{"product_id":"flowers_in_the_dirt","title":"Flowers In The Dirt","description":"\u003cp\u003eFlowers in the Dirt is Paul McCartney's eleventh solo studio album, released in June 1989 via Parlophone\/Capitol and widely regarded as his strongest work since Tug of War (1982). The album's most celebrated feature is its songwriting collaboration with Elvis Costello, who co-wrote four of the thirteen tracks — \"My Brave Face,\" \"You Want Her Too,\" \"Don't Be Careless Love,\" and \"That Day is Done\" — in sessions that also produced a trove of demos, many of which were later deemed superior to the finished album versions. The production is sprawling and multi-handed, with credits shared between Mitchell Froom, Trevor Horn, David Foster, Steve Lipson, Costello, and McCartney himself, resulting in a record that mixes late-1980s studio sheen with more traditional instrumentation including George Martin's string arrangement on \"Put It There\" and a guest appearance by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour on \"We Got Married.\" The album debuted at No. 1 in the UK and spent nearly a year on the US charts, arriving alongside McCartney's first major concert tour since Wings — a context that gave the record a deliberately live-ready, cohesive energy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritical opinion on the album has evolved considerably over the decades. On its initial release it was treated by many as a qualified comeback — the phrase \"return to form\" was stamped prominently on the sleeve — but reception was mixed, with some finding the production slick and uneven. Beatlefan's retrospective reassessment concluded that \"Flowers in the Dirt is aging quite nicely,\" ranking it with Tug of War as \"McCartney's only fully-realized album projects of the '80s.\" The Costello collaborations remain the album's most durable material — the bright, incessant pop of \"My Brave Face\" and the melodically rich \"That Day is Done\" in particular — and the 2017 Archive Collection reissue, which included previously unreleased Costello\/McCartney demos, only deepened appreciation for the partnership by revealing just how much strong material was left on the cutting room floor. McCartney and Costello never collaborated again after the sessions concluded.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl \/ Album","offer_id":53577822961978,"sku":"38236","price":43.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-08_at_2.16.48_PM.jpeg?v=1780942705","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/flowers_in_the_dirt","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}