Look Up (Ringo Starr album)

Look Up
Studio album by Ringo Starr
Released	10 January 2025 (2025-01-10)
Recorded	2024
Genre	Country
Length	36:57
Label	UME
Producer	T-Bone Burnett Daniel Tashian Bruce Sugar
Ringo Starr chronology
Crooked Boy (2024) Look Up (2025)
Singles from Look Up
"Time on My Hands" Released: 18 October 2024 "Thankful" Released: 15 November 2024 "Look Up" Released: 15 January 2025 [1]

Look Up is the twenty-first studio album by English singer-songwriter Ringo Starr. It was released on 10 January 2025 through Universal Music Enterprises. ^[2] It marks his first studio album in over five years since What's My Name (2019). A country music album, it features guest appearances from Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Lucius, and Larkin Poe, as well as writing and production contributions from T-Bone Burnett.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Clash	8/10 [4]
Classic Rock	[5]
Far Out Magazine	[6]
Paste	7/10 [7]
Pitchfork	6.3/10 [8]
Record Collector	[9]
Rolling Stone	[10]
Spill Magazine	[11]
Spectrum Culture	70% [12]
Sputnikmusic	2.8/5 [13]
The Line of Best Fit	6/10 [14]
The Telegraph	[15]

Ben Cardew of Pitchfork reviewed the album and gave it a 6.3 rating. ^[8] He described it as having a modern production, solid "drumming" and "full of wonderfully sensitive touches". ^[8] Emma Harrison of Clash wrote that the album "feels contemporary and energised with thoughtful lyrics that showcase his warm vocals" and "different from anything he has done before," giving it an 8/10 rating. ^[4] Far Out Magazine 's Dale Maplethorpe described Look Up as "technically sound, but the focal point fails to deliver on the key aspects that help us lean towards country music", giving it three stars out of five. ^[6] Rolling Stone 's Rob Sheffield called the album "the sound of Ringo being himself, the least jaded rock star in the universe, which is exactly what we want from this wise old sage", rating it 3.5 out of 5. ^[10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by T-Bone Burnett, except where noted.

Look Up track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Breathless" (featuring Billy Strings)		3:02
2.	"Look Up" (featuring Molly Tuttle)	Burnett Daniel Tashian	3:10
3.	"Time on My Hands"	Burnett Tashian Paul Kennerley	3:59
4.	"Never Let Me Go" (featuring Billy Strings)		3:55
5.	"I Live for Your Love" (featuring Molly Tuttle)	Burnett Bill Swan	2:59
6.	"Come Back" (featuring Lucius)		2:49
7.	"Can You Hear Me Call" (featuring Molly Tuttle)		2:54
8.	"Rosetta" (featuring Billy Strings and Larkin Poe)		3:46
9.	"You Want Some"	Swan	3:03
10.	"String Theory" (featuring Molly Tuttle and Larkin Poe)	Burnett Tashian	3:37
11.	"Thankful" (featuring Alison Krauss)	Bruce Sugar Richard Starkey	3:38
Total length:			36:57

Personnel

Musicians

• Ringo Starr – drums, lead vocals, percussion (1), whistling (6)
• T-Bone Burnett – electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 7–11), acoustic guitar (1, 4, 6, 8), 6-string bass (2, 3)
• Dennis Crouch – bass
• Daniel Tashian – acoustic guitar (1–3, 10), electric guitar (2–4, 9, 11), woodblock (2), 6-string bass (3), piano (3), 12 string lead guitar (10), harmony vocals (11)
• Billy Strings – harmony vocal (1, 4, 8), lead acoustic guitar (1), guitars (4), electric guitar (8)
• Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar (2, 3, 5, 9–11)
• Molly Tuttle – harmony vocal (2, 5, 10), duet vocal (7), acoustic guitar (5, 7), mandolin (5), 12-string guitar (10)
• Andy Cata – piano (3)
• David Mansfield – string arrangement (3)
• Mickey Raphael – harmonica (4)
• Mike Rojas – piano (5)
• Colin Linden – resonator guitar (6)
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin (6)
• Rory Hoffman – acoustic guitar (6), clarinet (9)
• Lucius (Jess Wolfe & Holly Laessig) – background vocals (6)
• Joe Walsh – slide guitar (8)
• Rebecca Lovell – mandolin (8), background vocals (8, 10)
• Megan Lovell – background vocals (8, 10)
• Greg Leisz – acoustic guitars (11)
• Alison Krauss – harmony vocal (11)

