McCartney III

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Announced on 11 March 2021, McCartney released the remix album McCartney III Imagined. Described as an album of "reinterpretations, remixes, and covers" of songs from McCartney III, it became available on streaming services on 16 April and was released on physical media by 23 July. The album includes Dominic Fike's version of "The Kiss of Venus", which was issued as its first single, with Beck's track and EOB's remix being the subsequent singles. [48] [49] [50] The selection of tracks was curated by McCartney himself, featuring "friends, fans, and brand new acquaintances". [51]

Reissues

The album was reissued on 5 August 2022 in a boxset entitled McCartney I II III , consisting of three LPs or three CDs, along with the first and second albums of the trilogy. [52]

For the third anniversary of the album's release, McCartney III was reissued as the 3x3 Edition. The 2023 reissue was available strictly from McCartney's website and available as three different "tri-colour vinyl pressings ... allocated randomly." Each of the three different 3x3 versions included "a print handwritten by Paul," revised cover art featuring a photograph of McCartney taken by Mary McCartney, and "an Ed Ruscha sketch poster" of the album's dice. [53]

Track listing

All tracks written by Paul McCartney.

  1. "Long Tailed Winter Bird" – 5:16
  2. "Find My Way" – 3:54
  3. "Pretty Boys" – 3:00
  4. "Women and Wives" – 2:52
  5. "Lavatory Lil" – 2:22
  6. "Deep Deep Feeling" – 8:25
  7. "Slidin'" – 3:23
  8. "The Kiss of Venus" – 3:06
  9. "Seize the Day" – 3:20
  10. "Deep Down" – 5:52
  11. "Winter Bird/When Winter Comes" – 3:12

Note: On vinyl editions of the album, the positions of "Slidin'" and "Deep Deep Feeling" are swapped. The former ends side one, while the latter starts side two.

Personnel

Sources [1] [54]

Musicians

Production

Artwork

Charts

McCartney III
McCartney III Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Paul McCartney
Released18 December 2020 (2020-12-18)
RecordedEarly 2020 [1] [2]
1992 ("When Winter Comes") [3]
January 2016 – February 2018 (part of "Slidin'") [4]
Studio Hog Hill Mill (Icklesham, UK)
Genre Rock
Length44:48
Label Capitol
Producer (track 11)
Paul McCartney chronology
Amoeba Gig
(2019)		McCartney III
(2020)		 McCartney III Imagined
(2021)
Paul McCartney studio album chronology
Egypt Station
(2018)		McCartney III
(2020)

Notes

  1. ↑ "III" being stylised on the front cover as the three pips of a die
  2. ↑ London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Sydney, Toronto, Berlin, New York City, Tokyo, Chicago, Paris, Rio, Liverpool.

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