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'''''Amoeba's Secret''''' is an EP by ] recorded during a secret performance at ] in ], California, on 27 June 2007.<ref name="Calkin">{{cite web|title=Paul McCartney - Amoeba's Secret|author=Calkin, Graham|url=http://www.jpgr.co.uk/hmlp30607.html|access-date=16 October 2009}}</ref> '''''Amoeba's Secret''''' is an EP by ] recorded during a secret performance at ] in ], California, on 27 June 2007.<ref name="Calkin">{{cite web|title=Paul McCartney - Amoeba's Secret|author=Calkin, Graham|url=http://www.jpgr.co.uk/hmlp30607.html|access-date=16 October 2009}}</ref>


The EP reached 119 on the ] albums chart, despite relatively little promotion. The low-resolution album art is intentional, as to make the EP resemble a ]. The back of the sleeve features an incomplete ] whose letters contain hidden details of the recording. The EP reached 119 on the ] albums chart, despite relatively little promotion. The low-resolution album art is intentional, as to make the EP resemble a ]. The back of the sleeve features an incomplete ] whose letters contain hidden details of the recording.

All four songs on this EP were later included on the 2010 12-track promotional CD '']''. Both of these were subsequently replaced by the remixed and expanded 21-track 2019 release of the entire performance called '']''.


==Release== ==Release==
The EP was originally released in November 2007 in a limited 12" vinyl edition. In January 2009 it received wider release on ] and ] formats.<ref name="Hear Music">{{cite web|title=Amoebas Secret HRM 31306 02 : Paul McCartney|publisher=]|url=http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/albums/Amoebas-Secret-HRM-31306-02/|access-date=16 October 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091124224557/http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/albums/Amoebas-Secret-HRM-31306-02/| archive-date= 24 November 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> The EP was originally released in November 2007 in a limited 12" vinyl edition. In January 2009 it received wider release on ] and ] formats.<ref name="Hear Music">{{cite web|title=Amoebas Secret HRM 31306 02 : Paul McCartney|publisher=]|url=http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/albums/Amoebas-Secret-HRM-31306-02/|access-date=16 October 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091124224557/http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/albums/Amoebas-Secret-HRM-31306-02/| archive-date= 24 November 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>


The songs "]" and "That Was Me" were also released as b-sides to the "]" single in 2007. All the tracks of the EP were later included in the limited edition 2010 live album '']''. The concert in its entirety was released 12 July 2019 on an album titled '']''.<ref name="Second Disc">{{cite web|title=Paul Is Live: McCartney Premieres "Amoeba Gig," Reissues Classic Live Sets on CD and LP|url=https://theseconddisc.com/2019/05/paul-is-live-mccartney-premieres-amoeba-gig-reissues-classic-live-sets-on-cd-and-lp/|access-date=12 July 2019}}</ref> The songs "Only Mama Knows" and "That Was Me" were also released as b-sides to the "]" single in 2007. All the tracks of the EP were later included in the limited edition 2010 live album '']''. The concert in its entirety was released 12 July 2019 on an album titled '']''.<ref name="Second Disc">{{cite web|title=Paul Is Live: McCartney Premieres "Amoeba Gig," Reissues Classic Live Sets on CD and LP|date=24 May 2019 |url=https://theseconddisc.com/2019/05/paul-is-live-mccartney-premieres-amoeba-gig-reissues-classic-live-sets-on-cd-and-lp/|access-date=12 July 2019}}</ref>


== Track listing == == Track listing ==
#"]" (]) – 3:47 #"Only Mama Knows" (]) – 3:47
#"]" (P. McCartney, ]) – 3:17 #"]" (P. McCartney, ]) – 3:17
#"That Was Me" (P. McCartney) – 3:03 #"That Was Me" (P. McCartney) – 3:03
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! scope="row"| US ]<ref name="BB200">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/paul-mccartney/chart-history/TLP/4|title=Chart History Paul McCartney|work=Billboard|access-date=25 December 2019}}</ref> ! scope="row"| US ]<ref name="BB200">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/paul-mccartney/chart-history/tlp/|title=Chart History Paul McCartney|magazine=Billboard|access-date=25 December 2019}}</ref>
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2007 EP by Paul McCartney
Amoeba's Secret
EP by Paul McCartney
Released13 November 2007
Recorded27 June 2007
VenueAmoeba Music
GenreRock
Length13:32
LabelHear Music
ProducerDarrell Thorp
Paul McCartney chronology
Memory Almost Full
(2007) 		Amoeba's Secret
(2007) 		Electric Arguments
(2008)

Amoeba's Secret is an EP by Paul McCartney recorded during a secret performance at Amoeba Music in Hollywood, California, on 27 June 2007.

The EP reached 119 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, despite relatively little promotion. The low-resolution album art is intentional, as to make the EP resemble a bootleg recording. The back of the sleeve features an incomplete word search whose letters contain hidden details of the recording.

All four songs on this EP were later included on the 2010 12-track promotional CD Live in Los Angeles. Both of these were subsequently replaced by the remixed and expanded 21-track 2019 release of the entire performance called Amoeba Gig.

Release

The EP was originally released in November 2007 in a limited 12" vinyl edition. In January 2009 it received wider release on CD and download formats.

The songs "Only Mama Knows" and "That Was Me" were also released as b-sides to the "Ever Present Past" single in 2007. All the tracks of the EP were later included in the limited edition 2010 live album Live in Los Angeles. The concert in its entirety was released 12 July 2019 on an album titled Amoeba Gig.

Track listing

  1. "Only Mama Knows" (Paul McCartney) – 3:47
  2. "C Moon" (P. McCartney, Linda McCartney) – 3:17
  3. "That Was Me" (P. McCartney) – 3:03
  4. "I Saw Her Standing There" (Lennon–McCartney) – 3:25

Personnel

Nominations

Two tracks from this EP were nominated for Grammy Awards in 2008 for the 51st Grammy Awards on 8 February 2009: "That Was Me" for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and "I Saw Her Standing There" for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance. Neither song won, and both lost to John Mayer tracks ("Say" and "Gravity" respectively). McCartney performed "I Saw Her Standing There" with Dave Grohl on drums during the ceremony.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic

Writing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine commented: "Sadly, this is just a taste of the full 20-song set, but it's a good one, containing two songs from Memory (the best being "That Was Me," sounding randy and funny in a way it wasn't on LP), a giddy run through "C Moon," and an energetic closer of "I Saw Her Standing There." It's a little of everything from Sir Paul, all of it good, all enough to make you wish you were there, or at least that the whole thing came out on CD."

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
US Billboard 200 119

Release details

Country Date Label Format Catalog number
United States 13 November 2007 Hear Music 12" EP HMLP-30607 (8 88072 30607 3)
27 January 2009 CD HRM-31306-02 (8 88072 31306 4)
download HRM-31306-25

References

  1. ^ Calkin, Graham. "Paul McCartney - Amoeba's Secret". Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  2. ^ "Amoebas Secret HRM 31306 02 : Paul McCartney". Concord Music Group. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  3. "Paul Is Live: McCartney Premieres "Amoeba Gig," Reissues Classic Live Sets on CD and LP". 24 May 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  4. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Amoeba's Secret > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  5. "Chart History Paul McCartney". Billboard. Retrieved 25 December 2019.

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