![]() ![]() He positions Ringo in a shamelessly overproduced, “dance”-oriented atmosphere that ranks as the most embarrassing, gut-churning moment for any former Beatle. Run screaming, however, from “The 4th,” produced with an unerringly blind eye to the punk revolution brewing around him by slickster disco maven Arif Mardin. We’ll leave aside Starr’s vaudeville-themed CD “Sentimental Journey,” and his twangy “Beaucoup of Blues” recording, both of which have their moments. Upside: There were some great career highlights along the way, including Harrison compositions like “Photograph” and “It Don’t Come Easy,” McCartney’s “Six O’Clock” and Lennon’s fun rocker “I’m The Greatest.” Downside: This wasn’t one of them.Ĥ.: ALL OF “RINGO THE FOURTH” (1977 album, Polydor): Worse still was when Ringo made an album where his old buddies were absent. ![]() 1s in 1973 - the bulk of which had the fingerprints of his former Beatle bandmates on them. In a way, though, that’s fitting: From 1971 to ’75, Starr issued seven consecutive Top 10 records, including back-to-back No. ![]() Starr was then left with Harrison’s slight “Wrack My Brain” as the lead single, and it somehow overcame a terrifically annoying cadence to become Ringo’s final Top 40 hit. “Nobody Told Me” became Lennon’s final, posthumous charting hit, while George Harrison ended up rewriting “All Those Years Ago” as a tribute to their fallen bandmate and re-recording it with Starr and McCartney. Downside: They were blindingly rote … “When I look back / It sure was cool / For those four boys from Liverpool.”ģ.: “WRACK MY BRAIN” (single from 1981’s “Stop and Smell the Roses,” Capitol): In the wake of John Lennon‘s murder, two of this session’s best cuts ended up elsewhere. Upside: He got plenty of press for lyrics referencing his old band’s meteoric rise. Starr had already issued the definitive look back at his time with the Beatles - the charming countrified B-side “Early 1970” from “It Don’t Come Easy,” which chronicled the contemporary lives of three of Starr’s suspiciously familiar musician friends. Early in the Fabs’ solo careers, we clearly would buy whatever they put out (see “Ringo’s Rotogravure,” later on this list).Ģ.: “LIVERPOOL 8” (2008 title track and single, Capitol): Quit while you are ahead. Upside: This washed-out reggae actually rose to No. Looking back at the low points, presented in no particular order of god-awfulness, you’d think Ringo would be happy for whatever posts happen to arrive:ġ.: “NO NO SONG” (single from 1974’s “Goodnight Vienna,” Apple): An almost-unlistenably sing-songy, denunciation of the ’60s aesthetic of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll, this Hoyt Axton composition might have been funnier if Starr hadn’t subsequently wrecked his own career over the next decade with … well, you know the rest. 1 hit in his native country’s album listings. That’s never more obvious than over the course of Starr’s hit-and-mostly-miss solo career : Even with consistent assists from hall of famers Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison, Ringo never produced a chart-topping UK single he’s also the only former Beatle who failed to earn a No. But I don't treat you like I, But I don't treat you like I, But I don't treat you like I.When Ringo Starr recently announced that he wouldn’t be responding to any more fan mail, it occurred to me that he must be completely unaware of the disastrous foibles he’s unleashed on a loving but ultimately unwitting fanbase.Ĭertainly likeable (at one time, anyway), Starr was and is a drive-by celeb, someone so lightning-strike lucky to have replaced Pete Best on the eve of the Beatles’ major-label signing and unprecedented subsequent fame. I don't treat you Like I'd like to treat you, Ev'ry diamond in the sky is in your eyes, But I don't treat you like I, No, I don't treat you like I, No, I don't treat you like I should. I want to tell you, I'd like to tell you, I'd love to tell you too. But I know for sure, I could do more, more. I know you would say, you love my way, It's good enough for you. But while you're sleeping softly in your bed, I wanna tell you, I'd like to tell you, I'd love to tell you too. It could be the comfort going to my head, That makes me wanna dream of you. ![]() I don't treat you like I'd like to treat you, Ev'ry planet in the sky is in your eyes, But I don't treat you like I, No, I don't treat you like I, No, I don't treat you like I should. It can't be the kind of company I keep, That keeps me askin', you keep me askin', You keep me wond'rin' why. Six o'clock in the morning, you've just gone to sleep, I wipe a tear from my eye. ![]()
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