Ringo Rama

Infobox Album | Name = Ringo Rama
Type = Album
Artist = Ringo Starr


Released = 24 March 2003
Recorded = 2002
Genre = Rock
Length = 49:52
Label = Koch
Producer = Mark Hudson and
Ringo Starr
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:il6zefuk3gf2 link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ringostarr/albums/album/270219/review/5942346/ringo_rama link]
Last album = "King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo & His New All-Starr Band"
(2002)
This album = "Ringo Rama"
(2003)
Next album = "Tour 2003"
(2004) |

"Ringo Rama" is Ringo Starr's twelfth studio album and was released in 2003. As the follow-up to 1998's "Vertical Man", it continues Starr's alliance with Mark Hudson as well as most of his collaborators from that last project. "Ringo Rama" is also Starr's first release under his new contract with Koch Records.

Not straying too far from his tried and tested formula, Starr engaged the services of some of his famous musician friends for "Ringo Rama". Contributors this time around include Willie Nelson, Charlie Haden, Van Dyke Parks, Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, Shawn Colvin, Timothy B. Schmit and Eric Clapton. With George Harrison's late 2001 passing before "Ringo Rama" was started, Starr composed "Never Without You" in tribute to his friend, having Clapton perform the guitar solo duties.

Released in March 2003 (and again that November in a special edition) to relatively good reviews, "Ringo Rama" missed the UK charts but managed a #113 peak in the US.

Track listing

#"Eye To Eye" (Starkey/Hudson/Dudas/Grakal) – 3:19
#"Missouri Loves Company" (Starkey/Hudson/Dudas/Grakal) – 3:33
#"Instant Amnesia" (Starkey/Hudson/Dudas/Grakal) – 5:12
#"Memphis In Your Mind" (Starkey/Hudson/Burr/Dudas/Grakal) – 3:13
#"Never Without You" (Starkey/Hudson/Nicholson) – 5:24
#"Imagine Me There" (Starkey/Hudson/Burr) – 3:55
#"I Think Therefore I Rock And Roll" (Starkey/Hudson/Grakal/Santo) – 3:25
#"Trippin' On My Own Tears" (Starkey/Hudson/Burr/Grakal) – 3:31
#"Write One For Me" (Starkey/Hudson/Burr) – 3:14
#"What Love Wants To Be" (Starkey/Hudson/Burr) – 3:03
#"Love First, Ask Questions Later" (Starkey/Hudson/Burr/Grakal) – 4:45
#"Elizabeth Reigns" (Starkey/Hudson/Burr/Dudas/Grakal) – 3:57
#"English Garden" (Starkey/Hudson/Burr/Dudas/Grakal) – 3:17
#* "Includes a hidden track entitled "I Really Love Her" performed completely by Starr"
#* "Deluxe Edition added:"
#"Blink" (Starkey/Hudson/Dudas/Grakal) - 2:52
#"OK Ray" (Starkey/Hudson/Dudas/Hart/Foote) - 3:02
#"I'm Home" (Starkey/Hudson/Dudas) - 3:23
Extra CD: Ringo Rama Radio Hour Interview - approx 59 min"
Extra DVD: Ringo Rama Limited Edition DVD - approx 70 min"

Personnel

*Ringo Starr – Lead Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Keyboards, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Megamouth
*Jack Blades – Background Vocals
*Gary Burr – Acoustic, Electric and Bass Guitars, Background Vocals
*Eric Clapton – Guitar Solos on 'Never Without You' and 'Imagine Me There'
*Shawn Colvin – Guest Vocal on 'Trippin' On My Own Tears'
*Jim Cox – Wurlitzer, B3 Organ, Piano
*Cliff Downs – Acoustic Guitar
*Steve Dudas – Electric Guitar, Bass
*Grant Geissman – Dobro
*David Gilmour – Guitar Solos on 'Missouri Loves Company' and 'I Think Therefore I Rock and Roll'
*Dean Grakal – Acoustic Guitar
*Gary S. Grant – Trumpet, Piccolo Trumpet
*Charlie Haden – Upright Bass on 'Instant Amnesia' and 'Imagine Me There'
*Nicole Renee Harris – Background Vocals
*Dan Higgins – Saxes, Flute, Clarinet
*Mark Hudson – Acoustic, Electric and Bass Guitars, Keyboards, Background Vocals
*Sarah Hudson – Background Vocals
*Jay Dee Maness – Pedal Steel
*Willie Nelson – Guest Vocal on 'Write One For Me'
*Gary Nicholson – 12-String Acoustic Guitar
*John O'Shea – Background Vocals
*Mark O'Shea – Background Vocals
*Van Dyke Parks – Accordion on 'What Love Wants To Be', 'Elizabeth Reigns' and 'English Garden'
*Herb Pederson – Banjo
*Mickey Raphael – Harmonica, Bass Harmonica
*Adam Ray – Background Vocals
*Christina Rumbley – Background Vocals
*Paul Santo – Electric Guitar, Bass
*Timothy B. Schmit – Background Vocals on 'Missouri Loves Company', 'Instant Amnesia', 'Memphis In Your Mind' and 'Write One For Me'
* Victoria Shaw – Background Vocals
*Sophie Sunseri – Background Vocals

External links

* [http://www.kochentertainment.com/ringo_starr.htm Koch Records artist website]
* [http://www.ringorama.com Album website]