17-07-2023, 12:42
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PAUL McCARTNEY "mccartney III" cd/vinyl 2020.
twenty-fifth post Beatle release (not including soundtracks, classical/opera or collaboration albums)...
recorded during covid lockdowns, or as Macca calls it: "rockdown"...
its only in alternative because it does not fit neatly in any other thread...
all instruments/vocals/production etc by The Man himself (as are the two previous self titled albums)...
some rock, funk, drum'n'bass, folk, acoustic, soft rock, pop and experimental tracks...
some of this works beautifully IMO, other parts a whole lot less so...
sad that Macca's voice is all but shot on most of the tracks but he is still able to write catchy songs at almost eighty years of age...
opening track which is almost a total instrumental rocker is simple yet works for me,
closer was actually a leftover from the 1992 "flaming pie" sessions and does not fit the album because it shows just how much his voice has deteriorated over the intervening years, a sad but inevitable part of life, it is also the best thing on here but because it was recorded so long ago it doesnt count IMO...
album would make a more than fitting end to his recording career if if this is the case but who knows...
anyway, overall, this album is passable if only for nostalgic and personal reasons...
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
the opening track:
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.