Paul McCartney on Mercury Prize Shortlist

Paul McCartney has appeared on the Mercury Prize shortlist for the first time in his career. The album The Boys Of Dungeon Lane depicts childhood streets, family homes, cheap holidays, and old friends.

McCartney came together with producer Andrew Watt in 2021. McCartney, who has been making music since 1962, found Watt a bit pushy. The track As You Lie There marked the beginning of recording sessions spanning five years.

Days We Left Behind recalls memories with John Lennon, and Down South recalls hitchhiking holidays with George Harrison. The song Salesman Saint is about Jim and Mary McCartney and family life in wartime Liverpool.