Recorded Mid 2004–early 2005 Artist Ringo Starr Label Koch Entertainment | Length 44:36 Release date 7 June 2005 Genres Rock music, Rock and roll | |
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Released 7 June 2005 (US)
25 July 2005 (UK) Producer Ringo Starr, Mark Hudson Choose Love
(2005) Ringo Starr and Friends
(2006) Similar Ringo Starr albums, Rock and roll albums | ||
Choose Love is the fourteenth studio album by Ringo Starr, released in 2005.
Contents
Background and recording
Recorded throughout 2004 into 2005, using the same team that created Vertical Man (1998) and Ringo Rama (2003), Starr produced the set with longtime musical partner Mark Hudson and performed it with their studio team. The title track, Choose Love has a Beatles-like Day Tripper guitar riff and mentions the Beatles songs "The Long and Winding Road", Tomorrow Never Knows, and What Goes On. As ever, a Starr album would be lacking if it did not include some celebrity guests and Choose Love does not deviate from the formula; it features Billy Preston and Chrissie Hynde as its most notable guests.
Release
Choose Love was released on 7 June 2005 in the US, and on 25 July in the UK. There was an edition of the album that was a dual disc (CD on side, DVD on the other), with the DVD component featuring bonus features on the making of the album.
Reception
Choose Love failed to chart in the UK and even in the US, where both Vertical Man and Ringo Rama had seen a measure of commercial success. The album received strong reviews upon its release and preceded another promotional tour with Starr and his studio band, called "The Roundheads".
Track listing
All songs by Richard Starkey, Mark Hudson, Gary Burr, Steve Dudas, and Dean Grakal, except where noted.
- "Fading In Fading Out" (Richard Starkey, Mark Hudson, Gary Burr) – 3:55
- "Give Me Back the Beat" – 3:53
- "Oh My Lord" – 5:32
- a response to George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord", bookended by the original demo of Starr's own song
- "Hard to Be True" (Starkey, Hudson, Burr) – 3:27
- "Some People" – 3:17
- "Wrong All the Time" (Starkey, Hudson, Burr) – 3:30
- "Don't Hang Up" (Starkey, Hudson, Burr) – 3:27
- features Chrissie Hynde on co-lead vocals
- "Choose Love" (Starkey, Hudson, Burr) – 3:07
- "Me and You" (Starkey, Hudson, Steve Dudas) – 2:15
- "Satisfied" (Starkey, Hudson, Gary Nicholson) – 3:19
- "The Turnaround" – 3:54
- "Free Drinks" – 4:45
- includes a brief untitled hidden musical piece following the track's end
Personnel
Personnel per booklet.
Songs
1Fading In Fading Out3:58
2Give Me Back the Beat3:55
3Oh My Lord5:32