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Universal acclaim- based on 106 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 87 out of 106
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Mixed: 8 out of 106
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Negative: 11 out of 106
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Dec 18, 2020Absolutely brilliant. Loved it. Really impressed by the guys talent still being there at 78. Then again, what could we expect differently from Paul McCartney.
Standouts:
- Pretty Boys
- Seize The Day
- Winter Bird/When Winter Comes
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Dec 21, 2020What an album OMG..
Every song is good. And I say it again. All OF THEM are good.
Like the lock down situation: home, love, little madness, family.
Highlights: LTWB, Find my Way, Pretty Boys, Seize the Day, When Winter Comes
Best: Kiss of Venus -
Dec 20, 2020Amazing as always Sir Paul. "NOOOOOOO HOW CAN A 78 Y/O DUDE SING NOOOOOO HE SHOULD RETIRE"
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Dec 20, 2020I find it incredible that Paul has worked on this album with so much care and dedication when he is on his way to his 79th. People who negatively criticize the album have only heard it once or incompletely. I find it simply a magnificent record. Thank you so much for this gift, Paul.
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Dec 19, 2020
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Dec 18, 2020It's McCartney having fun in his quarantine, giving an excellent album with jewels like The Kiss Of Venus or Find My Way, with a very good instrumental at the beginning and coming back to the end it gives a bit of the feeling of a concept album, the best of Paul in many years.
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Dec 18, 2020
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Dec 18, 2020a wonderful album, which has a bit of everything and what is not boring, it is an album that pays tribute to its two previous installments
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Dec 18, 2020
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Dec 19, 2020Absolutely loved it. The songs are so charming and lovely, it's beautiful. The Kiss Of Venus, Deep Down and Slidin' are fantastic songs, it's pure McCartney.
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Dec 18, 2020I enjoyed this album a lot. Lovely guitar and bass melodies throughout the album; as always with Paul's music. I had hoped for a little more experimental music though, like on McCartney 1 & 2. But it's still a pretty good album.
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Dec 18, 2020This is really brilliant album!!! In my opinion is the best album Sir Paul made since Memory Almost Full.
Highlights :
Long Tailed Winter Bird
Lavatory Lil
Slidin’
The Kiss of Venus
Deep Down
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Dec 18, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Dec 18, 2020Exactly what we needed in quarantine. I love the creativity and optimism in this album, while most other quarantine albums have been more about isolation and depression. Melodically, McCartney is still the best there is. Probably the best there has ever been, in any genre or era of music, from a melodic sense.
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Dec 22, 2020
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Dec 19, 2020
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Dec 21, 2020As much as the critics insist, this album is nothing but mediocre, not to say that it is a loose and insubstantial record. Let's be honest; if Paul McCartney wasn't its author, what average score would it get?
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Dec 20, 2020It's a really bored album! I can't understand how so many people like it. Sir Paul certainly left his prime behind.
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Dec 24, 2020
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Dec 22, 2020I purchased this CD because I expected fresh lyrics that blend with acoustic/electric guitar melody.... Sorry for Sir Paul fans like me, this was performed with created melodies afterwords matched up to non-melodic lyrics. I can't recommend buying this CD unless you listen to it first from another user like me
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Dec 23, 2020
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Dec 29, 2020
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Jun 16, 2021
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Aug 2, 2023I don't give tens so this won't get one either but I really liked this album. I don't think it sounds so spontaneous. He worked hard on this. Well thought out, well played. Well produced. Vocals are strong. Guitar work is exceptional. Lovely basslines, of course. His best in years. Since Chaos and Creation.
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Jan 14, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Awards & Rankings
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The WireApr 6, 2021McCartney’s infamous whimsy tempered by his refreshed penchant for odd sonic detail (the spectral guitar tangles that trail through “Find My Way” for instance) and an aged voice whose natural erosion is more feature than fault. [Feb 2021, p.58]
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Jan 22, 2021McCartney III may not be the jewel in the crown of his recorded work, but it's a decent record, which proves once and for all that you cannot overlook, second guess, or write off Paul McCartney.
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Jan 8, 2021It’s catchy, well-crafted, and creative, all while remaining honest. It may not be the groundbreaking production that McCartney has, at times, produced with valiance and majesty, but it just works.