Choose Love

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.

Choose Love [DUALDISC]

Similar to above but includes a DVD side. On the DVD, expect to find:

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

RINGO STARR TOUR 2003

God bless Richard Starkey. As long as he gets the Ringo puppet out every couple of years, puts together the latest version of the All Starrs and take to the summer road, he keeps us all young. This album was recorded at the start of the 2003 tour and it captures the night, even if it presents an incomplete set. Conspicuously missing is the Harrison tribute, "Never Without You", which many fans felt was the show's highlight. Also absent is Paul Carrack's "Tempted" from his Squeeze days. But you get the latest versions (not much different from the myriad earlier versions) of six of Ringo's hits PLUS "Don't Pass Me By", previously unheard on All Starrs tours. Colin Hay is great. John Waite is very good. Sheila E. reprises her 2001 songs and all but steals the show, again. But like he says, "What's my name?"

Ringo Rama

This item will be released on March 25, 2003. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives.

The album features guest appearances by Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson, Shawn Colvin, David Gilmour, Charlie Haden and Van Dyke Parks. Click here for that.

King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo Starr

This Show Documents Ringo's August 23, 2001 show at the Rosemont Theatre in Chicago. What a fantastic show! What a fantastic CD!

Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band: The Anthology
[BOX SET]

This is not simply Ringo Starr's greatest hits, but a huge assembling of some of Rock's most enduring stars. Ringo has packed top notch band leaders into concert performances that bring back fantastic memories.

Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, Vol. 2
[LIVE]

Another fun- and hit-filled live set from Ringo, this time with the guitar-filled '92 lineup of the All-Starr Band: Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, Dave Edmunds, Todd Rundgren, Nils Lofgren, Burton Cummings, Tim Capello, and Zak Starkey. From the ""Really Serious" Introduction" by Quincy Jones all the way to long-awaited live finale of "With A Little Help From My Friends" this album captures the high-energy celebration of one of that year's most successful tours.

Blast From Your Past

Just possibly the luckiest pop musician in history (replacing hapless Pete Best in the Beatles on the eve of their EMI signing and the unprecedented fame that followed), Ringo Starr wasted no time carving out his own comfortable--and surprisingly successful--post-Fabs career in the early 1970s.

Starrstruck: Best Of, Vol 2 (1976-1983)

This is a collection of some of Ringo's finest songs. Not as tight as Blast From The Past, but a worthwhile album.

Sentimental Journey

Ringo Starr's early post-Beatle solo efforts revealed an artist who seemed to revel in both his newfound artistic freedom and the chance to prove just how underestimated he may have been.

Beaucoups of Blues

Of all the ex-Beatles, it was drummer Ringo Starr who seemed to have the most fun with the period of artistic liberty inspired by the band's remarkable post-breakup afterglow.

Ringo

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.

Goodnight Vienna

This is another great Offering from Ringo. The CD is even better than the LP because you get some great bonus tracks. First, you are treated to a John Lennon piece, "Goodnight Vienna." Sir Winston plays piano on this piece. The song is done with warmth and gusto.

Ringo's Rotogravure

Released in 1976, Ringo's Rotogravure shows the former Beatle once again getting by with a little help from his friends, this time including Dr. John, Van Dyke Parks, Levon Helm, Peter Frampton, Jesse Ed Davis, Klaus Voorman, and Melissa Manchester.

Ringo The 4th

In 1977, at the height of the British punk movement, the former drummer of England's greatest band released Ringo the 4th, a dinosaur-rock artifact if there ever was one. "Drowning in the Sea of Love" was the album's lead-off single. Not bad. A novelty.

Bad Boy

With this Ringo proved that he wasn't trying to be a flashy over the top rock star. He was just having fun making music that he enjoyed. I think that fun comes across through his performance on the album. "Who Needs A Heart" and "Tonight" contain all the elements of being hit singles. Ringo's vocals are good on all the songs on this album. If you like fun rock and roll buy this, you won't be sorry!

Ringo Starr And His All-Starr Band

After an absence of several years (1983's Old Wave had been his last release to date), Ringo surprised everyone by hitting the road for a series of sold-out U.S. concert dates in 1989 and 1990.

Time Takes Time

Newly rejuvenated by his All-Starr Band tours, Ringo returned to the studio in 1992 for the first time in nearly a decade. The resulting Time Takes Time was not only a respectable comeback, but also turned out to be his strongest album since 1973's Ringo.

Vertical Man

"Vertical Man" is not merely a retread of Beatles' styles. There is a grittiness, a density and a fluid eclecticism that is of the '90s, not the '60s. And there is consistency that has been lacking in Starr's work until now. All told, this is a tightly crafted, appealingly upbeat album.

VH1 Storytellers [LIVE]

On the most famous Beatles song that John Lennon and Paul McCartney deigned to let him sing, Ringo Starr asked the musical question, "What would you do if I sang out of tune / Would you stand up and walk out on me?" Decades later, most of us are still keeping our options open.

I Wanna Be Santa Claus

Forget that Ringo was the funny Beatle. For our purposes, he's the Christmas Beatle. Ringo is the only member of the Fab Four to release an album of holiday music and, if this 12-song collection is any indication, Richard Starkey has certainly found his niche.