Ringo - RINGO STARR****

I'm The Greatest/Hold On/Photograph/Sunshine Life For Me (Hold On Raymond)/You're Sixteen/Oh My My/Step Lightly/Six O'clock/Devil Woman/You & Me (Babe)

Ringo was notable for including contributions from all his former Beatles colleagues. Features the US chart toppers Photograph and You’re Sixteen that were also top ten hits in the UK. (US:2 UK:7)

“This album is just delightful. Ringo puts on a love fest of great musicians, and offers up a barrel of fun on vinyl. This is as close as we ever got to a Beatles reunion, with the presence of 3/4 of the band on a single song, and all of them appearing on the same album.”

“This is outstanding pop music with really strong compositions. Photograph is one of George Harrison's most enjoyable songs, and I'm The Greatest is John Lennon at his self deprecating best. Some big hits came from this album, but it's the non-hits that really make this album for me.”

“With a little help from his friends. Looking at the album credits, there's a surprisingly high amount of famous guest stars on this album. Most notable of these are all three of his former band-mates on at least one track or other. This makes this the last album all four were all on with new material and justifies the few odd claims that this is the last Beatles album. And as far as the songs go, they're all largely of the same quality.”

“Nothing Ringo would ever do could be deemed as vital, so how did the least talented Beatle get by in the post-split years? It's obvious, call in the help of your former band-mates, hire a hot-shot producer and make the most of your limited singing and playing abilities.This is what a Beatles album might have sounded, if Ringo had sang lead on all the songs.”

“Ringo’s best album by some distance, there’s nothing embarrassing on it and I think you’d have to be a real grump to dismiss the whole album.” “It's probably fair to cut Ringo some slack, but there's no getting around the fact that this record is mostly a piece of self indulgence. Its saving grace are not necessarily the contributions from the other Beatles - Lennon's I'm The Greatest is more of a cruel joke than a friendly contribution. It's Ringo's own Devil Woman that stands out as the only truly good tune.”