The third album on which this former Beatle plays all instruments himself. By force of circumstance this time, during the corona crisis (and as a late 70's member of the risk group) McCartney III was made in Paul McCartney's home studio, surrounded and assisted by family only. The mood on this album is therefore warm. McCartney was in
The Beatles already the song machine whose content usually serves
… the song. This led to classics like Yesterday and Let It Be, but also to little gems like Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da or Mull of Kintyre, which were spitefully characterized as 'Paul's granny songs' by his opposite John Lennon. On McCartney III he fiddles with rock (Slidin' could have been from Wings) and funk, but it's the ballads like Pretty Boys, Women And Wives and the Blackbird-singing Winter Bird/When Winter Comes that make the biggest impression. With his slightly rusty voice, he manages to add a ripe depth to these as well. (MR)more
