Chaos And Creation In The Backyard

The last time Paul McCartney made an album in the vein of his latest CD, Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, John Lennon was alive to hear it. McCartney had just cast off Wings, the notoriously ...

Chaos and Creation on the Backyard, despite its clunky title, is a genuine, charming singer-songwriter album. Because McCartney's style is so recognisable, there's always a danger his songs will be ...

Paul McCartney updated the old McCartney template on Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, but avoided the missteps of his earlier self-titled solo projects. McCartney constructed those previous LPs ...

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Taking a Closer Look at Paul McCartney’s Sneaky Great Late-Period Album ‘Chaos and Creation in the Backyard’

We've always expected so much of Paul McCartney. And we've always forgiven him when he didn't live up to expectations. With "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard," McCartney has finally put out a CD ...

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Chaos was one of the primordial gods and, according to the common tradition, the very first being that came into existence. Best translated as “Abyss” or “Chasm,” Chaos usually assumed the form of a great and indeterminate void.

Erebus, son of Chaos and personification of darkness, was one of the first gods that populated the cosmos. Together with his sister-consort Nyx, Erebus fathered numerous children, representing various personifications and abstractions.