• Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Dec 18, 2020
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 106 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 87 out of 106
  2. Negative: 11 out of 106
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  1. Dec 24, 2020
    5
    I am pretty disappointed with this album, and I truly don't understand why it is receiving so much praise. This is a very middle of the road effort from Paul, and I am a huge fan. There may be 1 or 2 fully fleshed out songs on the entire release. The material is repetitive, but it is immaculately produced. I can only guess that people are mistaking a nice sound for great music.

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    I am pretty disappointed with this album, and I truly don't understand why it is receiving so much praise. This is a very middle of the road effort from Paul, and I am a huge fan. There may be 1 or 2 fully fleshed out songs on the entire release. The material is repetitive, but it is immaculately produced. I can only guess that people are mistaking a nice sound for great music.

    John Lennon famously called out so much of Paul's solo material as lazy, and I have to agree with him here. If this album was released under another artist's name (like the Country Hams), no one would even notice. There is so much better in his catalog than this, I cannot fathom why this work impresses critics or fans alike. From the man that wrote some of the most memorable songs of the last 60 years, there is nothing to remember here. While there is nothing close to Maybe I'm Amazed, there isn't even a Coming Up or My Brave Face or Only Mama Knows here. Pass.
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  2. Jan 14, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. McCartney iii
    It's hard to even recommend this die hard McCartney fans. Probably the worst album he has put out since Off The Ground(1993). Playing this on speakers in my house made me almost embarrassed to be a McCartney fan. So unpolished, and lack of decent ideas or lyrica. The lack of serious effort put into tbis record no more evident than the tacking-on of a demo recording from the early 90s. The album cover looks nice though... And I admit I do enjoy parts here and there(chorus Find My Way)(parts of Kiss of Venus,seize the day), but it's no where near the level of quality of 2018's Egypt Station, the sound is just too hodge-podge and even-more lazy-or-lyrics. You won't find a Jenny Wren level song here either. Think of the worst song on Chaos(2005), yea that's better than this whole album or at least half of it… I have hopes for his next album though, because Egypt Station thay preceded it was so good.
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  3. Dec 28, 2020
    6
    Author of review: Joseph Fetzko
    Date of album release: December 18th 2020
    Date of Review: December 28th 2020 Paul McCartney- McCartney III Long Tailed Winter Bird 5/10 Find My Way 6.5/10 Pretty Boys 7/10 Women and Wives 7.5/10 Lavatory Lil 8/10 Deep Deep Feelings 6.5/10 Slidin 8/10 The Kiss of Venus 8/10 Seize The Day 8.5/10 Deep Down 8/10 Winter Bird/ When Winter Comes
    Author of review: Joseph Fetzko
    Date of album release: December 18th 2020
    Date of Review: December 28th 2020
    Paul McCartney- McCartney III
    Long Tailed Winter Bird 5/10
    Find My Way 6.5/10
    Pretty Boys 7/10
    Women and Wives 7.5/10
    Lavatory Lil 8/10
    Deep Deep Feelings 6.5/10
    Slidin 8/10
    The Kiss of Venus 8/10
    Seize The Day 8.5/10
    Deep Down 8/10
    Winter Bird/ When Winter Comes 7.5/10
    release= 6.6/10
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81

Universal acclaim - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 24
  2. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. The Wire
    Apr 6, 2021
    80
    McCartney’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]
  2. Jan 22, 2021
    70
    McCartney 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.
  3. Jan 8, 2021
    75
    It’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.