Last year, Paul McCartney decided to use his quarantine time to manufacture McCartney III, recorded all by itself. But that gets a little lonely, so he invited some friends to be part of a new titled version McCartney III imagined, released on April 16.
This reinterpreted version includes covers of some very exciting names, with the old Beatle proving that he keeps up the pace of children today: Phoebe Bridgers (take this, David Crosby!), St. Vincent, Damon Albarn, Blood Orange, Anderson. Paak, Josh Homme, Dominic Fike, Khruangbin, EOB and 3D RDN. Sorry, Swifties, as much as Taylor Swift and McCartney are friends, will not lend you the voice McCartney III imagined. But as a consolation, there is a remix of Idris Elba that is an exclusive theme for the physical version. That’s basically the same thing, right?
The first single from the album of reinvented covers is the adoption of Dominic Fike on “The Kiss Of Venus”, turning the acoustic ballad into an R&B theme.
Here is the full tracklist:
1. “Find My Way” (feat. Beck)
2. “The Kiss of Venus” (Dominic Fike)
3. “Pretty Boys” (feat. Khruangbin)
4. “Women and Wives” (Remix by St. Vincent)
5. “Deep Down” (Blood Orange Remix)
6. “Enjoy the Day” (feat. Phoebe Bridgers)
7. “Slidin ‘” (EOB remix)
8. “Long Tailed Winter Bird” (Remix by Damon Albarn)
9. “Lavatory Lil” (Josh Homme)
10. “When Winter Comes” (Anderson. Paak Remix)
11. “Deep Deep Feeling” (3D RDN Remix)
12. “Long Tailed Winter Bird” (Remix Idris Elba) *
* Exclusive physical launch track