11 Facts About McCartney III

McCartney III is the 18th solo album by English musician Paul McCartney, released on 18 December 2020 by Capitol Records.

McCartney III was recorded in early 2020 at McCartney's studio in Sussex, England while in lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.

McCartney III began by recording the instrument on which he wrote the song, then adding further layers.

McCartney III had played most of the instruments on his 2005 album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard and on his 2007 album Memory Almost Full.

McCartney III played all the instruments on the Fireman albums Rushes and Electric Arguments .

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In November 2021 a mini-documentary about the creation of the previous year's Third Man Records 333 edition of McCartney III using recycled McCartney and McCartney II records was released.

McCartney III was released on 18 December 2020 on CD, vinyl, cassette and digital formats, although some Japanese stores hadn't been notified of the postponement of the album, and released it on the 11th.

McCartney III was the top-selling album in its debut week in the US, outselling Swift's Evermore and Eminem's Music to Be Murdered By – Side B in pure sales .

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, McCartney III has an average score of 81, based on 23 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone wrote that McCartney III "recalls the pastoral, laid-back sound of his 1970 solo debut" and describes the album as a "playful gem".

The selection of tracks was curated by McCartney III himself, featuring "friends, fans, and brand new acquaintances".