Like Stuart I'm a bit lacklustre about solo Beatles overall or what I've heard of it. I certainly agree with him about George Harrison for instance. I'm not sure if Ringo's solo work might be a bit of a surprise, I've not bothered investigating it either but I actually like the singles he did early on like 'Back Off Boogaloo'.
On solo McCartney, I've not listened to all of them but one I found really enjoyable is 'Flowers In The Dirt'. In fact, look for the double CD version as part of his reissue programme a few years back that has a second CD of the album largely as piano demos but with Elvis Costello singing them instead of McCartney, it's great, better than the Maca's own released version in my view. The other solo album I really like is 'New' froma couple of years back. This has some very beatles-like sounding numbers and is a good solid album of prime Maca al round.
I'm a sap for super deluxe sets but I don't really like the (very expensive) McCartney ones because they have more books of hand-written lyrics and family photos than they do of extra music. The double CD editions such as Flowers In The Dirt though are a good way to collect them cheaply.
Recently though the John Lennon albums have started to be reissued as super deluxe sets as very attractive 10x10" slip cased 'Ultimated Edition' sets of a book and discs. 'Imagine' (4xCD + 2 audio blu-ray) was first followed by 'Gimme Some Truth', a double CD best of. 'The Plastic Ono Band' set is due on April 23rd (6xCD + 2 x Blu-Ray audio) all freshly remastered from the tapes. There's also single and double CD editions of these as well cheaply with the remastered versions of the albums. So if you're going that route, they are probably the best sounding versions you'll hear. I have also been toying with getting the 'Lennon signature box' from a few years back that has all his albums as digipaks in one boxset.
Thanks for the considered views, and Stuart I was really asking about any post-Beatles work solo or otherwise. Strictly speaking Ram was actually credited to Paul and Lynda McCartney so not a solo LP. I have nothing by Wings for example and while I know the odd thing from radio play I have never been tempted to explore further although I am thinking again after hearing Ram. I can't see me going for any Ringo, but I also wondered about Harrison's other stuff, as I really do like All Things.
The critics hated it at the time for some reason. I guess they were looking for 'authentic' rootsy honest rock, as opposed to Ram which they probably thought was backwards looking over-ornate pop fluff. The public liked it well enough though and it was a good seller. The critics also seem to love it now too, probably the biggest u-turn critical reappraisal I can think of.