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Post by kds on Apr 14, 2022 13:54:00 GMT
And The Beach Boys handled the Thank God for Music (or the Radio) concept far better IMO
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Post by Kapitan on Apr 14, 2022 14:03:31 GMT
I went with 4, and honestly I think I'm being overly generous. I didn't give it another full listen this morning, but went through at least parts of each song. This album isn't good, though parts of it aren't so bad. (Parts of it are so bad.)
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Post by kds on Apr 14, 2022 18:26:53 GMT
This pains me somewhat. I tried to listen earlier today, but I was interrupted constantly.
So, I'm trying another listen. Listening to Gotta Get Up To Get Down, again. While I'm trying to figure out whose idea it was for Joe Walsh to rap, the song has a bit of a Dirty Laundry vibe, which Joe played on.
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Post by kds on Apr 14, 2022 19:27:28 GMT
I'm going with a 4 also. It ranges from "this isn't too bad" to "what the fork is that crap."
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Post by lonelysummer on Apr 15, 2022 1:17:26 GMT
I'll be the voice of dissent again - I like this album. After passing on the previous two, I bought this one at my friend's store. Liked it immediately. Good songs throughout, good production. More later.
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Post by Kapitan on Apr 17, 2022 11:20:57 GMT
Four voters rated Ringo Starr's What's My Name an average of 5.0.
Thanks for participating. I'll update our ratings post at the start of the thread, and we'll proceed shortly.
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Post by Kapitan on Apr 17, 2022 11:42:02 GMT
Paul McCartney, McCartney III (2020)
Teasers began appearing online in autumn 2020 that there might be a third McCartney album, which is to say a third album promoted largely on the premise of Paul McCartney handling all aspects of the album. His 1970 debut was a self-made, mostly acoustic departure from the grandeur of the Beatles; McCartney II, 1980, was a mostly electronic departure from Wings.
McCartney III wasn't released 10 years later, in 1990, but of course another 30 years beyond that, in 2020. It was a "lockdown album," mostly conceived, written, and performed during the early phases of the pandemic. In the intervening years, because of affordable digital recording technology, it had become a far more common approach in the indie and hip hop worlds, and McCartney himself had released several albums that were close enough to McCartney III in all but name.
But the real thing was released in December 2020. It wasn't quite the pure solo project the previous ones were. One song, "Slidin," was a Greg Kurstin co-production from the Egypt Station sessions that also featured a few of his touring bandmates; another, "When Winter Comes," dated back to 1992 and features production by George Martin. McCartney also used professional engineers throughout to assist with the recording process.
McCartney III was McCartney's first #1 album in the UK since 1989 (Flowers in the Dirt), and it reached #2 in the US. However, despite being a strong seller in relative terms and having a very strong promotional campaign, it failed to achieve sales certifications such as silver, gold, or platinum. Its critical reception was generally strong.
Please listen to, discuss, and rate Paul McCartney's 2020 album, McCartney III.
(Note, the album proper is 11 songs. There is a Japanese/deluxe version comprising 15 songs.)
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Post by kds on Apr 18, 2022 12:15:33 GMT
I listened to MIII once when it was released. I was never motivated enough to listen to it again. I really didn't care for it. I've just begun listen #2 to III.
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Post by Kapitan on Apr 18, 2022 12:22:15 GMT
I listened to MIII once when it was released. I was never motivated enough to listen to it again. I really didn't care for it. I've just begun listen #2 to III. I'm in a similar boat, except I haven't begun my fresh listen(s?) yet. But I was really underwhelmed when it was released. Barring a major reconsideration on my end, it's kind of a bummer to end this massive thread with that last Ringo album and this McCartney one. They certainly don't do justice to the great, very good, and even good stuff that has mostly come before.
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Post by kds on Apr 18, 2022 12:24:35 GMT
I listened to MIII once when it was released. I was never motivated enough to listen to it again. I really didn't care for it. I've just begun listen #2 to III. I'm in a similar boat, except I haven't begun my fresh listen(s?) yet. But I was really underwhelmed when it was released. Barring a major reconsideration on my end, it's kind of a bummer to end this massive thread with that last Ringo album and this McCartney one. They certainly don't do justice to the great, very good, and even good stuff that has mostly come before. They certainly do not. And the huge marketing campaign that greeted MIII seemed very odd to me. It went beyond the usual "the legend returns with his best work since......." praise and saw the release of a McCartney III tribute album. Bizarre.
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Post by Kapitan on Apr 18, 2022 12:29:19 GMT
I have to admit, I was excited for the release, so the promotional push seems to have worked on me. I guess at least subconsciously I figured that if they were pushing it that hard, he had to be really proud of it, and it had to be really good.
You'd think I'd know better. It's marketing.
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Post by kds on Apr 18, 2022 12:30:35 GMT
I was a little more skeptical, since it had been so long since Paul put out an album that I really liked. But, I think I was hoping for something at least on par with Chaos and Creation.
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Post by Kapitan on Apr 18, 2022 12:35:52 GMT
Maybe I just saw the romantic storyline as a possibility: isolated during lockdown, who better to do a COVID-album on his own than the guy who (twice) popularized that album genre? It just worked so well as a story... Sober minds would have taken your approach and asked, ok what are the odds that he does something truly great, or even really good? That he could top his previous 15 years or so of music?
To be fair, I could reassess it and say he succeeded. But I didn't think so when it came out.
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Post by kds on Apr 18, 2022 12:37:36 GMT
Maybe I just saw the romantic storyline as a possibility: isolated during lockdown, who better to do a COVID-album on his own than the guy who (twice) popularized that album genre? It just worked so well as a story... Sober minds would have taken your approach and asked, ok what are the odds that he does something truly great, or even really good? That he could top his previous 15 years or so of music?
To be fair, I could reassess it and say he succeeded. But I didn't think so when it came out.
I'm about halfway through, and my opinion hasn't changed. The only track that even remotely interested me is the Polythene Pam pastiche Lavatory Lil.
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Post by kds on Apr 18, 2022 13:07:57 GMT
Sigh. I've just finished McCartney III. And, I'm giving III a 3. To me, it's a rather poor attempt to try to recapture the feel of the five decades old McCartney album.
Paul McCartney's 21st Century output continues to leave me somewhat cold.
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