Ringo Starr: Choose Love [Dual Disc]

Ringo Starr | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 7, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Dual Disc
• Label: Koch Records
• ASIN: B0009J4OEU
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #180,672 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fading in Fading Out

2. Give Me Back The Beat

3. Oh My Lord

4. Hard To Be True

5. Some People

6. Wrong All The Time

7. Dont Hang Up

8. Choose Love

9. Me And You

10. Satisfied

11. The Turnaround

12. Free Drinks

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Don't expect a major artistic statement, but if you're one of the many who enjoy Ringo Starr's brand of bouncy, good-natured, All-Starr band pop, Choose Love won't disappoint. Granted, the songs (true to the title, mostly about love) break no new ground, lyrically or musically, but Ringo's in exceptionally good voice throughout and Mark Hudson's production--a mix of Magical Mystery Tour-era Beatles, a good helping of Traveling Wilburys, and a bit of rockabilly--is well suited to the tracks. High points are the shuffle of "Give Me Back the Beat"; the 12-string jangle of "I Do"; the circus psychedelia of the Chrissie Hynde duet, "Don't Hang Up"; and the entirely sincere "Oh My Lord," which, featuring Billy Preston on organ, Robert Randolph on wailing steel, and the Rose Stone Gospel Choir, is a page right out of the Quiet Beatle's songbook (in fact, Ringo considers it his "My Sweet Lord" and played Olivia Harrison an early demo because he felt "George would have loved it"). The Beatles aesthetic is all over Choose Love, and, with a few exceptions ("The Long and Winding Road is more than a song / Tomorrow Never Knows What Goes On"), it's all for the best. Ringo fans will be delighted and listeners to oldies stations may have a new item for their wish lists. --Benjamin Lukoff

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Product Description

DVD side
* All Songs In Enhanced Stereo
* New Exclusive Choose Love Album Documentary
* Choose Love Album Lyrics
* New Ringo Biography & Song-By-Song Analysis

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Memories Break Through, July 12, 2005

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Lee Armstrong (Winterville, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ringo Starr: Choose Love (Audio CD)

With reference to the previous reviewer's comment, I can't bring up this dualdisc on my computer either; so I'll be on the lookout for a CD-only version @ the used CD store in time. The packing does say, "The audio side of this disc does not conform to CD applications & therefore not all DVD & CD players will play the audio side of this disc." My car & walkman play it fine, but I'd like to get some of the tracks in my computer playlists.

But that technical point aside, this is a delightful disc from Ringo. The opener "Fading In Fading Out" has the "All You Need Is Love" references to give it a Beatlesque feel, but the positive lyric is great. "Give Me Back the Beat" written by the band as the DVD side "making of the CD" section documents is a catchy toe tapper about homeless people, "Alleys filled with misery, shadows of your memories break through, I never knew how much I needed you." Perhaps a homage to George Harrison or a personal statement of faith, "Oh My Lord" is a rare spiritual track in Ringo's work. "Hard to Be True" has a lovely retro melody where Ringo gets wistful, "Time after time, Am I a record that's been broken, I know that I'm outside a door that I can't open." "Wrong All the Time" is a bluesy piece with some delicious piano by Jim Cox & Billy Preston's B3 organ. "Don't Hang Up" is a track designed to wear out the repeat button on your changer with Chrissie Hynde lending great vocals on this classy rocker. The title track also throbs with some snazzy bass and a churning electric lead. "The Turnaround" has a strong Day Tripper-like snaking guitar lead on an excellent track. "Choose Love" is an excellent disc with great songs, excellent musicianship and a good-time feel. Enjoy!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ringo at his best, August 20, 2005

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Big Beatle Fan (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ringo Starr: Choose Love (Audio CD)

From the opening beats of Fading In and Fading Out, this is the good-time rock and roll that we've come to expect from Ringo. Choose Love, Give Me Back the Beat, Some People, and Me and You are also standouts. If you like Ringo, you will like this album. He's been in a groove with his collaboration with Mark Hudson for the last decade.

How about a Ringo and the Roundheads Tour? That would beat the pants off the "All-Starr" Tours which have had some interesting stars, but I'd love to hear Ringo sing more than It Don't Come Easy, Yellow Submarine and With A Little Help From My Friends. That's what made the VH1 Storytellers CD so good, Ringo sang more than just the old stand-bys.

In case you missed any of them, each of Ringo's CD's since 1992's Time Takes Time have been very enjoyable. This CD continues in a similar vein.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Recording from A Rock Classic, June 23, 2005

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Frank C. Branchini "beatlefanfcb" (Edgewater, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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Choose Love continues the brilliant collaboration between Ringo and Mark Hudson (from the Hudson Brothers). This collection is not quite as brilliant as its predecessor (Ringo Rama) but still has lots of charm. Outstanding tracks are the rocking Choose Love and Give Me Back The Beat, and the beautiful Oh My Lord. It is great to hear Ringo in such fine form.