Tug of War (Paul McCartney album)

Tug of War
Studio album by Paul McCartney
Released	26 April 1982 (1982-04-26)
Recorded	December 1980 February–December 1981
Studio	AIR (London) AIR (Montserrat)
Genre	Rock
Length	41:10
Label	Parlophone (UK) Columbia (US)
Producer	George Martin
Paul McCartney chronology
The McCartney Interview (1980) Tug of War (1982) Pipes of Peace (1983)
Singles from Tug of War
"Ebony and Ivory" Released: 29 March 1982 "Take It Away" Released: 21 June 1982 "Tug of War" Released: 6 September 1982

Tug of War is the third solo studio album by English musician Paul McCartney, released on 26 April 1982. It is his 11th album overall following the break up of the Beatles in 1970, his first album released after the dissolution of his band Wings the previous year, and his first album following the murder of his former songwriting partner John Lennon.^[1] The cover features an abstract oil painting by the artist Brian Clarke, a frequent McCartney collaborator, incorporating an overpainted transparency of a portrait of Paul taken by Linda McCartney.^[2][3]

Tug of War was produced by former Beatles producer George Martin and was a number-one hit in many countries, selling over one million copies in the United States in the year of its release.^[4] Some critics hailed it as a 'return to form' for McCartney. The 2015 re-release, in a remastered deluxe edition, received a nomination for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards.