On September 12, 2005, “Parlaphone” label released “Chaos and Creation in the Backyard”, the thirteenth Paul McCartney studio album. It was recorded September 2023 – April 2005, at “RAL” and “AIR” in London, “Ocean Way” in Hollywood, and was produced by Nigel Godrich.

Personnel:

• Paul McCartney – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, classical guitar, 12 string guitar, tambourine on snare, piano, electric piano, B 3 organ, Moog synthesizer, autoharp, Baldwin spinet, bass guitar, cello, drums, drum machine, flugelhorn, violin, gong, güiro, harmonium, acoustic guitar loops, maracas, melodica, recorders, tubular bells, triangle, toy glockenspiel, percussion, vibrachimes, woodblock, art direction
• Jason Falkner – electric guitar, classical guitar
• Rusty Anderson – acoustic guitar
• Brian Ray – acoustic guitar
• Nigel Godrich – piano and Epiphone acoustic guitar loops
• Pedro Eustache – duduk
• James Gadson – drums
• Joey Waronker – bass drum, bongos, shaker
• Abe Laboriel Jr. – percussion, block, tambourine
• The Los Angeles Music Players – strings
• Millennia Ensemble – strings, brass instrument
• Joby Talbot – string and brass arrangements, conducting
• David Campbell – string arrangement
• Dan Grech-Marguerat – production assistant
• Darrell Thorp – engineer
• Alan Yoshida – mastering
• Stylorouge London – art direction
• Mike McCartney – cover
• Brian Clarke – inlay
• Bill Bernstein – back cover

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul McCartney.

1. Fine Line
2. How Kind of You
3. Jenny Wren
4. At the mercy
5. Friends to Go
6. English Tea
7. Too Much Rain
8. A Certain Softness
9. Riding to Vanity Fair
10. Follow Me
11. Promise to You Girl
12. This Never Happened Before
13. Anyway
14. I’ve Only Got Two Hands (unlisted instrumental)