Although its predecessors Wild Life (1971) and Red Rose Speedway (1973) hadn’t exactly tanked, Band On The Run was the album that put McCartney back on the map as a serious player on the international music scene. It was something of a gentle climber, however. At first it did modestly well, charting in the lower reaches of the UK and US Top 10s. But it was catapulted onto the next level by the success of the title track and Jet when released as singles. It would eventually become the best-selling album of 1974 in the UK (and Australia) and reach pole position on both sides of the Atlantic. In America, it reached the top on no fewer than three separate occasions and remained in the charts there for two and a half years. In the UK year-end listings, it was outsold only by the ubiquitous Carpenters 1969-73. It was nominated for a Grammy (for Album of the Year) and won one for Best Engineered Non-Classical Album (for Geoff Emerick). After Band On The Run, Wings would undertake a worldwide tour that would be seen by over a million people. Not bad for the bloke who wrote C Moon.