McCartney III Imagined
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| Released | 16 April 2021 | |||
| Studio | Various | |||
| Genre | Various | |||
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| Label | Capitol/Universal | |||
| Producer | Various | |||
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McCartney III Imagined is a remix album of songs from McCartney III, the eighteenth 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.
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 reaching number 1 on the US Rock Albums and Vinyl Albums charts.[6]
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
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.0/10[8] |
| Metacritic | 76/100[5] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [9] |
| Clash | 8/10[10] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10[11] |
| The Independent | [12] |
| Loud and Quiet | 6/10[13] |
| musicOMH |  [14] |
| NME | [15] |
| The Observer | [16] |
| Paste | 8.0/10[17] |
| Pitchfork | 6.6/10[18] |
| Uncut | 7/10[19] |
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]