Technical

• Bruce Sugar – production, engineering
• Daniel Tashian – production
• T-Bone Burnett – production
• Gavin Lurssen – mastering
• Reuben Cohen – mastering
• Michael Piersante – mixing, engineering
• Mike Stankiwicz – engineering
• Eddie Roberts – additional engineering, engineering assistance
• David Paulin – engineering assistance
• Grant Wilson – engineering assistance
• Joanna Finley – engineering assistance
• Karl Wingate – engineering assistance
• Michelle Freetly – engineering assistance
• Ivy Skoff – production coordination

Charts

Chart performance for Look Up

Chart (2025)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [16]	14
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [17]	63
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [18]	14
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [19]	35
Scottish Albums (OCC) [20]	5
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [21]	54
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [22]	7
UK Albums (OCC) [23]	79
UK Americana Albums (OCC) [24]	1
UK Country Albums (OCC) [25]	1
US Billboard 200 [26]	147
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [27]	12
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [28]	27
US Top Rock & Alternative Albums ( Billboard ) [29]	30

References

1. Leva, Raffaella (15 January 2025). "Look Up – Ringo Starr, Molly Tuttle" (in Italian). Universal Music Italia . Retrieved 15 January 2025.
2. Hudak, Joseph (18 October 2024). "Ringo Starr Goes Cowboy for New Roots Music Album 'Look Up'". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 13 January 2025.
3. Look Up - Ringo Starr | Album | AllMusic , retrieved 8 February 2025
4. Harrison, Emma (9 January 2025). "Ringo Starr – Look Up". Clash . Retrieved 14 January 2025.
5. Lewry, Fraser (12 January 2025). "Ringo Starr sets sail for unchartered waters on languid country album Look Up". Louder Sound. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
6. Maplethorpe, Dale (11 January 2025). "Ringo Starr – Look Up album review: There's no peace and love in this rootin'-tootin' town". Far Out Magazine . Retrieved 14 January 2025.
7. Pichler, Anna (15 January 2015). "Ringo Starr Gets Back in Touch with His Country Side on Look Up". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
8. Cardew, Ben (13 January 2025). "Look Up". Pitchfork . Retrieved 14 January 2025.
9. "Look Up". Record Collector Magazine. 23 January 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
10. Sheffield, Rob (10 January 2025). "Review: Ringo Starr Exudes Cowboy Cool on Look Up". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 14 January 2025.
11. Badgley, Aaron (10 January 2025). "SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: RINGO STARR - LOOK UP". The Spill Magazine. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
12. Cober-Lake, Justin (21 January 2025). "Ringo Starr: Look Up". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
13. DadKungFu (15 January 2025). "Review: Ringo Starr - Look Up | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
14. Mills, Joshua (10 January 2025). "Ringo Starr: Look Up Review - easy listening | Country". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
15. McCormick, Neil; Platt, Poppie (10 January 2025). "Ringo Starr, Look Up, review: his best since the post-Beatles highs of the 1970s". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 8 February 2025.
16. "Austriancharts.at – Ringo Starr – Look Up" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
17. "Ultratop.be – Ringo Starr – Look Up" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
18. "Offiziellecharts.de – Ringo Starr – Look Up" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
19. "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2025-01-20/p/4" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
20. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
21. "Top 100 Albums – Week 3". El Portal de Música. Productores de Música de España . Retrieved 26 January 2025.
22. "Swisscharts.com – Ringo Starr – Look Up". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
23. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
24. "Official Americana Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
25. "Official Country Artists Albums Chart Top 20". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
26. "Ringo Starr Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
27. "Ringo Starr Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
28. "Ringo Starr Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
29. "Ringo Starr Chart History (Top Rock & Alternative Albums)". Billboard . Retrieved 22 January 2025.

External links

• Look Up at Discogs (list of releases)