started to get images of us in the record shop listening to early rock and roll and looking at the posters and the joy that that gave me remembering all those moments." The refrain of "Queenie Eye" was taken from a game McCartney used to play during his childhood. McCartney wrote "On My Way to Work" about his pre-fame past, alluding to a time when he worked as a driver's mate for Speedy Prompt Delivery in Liverpool. McCartney remarked of "New" that it was "a love song but it's saying, 'Don't look at me, I haven't got any answers.' It says, 'I don't know what's happening, I don't know how it's all happening, but it's good and I love you.'" Speaking to BBC News in August 2013, McCartney said that the album would be "very varied", adding: "I worked with four producers and each of them brought something different." The tracks produced by Epworth "weren't written" but improvised. McCartney on songwriting with Paul Epworth, August 2013 I just started knocking something out on the piano, he started drumming to it, and I stuck a bit of bass on it and we had the basis of the song worked out. In total Ronson recorded three tracks – " New", "Alligator" and "Secret Life of a Party Girl" – although the last of these does not appear on the album. A few months after Ronson served as DJ for another McCartney event in New York, Ronson received a call inviting him into the studio. The producer was preoccupied with his own wedding, which occurred at about the same time, and had almost forgotten to call McCartney back to accept the offer. Ronson had been selected following his set as DJ at McCartney's wedding to Nancy Shevell two years before production began. Songs produced by Martin were recorded at AIR Studios during March 2013 and in Los Angeles, very likely during the spring, according to author Luca Perasi. The sessions with Ronson took place probably around January 2012, with work resuming in July and then later in 2013. The recording sessions started in January 2012 with Paul Epworth (at Wolf Tone and The Mill) and then resumed at Abbey Road during February–March with other songs taped with Ethan Johns. Recording took place at Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles Avatar Studios in New York Abbey Road Studios, Air Studios and Wolf Tone Studios in London and The Mill in East Sussex.

Martin produced the majority of the tracks and acted as executive producer on the album. He ended up recording with all four: Mark Ronson, Ethan Johns, Paul Epworth and Giles Martin.
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McCartney had initially intended to work on a trial basis with four of his favourite producers and select the best to record the whole album with.

The album peaked at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart and on the US Billboard 200. The first single, " New", and the album were met with a generally favourable reception from music critics. It was McCartney's final album released on Hear Music before he returned to his old label Capitol Records. He and his stage band performed in various venues to promote the album, along with promotional events held through social media. He added that some of the arrangements are unlike his usual rock recordings, and that he specifically sought out younger producers to work with. McCartney has stated that New was inspired by recent events in his life as well as memories of his pre- Beatles history. The album was executive produced by Giles Martin, with production by Martin, Mark Ronson, Ethan Johns and Paul Epworth and it was mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, New York.


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The album was his first since 2007's Memory Almost Full to consist entirely of new compositions. New (stylised as NEW) is the sixteenth solo studio album by English musician Paul McCartney, released on 11 October 2013 through MPL Communications, Hear Music, and Universal International.
