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Amoeba's Secret is an EP by Paul McCartney recorded during a secret performance at Amoeba Music in Hollywood, California, on June 27, 2007. The EP was released in November 2007 in a limited vinyl edition, and in January 2009 on CD and download formats.

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.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Only Mama Knows"McCartney3:47
2."C Moon"McCartney, Linda McCartney3:17
3."That Was Me"McCartney3:03
4."I Saw Her Standing There"John Lennon, Paul McCartney3:25
Total length:13:32

Nominations

Two tracks from this EP were nominated for Grammy Awards in 2008 for the 51st Grammy Awards on February 8, 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

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Allmusic

"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."

Release details

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

References

  1. ^ Calkin, Graham. "Paul McCartney - Amoeba's Secret". Retrieved October 16, 2009.
  2. ^ "Amoebas Secret HRM 31306 02 : Paul McCartney : Concord Music Group". Concord Music Group. Retrieved October 16, 2009.
  3. Allmusic review
  4. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "allmusic ((( Amoeba's Secret > Overview )))". Allmusic. Retrieved October 16, 2009.

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