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For people who create, a body of work is a building project.
Some revisit and revise the classics, like interior decorators giving familiar rooms new life.
Fuh You is iPhone ad catchy, Ed Sheeran catchy.
When McCartney works at inspiring the listener, he, too, seems rejuvenated.
For the intrepid McCartney fan, theres a lot here to love.
Scoop it out and add it to a playlist, if you dare.
At their best,In the Blue Lights new arrangements draw new moods out of familiar lyric sheets.
That makes these reimagined tunes poised and pretty but also a little lightweight.
Its not that either artist has run out of steam.
Both just need to press harder.
