Product Description

Brand new studio album from legendary artist Ringo Starr. Liverpool 8 features 12 new tracks written and produced by Ringo Starr and Dave Stewart.

Track Listing

1. Liverpool 8
2. Think About You
3. For Love
4. Now That She s Gone Away
5. Gone Are The Days
6. Give It A Try
7. Tuff Love
8. Harry s Song
9. Pasodobles
10. If It s Love That You Want
11. Love Is
12. R U Ready?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3633 in Music
• Released on: 2008-01-15
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
Who but Ringo Starr could get away with a syrupy lyric like this: "When I look back / It sure was cool / For those four boys from Liverpool?" The wrap-up line is from "Liverpool 8," the title song from the drummer’s autobiographical 14th album: of Rory Storm, of Hamburg, and of John, Paul, and George. Like most Ringo efforts, it won’t win any songwriting accolades, but it can be just plain fun. Teaming with longtime collaborator Mark Hudson and producer Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), Starr belies his 67 years with still-solid drumming and an adolescence not far removed from "Octopus’s Garden." Emphasis here should be placed on the barroom request "Harry’s Song," as well as the seductively Spanish "Pasodobles" and a campy, banjo-led "RU Ready." With its infectious chorus--"Someone’s there to catch you when you’re ready to let go"--the latter could be a holdover from the Beatles’ White Album and confirms that, be it 1968 or 2008, when you ask for Ringo, it’s Ringo you get. --Scott Holter

Customer Reviews

I love Liverpool too!
The title song is worth the price of the album. Being a Beatlemaniac, I found the song very sentimental because it reviews Ringo's life. I also had the extreme privilege recently of seeing Ringo perform Liverpool 8 live at his All Staar concert in Radio City. This was one of my greatest experiences besides seeing the Beatles at Shea Stadium back in the day. At least at Radio City I could hear every word (unlike Shea where all we heard were the fans screaming). Ringo puts on a very professional and entertaining show and he sure knows how to pick his All Staars. After being at his concert I certainly had the urge to buy the Liverpool 8 CD and when I went online I was stunned to see the numerous albums Ringo has made since the Beatles broke up. My Ringo has been very busy! He also has a great website. From what I saw at his concert, he still certainly appeals to young and old. Looked like some of the boomers had their grandkids there and they were all having a fab time.

Very lackluster
At 68 years old we can all say it's a good thing Ringo is still in the game. However, it's another thing when the game consists of the same old repetitive songwriting formula over and over and over again. The songs are overly simplistic, lyrics are cheesy (and predictable) and his drumming is sadly nondescript. His production technique attempts to infuse the songs with the Beatle sound with backwards guitar loops, phasing vocals, etc. but the result comes across as forced and certainly rehashed and in the end this has a lot to do with the fact the songs are just flat out weak. Ringo needs to decide on what he wants to do. Does he want to make albums for the sake of making albums or does he want to put a solid, inspired product out. I don't buy the nonsense that he's "just Ringo". He was a Beatle and he himself knows he's selling himself short when he releases this type of dribble. My suggestion is he align himself with some new blood, new songwriters and some musicians with fire in their belly. Even at his age, he is capable of so much more than what he gives us on this CD. BnB Beatles Depot

Ringo at his best!
To put it simple - first 3 songs are among the best ever Rigno's!
Unmistakable style & clear sound.
Great!
One thing left to say - thank you Ringo!