Paul McCartney‘s 2020 album, McCartney III, is reimagined – or make that III imagined – via an interesting selection of artists including Beck, St Vincent, Damon Albarn and Josh Homme.
All of the album’s 11 tracks have been either remixed or covered by Damon Albarn, Beck, Blood Orange, Phoebe Bridgers, Josh Homme, Khraungbin, 3D RDN of Massive Attack, Ed O’Brien (EOB), Anderson .Paak, St. Vincent and more. You can listen to American singer/rapper/songwriter Dominic Fike’s cover of ‘The Kiss of Venus’, below.
Lifecycle: McCartney III
What are the bonus tracks like on the Japanese CD edition of McCartney III?
The Japanese CD edition of Paul McCartney‘s new album McCartney III comes with four bonus tracks, but what are they and is it worth shelling out for this version of the album?
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SDE reviews Paul McCartney’s ‘McCartney III’
Paul McCartney has always had what you might call a ‘get out of jail free’ card when it comes to his songs and compositions, in the form of his ability to construct and sing wonderful melodies. If the lyric is a bit on the silly side (‘Jet’), or perhaps a tad twee (‘Ebony and Ivory’), McCartney largely gets away with it because the tunes are so often very good. They just take up residence in your brain and require a court order and bailiffs to get them out. ‘Mull of Kintyre’ is another case in point. It’s so deceptively simple, but had massive appeal and it’s all in the melody.
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Macca targets a UK number one with a slew of new ‘McCartney III’ CDs
It has been over 30 years since a Paul McCartney studio album hit number one in the UK album charts, and the ex-Beatle is hoping to change that next month by tempting fans to buy multiple CD editions of his forthcoming album McCartney III.
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How to buy… McCartney III
SDE examines the myriad of coloured vinyl pressings
There was much excitement on Wednesday this week when it was finally clear that Paul McCartney would indeed be releasing a new album this year, and that would be McCartney III.
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Paul McCartney / McCartney III: official details of Paul’s new solo album
“A stripped, self-produced solo work marking the opening of a new decade”
Paul McCartney will release McCartney III, a new solo album, in December.
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Paul McCartney expected to announce ‘McCartney III’ very soon
Rumours and teases suggest a third ‘one-man-band’ album is on the way
Paul McCartney is expected to announce a new solo album imminently, which is very likely to be called McCartney III – a follow-up to his 1970 and 1980 albums, which in both cases, saw Paul retreat from band situations and record almost entirely alone, playing all the instruments himself.
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