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2007 EP by Paul McCartney| Amoeba's Secret | ||||
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| EP by Paul McCartney | ||||
| Released | 13 November 2007 | |||
| Recorded | Amoeba Music: 27 June 2007 | |||
| Genre | Rock, pop | |||
| Length | 13:32 | |||
| Label | Hear Music | |||
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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 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.
The concert was released in its entirety on an album titled Amoeba Gig, released 12 July 2019.
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 complete Amoeba Gig show, 21 songs in length and newly remixed by McCartney’s engineer Steve Orchard, was released on 12 July 2019 on CD, vinyl, and download. In the United Kingdom, a cut down version of the full set was given away free with the Daily Mail newspaper under the title Paul McCartney live in Los Angeles on the Upfront Music label, with the catalogue number UPMCMOS01.
Track listing
Amoeba's Secret original EP
- "Only Mama Knows" (Paul McCartney) – 3:47
- "C Moon" (P. McCartney, Linda McCartney) – 3:17
- "That Was Me" (P. McCartney) – 3:03
- "I Saw Her Standing There" (Lennon–McCartney) – 3:25
Amoeba Gig album (2019)
All tracks are written by Lennon-McCartney except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Drive My Car" | 2:41 |
| 2. | "Only Mama Knows" (Paul McCartney) | 3:47 |
| 3. | "Dance Tonight" (McCartney) | 3:25 |
| 4. | "C Moon" (Paul & Linda McCartney) | 3:13 |
| 5. | "The Long and Winding Road" | 3:34 |
| 6. | "I'll Follow the Sun" | 2:56 |
| 7. | "Calico Skies" (McCartney) | 2:57 |
| 8. | "That Was Me" (McCartney) | 3:03 |
| 9. | "Blackbird" | 3:44 |
| 10. | "Here Today" (McCartney) | 3:13 |
| 11. | "Back in the U.S.S.R." | 4:08 |
| 12. | "Nod Your Head" (McCartney) | 2:00 |
| 13. | "House of Wax" (McCartney) | 6:02 |
| 14. | "I've Got a Feeling" | 5:56 |
| 15. | "Matchbox" (Carl Perkins) | 3:31 |
| 16. | "Get Back" | 4:21 |
| 17. | "Baby Face" (Herry Axt, Benny Davis) | 0:54 |
| 18. | "Hey Jude" | 8:01 |
| 19. | "Let It Be" | 3:54 |
| 20. | "Lady Madonna" | 3:34 |
| 21. | "I Saw Her Standing There" | 3:25 |
| 22. | "Coming Up (Soundcheck)" (McCartney) | 4:25 |
Coming Up is a vinyl exclusive.
Personnel
- Paul McCartney – lead vocals, bass, guitar, mandolin, keyboard
- Rusty Anderson – guitar, vocals
- Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums, vocals
- Brian Ray – guitar, bass, vocals
- David Arch – keyboards
- Steve Orchard – 2019 remix sound engineer
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
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| 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 (2019) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) | 169 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) | 44 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) | 83 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 28 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 24 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) | 19 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) | 51 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 82 |
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
- ^ Calkin, Graham. "Paul McCartney - Amoeba's Secret". Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ^ "Amoebas Secret HRM 31306 02 : Paul McCartney". Concord Music Group. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- "Paul Is Live: McCartney Premieres "Amoeba Gig," Reissues Classic Live Sets on CD and LP". Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Amoeba's Secret > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- "Ultratop.be – Paul McCartney – Amoeba Gig" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- "Ultratop.be – Paul McCartney – Amoeba Gig" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- "Dutchcharts.nl – Paul McCartney – Amoeba Gig" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- "Offiziellecharts.de – Paul McCartney – Amoeba Gig" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2019-07-22" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- "Top 100 Albumes – Semana 29: del 12.7.2019 al 18.7.2019" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
External links
- Paul McCartney Rocked Amoeba at Amoeba Music official website
- Paul McCartney's - Amoeba's Secret at Graham Calkin's Beatles Pages
