Y Not - Ringo Starr

Background- A couple of years back, R Ringo Starr said he would no longer sign autographs. Not only was this a slap in the face to all his devoted fans down the years, he has the cheek to release an album like this. After the relative success of Ringo s last album , Liverpool 8, he soon set himself the task of recording the follow up. Y Not is Ringo s most successful album since 1976 selling a tidy 30,000 copies worldwide. This may have something to do with the myriad of special guests he has on this new record and his relentless touring with his All Starr Band. Opinion- Reviewing a Ringo Starr album is a pretty thankless task. Not only are you comparing it to The ...

Photograph: The Very Best Of Ringo - Ringo Starr

There are some great R Ringo Starr tracks on this album, but there are also what I believe to be some glaring ommissions as well as some slight oversights. La De Da was a brilliant single from Vertical Man, yet was not included on this compilation. I also thought the track Pure Gold from Rotogravure should have been added to this CD. It would have been nice to have maybe some new live versions of old Ringo Beatles classics such as Octopus s Garden, Don t Pass Me By and Honey Don t, although Act Naturally was a step in the right direction. All the best hits other than those I have already mentioned are here, most notably for me You re Sixteen and Photograph. Never ...