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McCartney III
Studio album by
Paul McCartney
Released18 December 2020[1]
Recorded3 September 1992,[2] 2020[3]
StudioHogg Hill Mill, Sussex, England
Length45:01
LabelCapitol
ProducerPaul McCartney[4]
Paul McCartney chronology
Egypt Station
(2018) 		McCartney III
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
The A.V. ClubB[7]
Daily Mail[8]
Entertainment WeeklyB[9]
The Guardian[10]
The Telegraph[11]
The Times [12]

McCartney III is the upcoming 18th solo album by English musician Paul McCartney, scheduled to be released on 18 December 2020 by Capitol Records.[13] It serves as a sort of continuation to his first two solo albums, McCartney (1970) and McCartney II (1980). Like those albums, McCartney III features McCartney on all instruments.

Background

McCartney III was recorded in early 2020 in Sussex, England at McCartney's home while in lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic.[14] Describing the process of recording the album, McCartney said: "Each day I’d start recording with the instrument I wrote the song on and then gradually layer it all up; it was a lot of fun. It was about making music for yourself rather than making music that has to do a job. So, I just did stuff I fancied doing. I had no idea this would end up as an album."[15]

Like previous McCartney albums, the instrumental work is recorded by McCartney himself.[2] He similarly performed most of the instruments on his 2005 album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (described at the time by journalist David Hajdu as being "essentially, McCartney III"[16]) and on his 2007 album Memory Almost Full. McCartney also played nearly all the instruments himself on Rushes and Electric Arguments under the name The Fireman.[citation needed]

The album's cover art and typography was designed by artist Ed Ruscha,[17] an acquaintance of the McCartney family.[18]

Promotion

The domain name mccartneyiii.com was registered on 28 August 2020 by CSC Corporate Domains, the company that previously registered paulmccartney.com and flaming-pie.com (for the reissue of Flaming Pie, McCartney's 1997 studio album). Its landing page originally appeared with a 303 error notice, instead of the usual 404 error notice.[19]

On Friday, 16 October, teasers for the album started appearing on Spotify with animations over the artwork for McCartney and McCartney II showing a die with three pips facing upwards. The following week, Paul McCartney's Twitter account started posting photos at 33 minutes past the hour with a recurring motif of three.[13] On 21 October, McCartney's social media channels officially announced the forthcoming release of the album on 11 December.[20] On 19 November, it was announced that due to unforeseeable production delays, the album release date had to be moved back one week to 18 December.[1]

Starting from 4 December 2020, McCartney send via his Facebook page the first post of a series of 12 daily posts unveiling the titles of each of the 11 new tracks from his new album through murals painted in 12 different cities all over the world[nb 1]. Each mural is showing the title of a new track, an excerpt from its music score and its author (Paul McCartney) along with the album title and its release date.[21] Also, McCartney is calling all musicians to post their video covers of his 11 new songs through his special website #12DaysOfPaul.[22]

Release

McCartney III is scheduled to be released on 18 December on CD, vinyl and digital formats. The vinyl editions include a variety of colors: standard black, Third Man Records exclusive yellow-with-black-dots limited to 333 copies,[23] Third Man Records exclusive red limited to 3,000 copies,[24] #SpotifyFansFirst 130g Coke-bottle clear vinyl limited to 3,000 copies worldwide,[25] 130g yellow limited to 3,000 copies worldwide,[26] 130g violet limited to 3,000 copies worldwide,[27] Newbury Comics exclusive pink limited to 1,500 copies,[28] Target exclusive green,[23] uDiscover exclusive orange,[29] selected retailers exclusive blue,[30][31] other record stores exclusive white.[23]

Track listing

Sources:[7][9][10][21][22][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]

All tracks are written by Paul McCartney

No.TitleLength
1."Long Tailed Winter Bird"5:17
2."Find My Way"3:55
3."Pretty Boys"3:01
4."Women and Wives"2:53
5."Lavoratory Lil"2:23
6."Deep Deep Feeling"8:27
7."Slidin'"3:25
8."The Kiss of Venus"3:09
9."Seize the Day"3:23
10."Deep Down"5:55
11."Winter Bird / When Winter Comes"3:13
Total length:45:01
McCartney III – Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Women and Wives (Studio Outtake)" 
13."Lavatory Lil (Studio Outtake)" 
14."The Kiss of Venus (Phone Demo)" 
15."Slidin' (Düsseldorf Jam)" 

Personnel

Notes

  1. ^ London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Sydney, Toronto, Berlin, New York City, Tokyo, Chicago, Paris, Rio, Liverpool.

