“McCartney III” is worthy of Sir Paul

In the twilight of the most harrowing year in recent memory, Paul McCartney chose to release the third and likely final installment in his self-titled album series. The former Beatle requires no introduction, but perhaps the “McCartney” albums do.

After John Lennon informed his bandmates that he wanted a divorce in September of 1969, McCartney withdrew from the public eye to his farm in Scotland, devastated. After a difficult two months, his wife Linda urged him to begin work on his first solo project.

Returning to London, McCartney recorded the album almost entirely in his home in St. John’s Wood on a fourtrack tape recorder without a mixing desk. He performed all the instrumentals and vocals on the record. A week after the official breakup of the Fab Four in April of 1970, Paul began his stellar solo career with the release of “McCartney.”

The album spent three weeks at number one on the U.S. Billboard before losing its spot to “Let It Be” – ironically the Beatles’ 12th and final studio album – and offered one of the finest hits by an ex-Beatle in “Maybe I’m Amazed.”

Source: Cody Mello-Klein/alextimes.com

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