Paul McCartney’s “McCartney III: Imagined”: A solid, sometimes surprising collection of covers
An impressive roster of artists reinterprets Paul McCartney s latest work in McCartney III: Imagined. By Sean Maunier on April 16, 2021
Paul McCartney Photo: Mary McCartney
Almost from the moment he peeled away from The Beatles, Paul McCartney has been one of the most-covered artists alive. His personal cachet certainly doesn’t hurt, but there’s undeniably something magnetic about the way he puts together friendly, accessible songs that seem to invite other artists to pick them up and put their own spin on them. Last year’s homespun, largely acoustic quarantine album was no exception with the time and pretext to play with whatever ideas came into his head, he ended up making some of his most well-regarded work in years.