All of the post-comeback Ringo records are good ones – nothing on them is bad, and there are usually a couple of standouts.
Keepers:
Vertical Man
La De Da
Archive for the ‘Beatles’ Category
Ringo Starr-Vertical Man
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
Beatles-Magical Mystery Tour
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
Keepers:
All You Need Is Love
Baby You’re A Rich Man
Hello Goodbye
I Am The Walrus
Magical Mystery Tour
Penny Lane
Strawberry Fields Forever
The Fool On The Hill
Your Mother Should Know
Paul McCartney-Pipes Of Peace
Saturday, December 17th, 2011
Ringo Starr-Time Takes Time
Monday, September 26th, 2011
Solo Beatle comes back with a vengeance, and it would be the first of a string of RingoRecords that are really good (and at times transcendent).
Keepers:
Weight Of The World
Don’t Go Where The Road Don’t Go
Beatles-Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Monday, September 19th, 2011
I’ve almost been afraid to post this for fear of alienating a bunch of readers, but it’s time to come clean – I’ve never liked this record. There are some great songs (it IS a Beatles record after all), but it just doesn’t click for me.
First of all, much of it sounds kind of thin – in true Beatles fashion there is no wasted ear-space, but instead of an interesting guitar thing or drum thing or bass thing we might get a calliope thing or a sound effect… fun the first time I listened but the novelty wore off kind of quick. The other thing that bothered me right from the beginning was that John was using his whiny NyahNyah voice a lot, making some of the lead vocals difficult to like and the background vocals slightly harsh (to my ears, anyway). They would take the same sort of approach on what wound up being Magical Mystery Tour, but on that album they (mostly) got it right and then moved on.
Adding to the (it’s all relative, I know) Misery, She’s Leaving Home is my least favorite Beatle performance of all time. Gives me the creeps.
I’d sooner listen to Besame Mucho a hundred times than listen to She’s Leaving Home once.
Put Wild Honey Pie on an endless tape loop and force me to listen for hours, just don’t EVER make me listen to She’s Leaving Home again.
Ok… I’m ready to do my penance. Thanks for putting up with this.
PS – I intend to listen to the mono version of this album at some point, and I do reserve the right to change my mind about it (except She’s Leaving Home, which I will skip).
Keepers:
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (first one)
With a Little Help from My Friends
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Getting Better
Within You Without You
A Day in the Life
Paul McCartney-Tug Of War
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
George Harrison-Cloud Nine
Monday, August 29th, 2011
Ringo Starr-Old Wave
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
McCartney II
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
George Harrison-Gone Troppo
Monday, June 6th, 2011
Paul McCartney and Wings-Back To The Egg
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
Ringo Starr-Stop And Smell The Roses
Friday, April 8th, 2011
I’ve read nothing but bad things about the bonus track “You Can’t Fight Lightning”, but it’s a little bit Velvets, a little bit early Roxy Music, a little bit Ry Cooder on a bad day, has a fractured Chilton-esque lurch beat and is quite clearly one of the most amazing things any solo Beatle has ever done.
There… I’ve said it.
Keepers:
You Can’t Fight Lightning
George Harrison-Somewhere In England
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
John Lennon and Yoko Ono-Double Fantasy
Monday, March 7th, 2011
Keepers:
Woman
(Just Like) Starting Over
Watching the Wheels
Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
I’m Losing You
Kiss Kiss Kiss
Wings-London Town
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Keepers:
London Town
Children Children
With A Little Luck
Deliver Your Children
Name And Address
Don’t Let It Bring You Down
Girls School
Mull Of Kintyre
Beatles-Revolver
Friday, February 18th, 2011
Keepers:
And Your Bird Can Sing
Doctor Robert
Eleanor Rigby
For No One
Good Day Sunshine
Got To Get You Into My Life
Here, There and Everywhere
I’m Only Sleeping
Love You To
She Said She Said
Taxman
Tomorrow Never Knows
Yellow Submarine
