- Artist
- Paul McCartney
- Album
- McCartney III
Based on 11 reviews from outlets we track. Scores run 60 to 100.
| The gist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| XS Noize | 10/10 | 100 | “The Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 meant that many of us had to spend a lot of time indoors. Definitely a bummer in most cases, but one of the few silver…” |
| Uncut | 9/10 | 90 | “Stepping off the treadmill to turn a crisis into an opportunity” |
| Spectrum Culture | 80/100 | 80 | “Eleven remixes probe ways to reinvigorate and reshape McCartney’s most recent effort.” |
| Clash | 8/10 | 80 | “Paul McCartney’s ongoing creative luminescence is truly exceptional. Whereas peers such as Eric Clapton and Van Morrison find themselves at” |
| Riff Magazine | 8/10 | 80 | “He didn't have to make it, but a record like this from walking legend Paul McCartney is really an unexpected gift for the holidays.” |
| Rolling Stone Australia | 4/5 | 80 | “His latest recalls the pastoral, laid-back sound of 1970 solo debut.” |
| Beats Per Minute | 73% | 73 | “Music News, Reviews, Interviews, Videos and MP3s” |
| Pitchfork | 7.2/10 | 72 | “Read Stuart Berman’s review of the album.” |
| PopMatters | 7/10 | 70 | “Paul McCartney was made for lockdown. 2020 saw musicians downloading long-distance song contributions from far-flung bandmates at such a rate that it's a” |
| musicOMH | 3.5/5 | 70 | “Somewhere between a remix album and a covers record, McCartney III's companion piece features an A-list line-up” |
| Spill Magazine | 6.0/10 | 60 | “Paul McCartney McCartney III Imagined MPL/Capitol Say what you will about Paul McCartney, but he never does what is expected of him. Following the success of 2020’s McCartney III, McCartney…” |
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How the Breakdown works
Every outlet’s score is converted to 0–100 (2/5 is 40, 5.9/10 is 59, a B+ is 88) and averaged. Grades follow the B-Side scale: A is 90–100, B 80–89, C 70–79, D 60–69, F below 60. Critics who liked it is the share of outlets that scored it 75 or higher; the Breakdown shows green at 75 and up, red below. Divisiveness asks a different question: not whether critics liked it, but how close their scores are to each other. Five critics who all give it 50 are Unanimous, even though none of them liked it. The labels run Unanimous, Broad agreement, Some debate, Divided, and Contentious. Replay rate comes from listeners, not critics: yes counts fully, a few tracks counts half, no counts zero. The gist quotes each outlet’s own summary of its review. Scores marked est. come from reviews that publish no number.
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