References

  1. ^ a b McCartney's Facebook page > 19 November 2020 post
  2. ^ a b c "'It's just me': an exclusive interview with Paul McCartney about McCartney III". Loud and Quiet. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  3. ^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (21 October 2020). "Paul McCartney to release new album recorded alone in lockdown". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  4. ^ Martoccio, Angie (21 October 2020). "Paul McCartney Announces New Album, 'McCartney III'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Critic Reviews for McCartney III". Metacritic. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  6. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (10 December 2020). "AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine - Paul McCartney: McCartney III review". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  7. ^ a b Ihnat, Gwen (25 November 2020). "Paul McCartney's McCartney III offers lessons from a legendary life". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  8. ^ de Lisle, Tim (12 December 2020). "McCartney III is homespun: This is the sound of a great songwriter being playful... he leaves you hoping that there will be a McCartney IV". Daily Mail. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  9. ^ a b Suskind, Alex (9 December 2020). "'McCartney III' feels like comfort food". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  10. ^ a b Petridis, Alexis (10 December 2020). "Alexis Petridis's album of the week - Paul McCartney: McCartney III review – lockdown LP has his best songs in years". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  11. ^ McCormick, Neil (11 December 2020). "Paul McCartney, McCartney III, review: the whimsical, poppy antidote to a miserable year". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  12. ^ Hodgkinson, Will (8 December 2020). "Paul McCartney: McCartney III review — loose songs that tumble with feeling and sincerity". The Times. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  13. ^ a b Willman, Chris (20 October 2020). "Paul McCartney Teases a 'McCartney III' Album on the Way". Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  14. ^ Minsker, Evan (21 October 2020). "Paul McCartney Announces New Album McCartney III". Pitchfork. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  15. ^ "Watch the trailer for the new Paul McCartney album". Louder. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  16. ^ Hajdu, David (25 December 2005). "McCartney III". The New Republic. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  17. ^ Staff. "McCartney III - The New Studio Album Out December 11". paulmccartney.com. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  18. ^ Bray, Elisa. "Paintings On The Wall - Ed Ruscha". paulmccartney.com. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  19. ^ Chadwick, Jonathan (19 October 2020). "NEWS: McCartney III: Web teasers hint at a new Paul McCartney album recorded in lockdown". Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  20. ^ @PaulMcCartney (21 October 2020). "Paul McCartney on Twitter: McCartney III. The new album, out December 11th 🎲 Pre-order: https://PaulMcCartney.lnk.to/McCartney3" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 October 2020 – via Twitter.
  21. ^ a b Paul McCartney's Facebook page > #12DaysOfPaul post on 4 December 2020
  22. ^ a b 12days.mccartneyiii.com
  23. ^ a b c Sinclaire, Paul (21 October 2020). "Paul McCartney / McCartney III: official details of Paul's new solo album". superdeluxeedition.com. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  24. ^ "McCartney III – Exclusive Third Man Records Version Red LP". paulmccartney.com. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  25. ^ "McCartney III – Spotify Exclusive LP". paulmccartney.com. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  26. ^ "McCartney III – Exclusive Yellow LP". paulmccartney.com. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  27. ^ "McCartney III – Exclusive Violet LP". paulmccartney.com. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  28. ^ "McCartney III Exclusive LP". newburycomics.com. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  29. ^ "McCartney III - UDiscover Exclusive Orange Vinyl". udiscovermusic.com. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  30. ^ "McCartney III (hmv Exclusive) Blue Vinyl". hmv.com. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  31. ^ "McCartney III (Opaque Blue Vinyl) (Limited Edition) (in Deutschland/Österreich/Schweiz exklusiv für jpc!)". jpc.de. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  32. ^ Paul McCartney's Facebook page > #12DaysOfPaul post on 5 December 2020
  33. ^ Paul McCartney's Facebook page > #12DaysOfPaul post on 6 December 2020
  34. ^ Paul McCartney's Facebook page > #12DaysOfPaul post on 7 December 2020
  35. ^ Paul McCartney's Facebook page > #12DaysOfPaul post on 8 December 2020
  36. ^ Paul McCartney's Facebook page > #12DaysOfPaul post on 9 December 2020
  37. ^ Paul McCartney's Facebook page > #12DaysOfPaul post on 10 December 2020
  38. ^ Paul McCartney's Facebook page > #12DaysOfPaul post on 11 December 2020
  39. ^ Paul McCartney's Facebook page > #12DaysOfPaul post on 12 December 2020
  40. ^ Paul McCartney's Facebook page > #12DaysOfPaul post on 13 December 2020
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