McCartney Is Consistently Creative

Posted from Royal Oak, Michigan--

Many companies are so busy struggling to be consistent that they never even get to think about being creative.

June marks the 40th-- that's right-- the 40th anniversary of the  Sgt. Pepper album.  The album is considered by many to be the Beatles' finest work and perhaps the best release of all time.

When it was released, Sgt. Pepper was one of the first "concept" albums," meaning all the songs related to each other.  Producer George Martin outdid himself when arranging the songs songs on the LP.

The songs on the album are:

• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
• A Little Help From My Friends
• Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
• Getting Better
• Fixing a Hole
• She's Leaving Home
• Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite
• Within You Without You
• When I'm Sixty Four
• Lovely Rita
• Good Morning Good Morning
• Sgt. Pepper (Reprise)
• A Day in the Life
  

Flash forward to 2007.  Sir Paul McCartney has released his 21st-- that's right-- his 21st solo album, Memory Almost Full.  It's his first digital release and he broke away from his long-time label EMI to do it.  His new label is a coffee label--Starbucks. 

McCartney's work is a perfect example of consistency combined with creativity.  He is sticking to a system (regular and consistent song production) while simultaneously being creative (releasing his album on the Internet).

"Guaranteed to raise a smile," indeed.