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 Music
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (94 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,253 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I'm The Greatest

2. Have You Seen My Baby?

3. Photograph

4. Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond)

5. You're Sixteen

6. Oh My My

7. Step Lightly

8. Six O'clock

9. Devil Woman

10. You and Me (Babe)

11. It Don't Come Easy

12. Early 1970

13. Down And Out

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Ringo Starr's various late-career All Star bands may have been somewhat shaggy, nostalgia-laden affairs, but they found a warm reception with audiences far and wide. But the concept of Starr gathering a roster of stellar musician friends in a comfortable, partylike atmosphere was hardly a new one. Until 1973's Ringo, Starr's solo work had been a strange mix of quirky exercises in nostalgia (Sentimental Journey), country & western (Beaucoups of Blues) and Beatles-esque top 10 hits ("It Don't Come Easy," "Back Off Boogaloo"). But under the big-budget aegis of producer Richard Perry, Starr gathered an impressive roster of musician friends (including all three fellow Beatles, the Band's Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, and Garth Hudson, and Harry Nilsson, Marc Bolan, Billy Preston and a dozen others) to record what remains the best album of his solo career. The Fabs contributions are warm and heartfelt, especially John Lennon's tongue-in-cheek romp, "I'm the Greatest," a track that outshines even George Harrison's upbeat sea-shanty "Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond)" and Paul McCartney's pop-flavored "Six O'Clock." But Ringo also proved that Starr himself was no slouch in the hit-making department, cowriting the hits "Photograph" (with Harrison) and "Oh My My," while making the Johnny Burnette chestnut "Only Sixteen" all his own. --Jerry McCulley

Product Description

Reissued with 3 BONUS tracks! 1973 solo album featuring John, Paul and George.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful

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

By Johnny Heering

Format: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.

49 of 58 people found the following review helpful

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

By Candace Scott

Format: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.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful

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

By J. GENIO

Format: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.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars His Best. No question. October 23, 2001

By Tom Tuerff

Format:Audio CD

While far from perfect, this album could ONLY have been made by Ringo, and ONLY in the 1972-73 time frame. Who else in the Beatles could have arranged for the other three to not only appear on the album, but contribute at least one song each? (He co-wrote "Photograph," maybe one of the best post-Beatles singles ever, with Harrison, too.) He sings Lennon's cocky "I'm the Greatest" with both John AND George adding support on the track, unashamedly being proud of his past and looking forward to the future.

Randy Newman's "Hold On" (Have You Seen My Baby) gets a bright, poppy cover here--one of my favorites on the disc.

Did George Harrison ever write a cooler song than "Sunshine Life For Me?" If you get a chance to hear Don McLean's version of it sometime, it's a real kick, too.

Side two (sorry, I'm dating myself -- the last five songs on the original album) aren't quite as good as side one--although Oh My My is a great forgotten oldie that you never hear anymore. McCartney's "Six O'Clock" is rather tedious after awhile and "Devil Woman," a song with a fairly nice beat and melody, suffers from simply bad lyrics.

Nice to see them add songs that didn't ever make it to an album. "It Don't Come Easy," Ringo's biggest (and first solo) hit; "Early 1970," its flip side, is probably the best song about the Beatles breakup ever written; and "Down and Out" is the flip side to the Photograph single. It's dumb, but the players are having fun on it.

Enjoy "Ringo." Who doesn't?