Monday, May 17, 2010

"Liverpool 8" by Ringo Starr – ***

First released: 2008

Ringo’s return to Capitol records, marking the first time since 1976 that all four Beatles were signed to the same label, except that rat McCartney is now releasing his new albums through Hear Music, just to screw things up. Anyway, this album marks a return to form for Ringo after the slight dip in quality of "Choose Love".

Ringo's output in general from 1998-2008 has been leaps and bounds above McCartney's, save for McCartney's excellent "Memory Almost Full" in 2007. A great start for Ringo, although the album still probably won't sell very well.

It is also the first Beatles related album to be released on a USB memory stick flash drive wristband. That version includes a new spoken introduction by Ringo.

Ringo’s return to Capitol would prove to be short-lived with this album and a revised greatest hits package ("Photograph") being the only releases before Ringo roamed on once again to a different label for his next studio project, "Y Not", on Universal’s Hip-O label.

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