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McCartney III Imagined

2021 remix album by Paul McCartney

McCartney III Imagined is a remix album of songs from McCartney III, the 18th solo album by English musician Paul McCartney. It was released digitally on 16 April 2021, with a physical version released on 23 July. It features remixes by numerous artists.

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The tracks were curated by McCartney, featuring "friends, fans, and brand new acquaintances".[1] Dominic Fike's version of "The Kiss of Venus" was released as the first single, followed by Beck's version of "Find My Way" and EOB's version of "Slidin'".[2][3]

Coinciding with its release, McCartney had live conversations via Instagram Live with several contributors.[4] The album received positive reviews.[5] Following McCartney III accomplishing the same feat, it became the first remix album to top Billboard's Top Album Sales Chart in more than a decade, also becoming number 1 on the Rock Albums and Vinyl Albums charts.[6]

Background

For McCartney III Imagined, McCartney enlisted numerous collaborators to remix and perform songs from the album, including: Beck, Dominic Fike, Khruangbin, St. Vincent, Dev Hynes, Phoebe Bridgers, Ed O'Brien, Damon Albarn, Josh Homme, Anderson .Paak, Robert Del Naja, and Idris Elba.[7]

Critical reception

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At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, McCartney III Imagined has an average score of 76, based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[5] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave the album 7 out of 10, based on its assessment of the critical consensus.[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Paul McCartney.

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Charts

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References

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