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Paul McCartney is my absolute hero. Does that make me biased when reviewing his latest release? Shit yeah. But that doesn’t mean I can’t be objective. Paul used his time in lockdown, nay, “rockdown”, wisely, recording his third “solo” (i.e. writing, playing and producing) album. Returning to some half-written potential future classics, he gradually built upon them, layer by layer, using some of rock’s most iconic instruments, including (natch) his Hofner bass, the Mellotron keyboard used on Strawberry Fields Forever, and a double bass that belonged to Bill Black, which Linda had...

Rolling Stone Paul McCartney Delivers a Playful Gem with ‘McCartney III’ His latest recalls the pastoral, laid-back sound of 1970 solo debut By Mary McCartney* Every decade should kick off with a Paul McCartney one-man-band album — and this one needs it more than most. McCartney III carries on his tradition of homemade solo records, in the mode of his acoustic 1970 debut and his 1980 synth-pop oddity McCartney II. Like its two predecessors, it’s Macca at his most playful. He’s not sweating about being a legend, a genius, or a Beatle — just a family man kicking b...

The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer McCartney III seems to be a sequel to 1970′s McCartney, as if McCartney II never happened. Just because the critics all seem to be in favour of the new Paul McCartney album doesn’t mean there is a consensus. Rolling Stone says McCartney III is “a laid-back gem.” Salon sees it as a “spectacular return to form.” Well...

Paul McCartney's experimental streak goes way back. He played around with words, sounds and concepts with the Beatles and then launched his solo career with a self-titled album in 1970 that took his experiments to a more personal space. Fed up with the collaborative group format, at least for the time being, the chart-topping McCartney was made solely as a one-man-band project. Ten years, and a different band, later, he followed it up with another totally solo record, McCartney II, this time indulging in his favorite new instrument: the synthesizer. In between and after those two records...

Rating: Last weekend, Paul McCartney re-entered the chart at No 39 with Wonderful Christmastime. It’s not his best song, or even his hundredth-best, but it made a touching sight because at No 40 was John Lennon’s Happy Xmas (War Is Over). Life is what happens, Lennon sang, while you’re making other plans. A year when McCartney was due to headline Glastonbury (again) landed him in Sussex for lockdown with his daughter Mary and her children.  Fiddling about in his studio, he made an album without meaning to. This album, like those two, is homespun: not so much Band On The Run as Man On ...