McCartney III (album)

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Timeline More from year 2020

Release date:: Dec 18, 2020

Articles

McCartney I, II and III are released in Dolby Atmos

Aug 08, 2022

“McCartney I II III” Box Set announced

Jun 17, 2022

Paul McCartney nominated for two Grammy Awards

Nov 23, 2021

Vinyl sales record broken in the US, boosted by “McCartney III”

Dec 31, 2020

“McCartney III” becomes Number 1 album in the UK

Dec 25, 2020

New marketing campaign – “12 Days Of Paul” – launched to promote “McCartney III”

December 4 - 15, 2020

“McCartney III” release date pushed back

Nov 19, 2020

First review of “McCartney III” published on RollingStone

November 2020

“McCartney III” announced

Oct 21, 2020

The marketing campaign for “McCartney III” starts

Oct 16, 2020

About

2020 was marked by a global health crisis due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This crisis put a halt to the daily routine of billions of people throughout the world, forcing people to stay confined at home… including Paul McCartney.

McCartney hadn’t planned to release an album in 2020, but being in lock-down in Sussex close to his Hog Hill Mill studio, he spent time fleshing out some existing musical sketches and creating new ones. This effort would become “McCartney III“, a self-produced, solo effort, in the same spirit of in the tradition of 1970’s McCartney and 1980’s  McCartney II albums.

The marketing team at Capitol Records went over the top with this release, with numerous limited editions of the album – in colored vinyls, in CDs with colored variations of the dice theme, with some bonus tracks dispatched across releases, three different back covers, a track list different on CDs & vinyls… But in the end, it paid off, as McCartney succeeded at getting his first Number 1 album in the UK, since 1989’s “Flowers In The Dirt“.

Last updated on December 28, 2020

The album

McCartney III

By Paul McCartney • Official album

Special editions

McCartney III (333 Edition - LP)

By Paul McCartney • Official album

McCartney III (Deluxe Digital Album)

By Paul McCartney • Official album

McCartney III (Deluxe Edition Blue Cover CD)

By Paul McCartney • Official album

McCartney III (Deluxe Edition Red Cover CD)

By Paul McCartney • Official album

McCartney III (Deluxe Edition White Cover CD)

By Paul McCartney • Official album

McCartney III (Deluxe Edition Yellow Cover CD)

By Paul McCartney • Official album

McCartney III (Exclusive Blue LP)

By Paul McCartney • Official album

McCartney III (Exclusive Newbury Comics - Pink LP)

By Paul McCartney • Official album

McCartney III (Exclusive Orange LP)

By Paul McCartney • Official album

McCartney III (Exclusive Red LP)

By Paul McCartney • Official album

McCartney III (Exclusive Third Man Records Version Red LP)

By Paul McCartney • Official album

McCartney III (Exclusive Violet LP)

By Paul McCartney • Official album

McCartney III (Exclusive Yellow LP)

By Paul McCartney • Official album

McCartney III (Green cover, CD)

By Paul McCartney • Official album

McCartney III (Indie Exclusive Limited Edition White LP)

By Paul McCartney • Official album

McCartney III (Japanese edition - Limited release)

By Paul McCartney • Official album

McCartney III (Smoky Tint Cassette)

By Paul McCartney • Cassette

McCartney III (Spotify LP)

By Paul McCartney • Official album

McCartney III (Target exclusive, Green LP)

By Paul McCartney • Official album

McCartney III (Test pressing)

By Paul McCartney • Official album

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