The Very Best of Ringo, which compiles the solo hits and more from Ringo Starr, who was best known as the backbeat of The Beatles, is now available on MP3 format from Amazon this month for only $5.00. (The CD is currently $13.89 and is an AutoRip, which means with the CD purchase you’ll also get a FREE MP3 download of the entire album.)
One of the most surprising things during the wake of The Beatles’ break up as a recording and band unit in 1970 was how fast Starr achieved solo success. Between 1971 and 1975, he had amassed 7 singles in the top ten, two of them number one hits, all of which are included on this 20-song release (the irresistibly maudlin “Photograph,” the tailor made for his mid-range nasally staccato vocals “You’re Sixteen,” the got to pay your dues “It Don’t Come Easy,” and the surprisingly effective cover of The Platters ballad to end all ballads, “Only You” to name a few). The record is rounded out with songs that aren’t necessarily filler and aren’t necessarily chart hits, they lie somewhere in between, in every aspect (the standouts being the John Lennon-penned in anyone else’s hands it’s an ego fest, in Ringo’s it’s charming ad nauseum “I’m the Greatest,” and “Early 1970,” Ringo’s ode to the Beatles breakup, done again, in that polished perfect aw shucks kind of Ringo style that’s associative with him). That said, the collection still is essential and a perfect open door to entry to the solo career of The Beatle who still relishes his Beatle stereotype and all that it gave him and ultimately, the fans.
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Track Listing
1. Photograph
2. It Don’t Come Easy
3. You’re Sixteen You’re Beautiful (And You’re Mine)
4. Back Off Boogaloo
5. I’m The Greatest
6. Oh My My
7. Only You (And You Alone)
8. Beaucoups Of Blues
9. Early 1970
10. Snookeroo
11. No No Song
12. Goodnight Vienna (It’s All Down To) (Single Version)
13. Oo-Wee
14. Have You Seen My Baby
15. Six O’Clock (Extended Version)
16. Weight Of The World
17. Never Without You
18. Act Naturally
19. Wrack My Brain
20. Fading In And Fading Out
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Truly a great compilation by the most underrated Beatle, but they could easily have fit a few more songs on there. Hell, they dropped three songs from the CD edition for the digital edition, so swap out the extended “Six O’ Clock” for the album version and fill in the others and you have a full disc of Ringo goodness!
My expanded track list:
01 – Photograph
02 – It Don’t Come Easy
03 – You’re Sixteen, You’re Beautiful (and You’re Mine)
04 – Back Off Boogaloo
05 – I’m the Greatest
06 – Oh My My
07 – Only You (and You Alone)
08 – Beaucoups of Blues
09 – Early 1970
10 – Snookeroo
11 – No No Song
12 – Goodnight Vienna [single edit]
13 – Hey Baby [bonus track, from “Ringo’s Rotogravure”]
14 – A Dose of Rock n’ Roll [bonus track, from “Ringo’s Rotogravure”]
15 – Oo-Wee
16 – Have You Seen My Baby?
17 – Six O’Clock [album version, from “Ringo”]
18 – Weight of the World
19 – King of Broken Hearts [bonus track, from “Vertical Man”]
20 – Never Without You
21 – Act Naturally [w/ Buck Owens]
22 – Wrack My Brain
23 – Fading in and Fading Out
Comment by totz the plaid — January 10, 2014 @ 7:30 pm