Macca multi-tasks

The former Beatle goes it alone on new record

20 Jul 05 - Paul McCartney's been telling 6 Music about his new solo album - the first since Driving Rain in 2001.

Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard finds him teaming up with producer Nigel Godrich, best known for his work with Radiohead.

He's also ditched his touring band to play virtually all the instruments on the record himself, as Sir Paul explained:

"He [Godrich] said 'I want to take you out of your safety zone here. I want to try and do something different,' but I said, 'I've already told the guys in the band they're on board,' and he said, 'Well, you're going to have to blame me or something.'

"So I talked to the guys and they said, it's okay, whatever it takes to make a record."

The album comes out on 12 September.

Jody Thompson