50 years following the release of his self-titled first solo album McCartney, featuring Paul playing every instrument and writing and recording every song, Paul McCartney will release McCartney III on December 11th. Paul hadn't planned to release an album in 2020, but in the isolation of "Rockdown," he soon found himself fleshing out some existing musical sketches and creating even more new ones. Before long an eclectic collection of spontaneous songs would become McCartney III: a stripped back, self-produced and, quite literally, solo work marking the opening of a new decade, in the tradition of 1970's McCartney and 1980's McCartney II. Recorded earlier this year in Sussex, McCartney III is mostly built from live takes of Paul on vocals and guitar or piano, overdubbing his bass playing, drumming, etc. Atop that foundation. McCartney III spans a vast and intimate range of modes and moods, from soul searching to wistful, from playful to raucous and all points between - captured with some of the same gear from Paul's Rude Studio used as far back as 1971 Wings sessions. And Paul's array of vintage instruments he played on the new album have an even more storied history, including Bill Black of Elvis Presley's original trio's double bass alongside Paul's own iconic Hofner violin bass, and a mellotron from Abbey Road Studios used on Beatles recordings, to name but a few. Just as McCartney's 1970 release marked Paul's return to basics in the wake of the biggest band break-up in musical history, and the 1980 avant-garde masterpiece McCartney II rose from the ashes of Wings, McCartney III finds Paul back on his own, turning unexpected circumstances into a personal snapshot of a timeless artist at a unique point in history., Runningtime: 00:00:00, Art Direction [Creative]: Paul McCartney, Art Direction, Design: Nick Steinhardt, Artwork [Cover Art], Typography: Ed Ruscha, Artwork [Cover Portrait]: Mary McCartney, Artwork [Stained Glass By]: Brian Clarke (6), Engineer [Engineered By]: Abraham Laboriel Jr., Engineer [Engineered By]: Alex Pasco, Engineer [Engineered By]: Bob Kraushaar, Engineer [Engineered By]: George Martin, Engineer [Engineered By]: Greg Kurstin, Engineer [Engineered By]: Rusty Anderson, Engineer [Engineered By]: Steve Orchard, Instruments, Voice: Paul McCartney, Legal [MPL Publishing And Copyright]: Ben Humphreys, Legal [MPL Publishing And Copyright]: Mark Levy (6), Legal [MPL Publishing And Copyright]: Nancy Jeffries, Legal [MPL Publishing And Copyright]: Patricia O'Hearn, Management [MPL Production]: Alex Parker (10), Management [MPL Production]: Aoife Corbett, Management [MPL Production]: Richard Miller (5), Management [MPL Production]: Sarah Brown (18), Management [MPL Production]: Steve Ithell, Mastered By: Randy Merrill, Photography By [All Other]: Mary McCartney, Photography By [All Other]: Paul McCartney, Photography By [All Other]: Sonny McCartney, Photography By [Cover Portrait]: Mary McCartney, Producer, Composed By: Paul McCartney, Project Manager: Scott Rodger, Labelcode 3513656 (B003285202, B003285202), Record Company Capitol Records, Phonographic Copyright (p) MPL Communications Ltd., Copyright (c) MPL Communications Ltd., Licensed To UMG Recordings, Inc., Engineered At Hog Hill Mill, Mastered At Sterling Sound, Published By MPL Communications Inc., Copyright (c) MPL Communications Inc., Glass Mastered At Technicolor, Guadalajara, Mexico, Pressed By Technicolor, Guadalajara, Mexico
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