VH1 Storytellers (Ringo Starr album)
VH1 Storytellers | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | 20 October 1998 | |||
Recorded | 13 May 1998 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 51:56 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Producer | Mark Hudson | |||
Ringo Starr chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
Entertainment Weekly | B[3] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
VH1 Storytellers is a
video album by Ringo Starr recorded and released for the popular music program
in 1998. Unlike his previous live recordings, this release places Starr in an intimate environment where, as per the show's requirement, he tells the genesis of the songs being performed.
Recording
Recorded a month before the release of Starr's new studio album Beatles and early solo successes.
Release and reception
This marked the last time a Ringo Starr album was released on cassette in the United States, according to journalist Peter Palmiere. However, some countries in the Far East still issue cassettes of recent Ringo Starr material including Ringo Rama, Choose Love, and Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr.
VH1 Storytellers was released by Mercury Records in the US on 20 October 1998.[nb 1][5] The album failed to chart. Entertainment Weekly's reviewer wrote: "It's his yarns, though, that are most engaging … A nice retrospective of an under appreciated composer."[3]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | " Richard Starkey | 3:18 | |
3. | "I Was Walkin'" | Starkey/Mark Hudson/Dean Grakal | 4:21 |
4. | "Don't Pass Me By" | Starkey | 5:40 |
5. | "Back Off Boogaloo" | Starkey | 3:40 |
6. | "King of Broken Hearts" | Starkey/Hudson/Steve Dudas/Grakal | 7:42 |
7. | "Octopus's Garden" | Starkey | 2:51 |
8. | "Photograph" | Starkey/George Harrison | 4:10 |
9. | "La De Da" | Starkey/Hudson/Dudas/Grakal | 5:04 |
10. | "What in the... World" | Starkey/Hudson/Dudas/Grakal | 5:31 |
11. | "Love Me Do" | Lennon–McCartney | 3:42 |
12. | "With a Little Help from My Friends (Reprise)" | Lennon–McCartney | 1:19 |
13. | "I've Got Blisters..." | 0:13 | |
14. | "The End" | 0:03 |
Personnel
- Ringo Starr – lead vocals, drums, piano on "Don't Pass Me By"
- Joe Walsh – guitar, backing vocals
- Mark Hudson – guitar, harmonica, backing vocals
- Gary Burr – guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
- Steve Dudas – guitar
- Jack Blades – bass, backing vocals
- Jim Cox – keyboards, backing vocals
- Scott Gordon – harmonica
- Simon Kirke – drums, percussion
References
- Footnotes
- Citations
- AllMusic
- ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
- ^ a b "Ringo Starr VH1 Storytellers Album Review". Entertainment Weekly. 6 November 1998. p. 89.
- ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ ISBN 9780753508435.