Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr

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Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr
Photograph - The Very Best of Ringo Starr cover art.jpg
Greatest hits album by
Released27 August 2007
Recorded1970–2005
Genre Rock
Length67:53
Label Apple
Producer
  • Richard Perry
  • Ringo Starr
  • Arif Mardin
  • Don Was
  • Mark Hudson
  • George Harrison
Ringo Starr chronology
Ringo Starr and Friends
(2006)
Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr
(2007)
Ringo Starr: Live at Soundstage
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
BBC (favourable) [2]
IGN 8.8/10 [3]
No Ripcord8/10 [4]
The Music BoxStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
PopMatters 7/10 [6]
prefix4.0/10 [7]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr (the last word visually rendered as Five-pointed star.svg ) is a career-spanning best-of compilation album by Ringo Starr and is the first such album since the releases of 1975's Blast from Your Past and 1989's Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2 . The album was released in the UK on 27 August 2007, and in the US on 28 August. [6]

Contents

Overview

The release of the new collection coincided with the reissue of Starr's first four solo albums for EMI, in digital format, on 28 August 2007. [9]

The tracks from 1970s and 1980s presented on the compilation featured updated mixes of the songs in comparison to Starr's 1990s CD reissues of his earlier albums.

Photograph contains all the tracks that appear on the earlier compilation Blast from Your Past .

Reception

The compilation debuted at number 26 on the UK Albums Chart on 2 September 2007. This achievement represented Starr's highest peak on that chart since 1974, when Goodnight Vienna reached number 30. Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr stayed in the UK top 100 for three weeks. The album also had a two-week chart run in the United States, where it debuted at number 130 with 5,426 copies sold during the first week of release.

Track listing

CD

No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
1."Photograph" Richard Starkey, George Harrison Ringo , 19733:58
2."It Don't Come Easy"Starkeynon-album single, 19713:01
3."You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful and You're Mine)" Bob Sherman, Richard Sherman Ringo, 19732:49
4."Back Off Boogaloo"Starkeynon-album single, 19723:19
5."I'm the Greatest" John Lennon Ringo, 19733:26
6."Oh My My" Vini Poncia, StarkeyRingo, 19734:15
7."Only You (And You Alone)" Buck Ram, Ande Rand Goodnight Vienna , 19743:24
8."Beaucoups of Blues"Buzz Rabin Beaucoups of Blues , 19702:33
9."Early 1970"Starkey B-side to "It Don't Come Easy"2:18
10."Snookeroo" Elton John, Bernie Taupin Goodnight Vienna, 19743:24
11."No No Song" Hoyt Axton, David JacksonGoodnight Vienna, 19742:31
12."(It's All Down To) Goodnight Vienna"LennonGoodnight Vienna, 19743:02
13."Hey! Baby"Margaret Cobb, Bruce Channel Ringo's Rotogravure , 19763:10
14."A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll" Carl Groszmann Ringo's Rotogravure, 19763:24
15."Weight of the World"Brian O'Doherty, Fred Velez Time Takes Time , 19923:54
16."King of Broken Hearts"Starkey, Mark Hudson, Dean Grakal, Steve Dudas Vertical Man , 19984:43
17."Never Without You"Starkey, Hudson, Gary Nicholson Ringo Rama , 20035:23
18."Act Naturally (Duet with Buck Owens)" Johnny Russell, Voni Morrison Act Naturally , 19893:00
19."Wrack My Brain"Harrison Stop and Smell the Roses , 19812:21
20."Fading In Fading Out"Starkey, Hudson, Gary Burr Choose Love , 20053:58
Total length:67:53

Collector's edition DVD

  1. "Sentimental Journey" (1970 promotional film)
  2. "It Don't Come Easy" (1971 promotional film)
  3. "Back Off Boogaloo" (1972 promotional film)
  4. "You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful and You're Mine)" (1973 promotional film)
  5. "Only You (And You Alone)" (1974 promotional film)
  6. "Act Naturally" (with Buck Owens) (1989 music video)
  7. "Goodnight Vienna" (1974 promotional film for album)

Photograph: The Digital Hits

The track listing and title for the iTunes release differs from the standard release. Unlike the standard CD release, the digital album contains "Oo-Wee" (from Goodnight Vienna), "Have You Seen My Baby" and an extended version of "Six O'Clock" (both from Ringo) in place of "Hey! Baby", "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll" and "King of Broken Hearts". A digital booklet was also included with the purchase of Photograph: The Digital Hits.

Personnel

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [10] 84

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