Which Paul McCartney album was the first release on Starbucks' Hear Music label?

“Memory Almost Full” was the first Paul McCartney album released on Starbucks’ Hear Music label.

The album marked a notable change in McCartney’s commercial setting: instead of appearing through his long-established association with EMI and Parlophone, it arrived through Hear Music, Starbucks’ music venture. It was released in June 2007, with the United States release following the United Kingdom by one day.

David Kahne produced the album, which drew from recording sessions made at several studios, including Abbey Road, AIR, RAK, and Henson. Some material originated in 2003, while further work took place between 2006 and early 2007. That timeline can cause confusion because it overlaps with the creation of “Chaos and Creation in the Backyard,” released in 2005.

“Memory Almost Full” is also sometimes confused with “Kisses on the Bottom,” another McCartney album issued through Hear Music. However, “Kisses on the Bottom” followed it in 2012; “Memory Almost Full” was the label’s first McCartney release and its first release overall.