McCartney III (studio album)
by Paul McCartney

McCartney III by Paul McCartney
Year: 2020
Release date: 2020-12-18
Overall rank: 5,819th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 131 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2020 (71st)
Award Top albums of the 2020s (333rd)
Award Best albums of all time (5,819th)

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Paul McCartney bestography

McCartney III is ranked 17th best out of 48 albums by Paul McCartney on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Paul McCartney is Band On The Run which is ranked number 257 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,370.

Paul McCartney album bestography « Higher ranked (5,611th)
Pipes Of Peace
This album (5,819th)
McCartney III
Lower ranked (5,901st) »
Memory Almost Full

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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McCartney III track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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McCartney III ratings

Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 131 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.1/100, a mean average of 71.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.3.

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From 08/21/2025 03:20
A very good well-balanced album. A kiss of Venus And seize the day Are my favorites.
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From 10/16/2022 16:17
A real grower. Didn't like it much at first but now I really like it. Still not impressed by All the pretty boys and Lavatory Lil is horrendous but the rest is really good, really interesting.
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From 04/17/2021 16:52
I wasn't that fond of this the first time I heard it, but I've been motivated to come back to it a few times since its release and its a grower. I appreciated it more with each listen. Very consistent tone and a very solid effort for an artist at this stage in their career.
#268660 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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70/100
From 04/15/2021 18:19
Love the usual albums but McCartney does have the habit of playing it safe with his official solo records.
This does not do that. It goes in interesting directions while maintaining a home-spun atmosphere. Gonna play it wsy more than Egypt Station
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From 03/22/2021 17:07
One of his best solo works in a good long while. Bonus points for the self sufficiency on it
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90/100
From 12/24/2020 09:56
Why don't you for a start?
#263144 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (5 helpful | 2 unhelpful)
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From 12/22/2020 05:40
It is creative, but rather repetitive and lackluster most of the time.
#263051 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (3 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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80/100
From 12/21/2020 14:01
Loved this better than I & II. (Rating 83.18)
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