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| 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 |
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.
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.
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?