Ringo

Ringo Starr | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 23, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B00000DRC2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (88 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,903 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Media Type: CD
Artist: STARR,RINGO
Title: RINGO
Street Release Date: 05/07/1991
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars He's the greatest, July 7, 2003

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ringo (Audio CD)

This was Ringo's first rock album, after forays into standards and country. To many people's surprise, he managed to release a great album. Of course, he did have a lot of help, including all the other ex-Beatles. This is what a Beatles album might have sounded like, if Ringo sang lead on all the songs. There were three big hits from this album, "Photograph", "You're Sixteen" and "Oh My My". Of course, those songs are great, but so are the rest of the songs on the album. The CD release includes three great non-LP bonus tracks. "It Don't Come Easy" was another smash hit, and the other two songs are fun B-sides. If you are going to buy only one Ringo album, this is the one to get, even more so than Blast from Your Past. Hell, six of the ten songs from that CD are on this CD anyway.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ringo At His Best, July 21, 2000

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J. GENIO (Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ringo (Audio CD)

As the story goes, The other three Beatles were concerned for Ringo. By 1973, Ringo wasn't doing so well. His first two LPs, Sentimental Journey and Beaucoup of Blues were flops. At this point, the three other Beatles came together to help Ringo. . .And the rest is history.

Of all the Beatle solo efforts, this one is the best mainly because you have all the Beatles working together on this album. That old Beatle magic must have been working because Ringo cranks out some of his most memorable tunes on this LP, "I Am the Greatest" (with Sir Winston O'Boogie), the catchy pop tune, "Photograph" (with L'Angelo Mysterioso), the 50-ish hop song, "You're 16," and "Oh My My." All these songs received heavy radio play in 1973 on both, AM and FM networks.

I love this LP. But, I love the CD even better because we are treated to some extra tracks: Perhaps Ringo's greatest single, "It Don't Come Easy," the B-side of that single, "Early 1970," and the rocking "Down and Out." "Early 1970" reflects Ringo's confusion over the future of the Beatles. After listening to "Early 1970," you get the feeling that Ringo never wanted the Beatles to end -- since he is wondering if "they will play with me (him)."

This is Ringo at his best. This CD also represents the closest thing we Beatle fans ever got to an actual reunion.

I definitely recommend this CD. If you are not Ringo fans. . . Well, by the time you listen to this CD, you will be converted forever. Great CD. . . Great Music. . . Great Fun.

41 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best solo Beatles album- really!, June 26, 2000

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Candace Scott (Lake Arrowhead, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ringo (Audio CD)

I realize nearly everyone else would say "Plastic Ono Band," "Imagine" or "Band on the Run" are the greatest solo Beatles albums. I disagree and nominate this incredible Ringo record for top honors. How many albums have you bought that had *no* lousy songs on them? This album pulls off that feat.

You want some great songs with incredible arrangements? You want songs you can listen to 500 times a week and never get sick of them? How about the rousing rocker "Have You Seen My Baby?" How about the Starr-Harrison ballad, "Photograph," an enormously under-rated song. Why not listen to Ringo's version of "You're Sixteen" (with Paul on the kazoo!) Or "Oh My My" which was a mega-hit back in '73. Sample "Devil Woman" which contains one of Ringo's best drum solos ever, nearly as good as the one he pulled off on the classic "Abbey Road."

This CD version contains "It Don't Come Easy" which was not on the original LP. This song is the second-best Beatles solo recording, after "Imagine." Admittedly many will laugh at that pick, but the song is brilliant, with an exciting and original arrangement. Ringo never sounded better. This is a *great* album, with wonderful and exuberant singing, an awesome backup band and the closest thing you'll ever get to hearing the Beatles again. On two songs John, George and Ringo perform together - not bad.

I have had this record since I was nine years old and I still listen to it regularly and it always brings a smile to my face. A brilliant album. Buy it and it will be a staple in your collection.