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Ringo Starr - Liverpool 8
| Billboard | | Most pop music fans think they know Ringo Starr. And musically, it's probably true. The fun-loving Beatle, now 67, is still full of nostalgia for the good ol' days, and his humble appreciation for life and simple tunes is abundant on "Liverpool 8." You're not getting anything groundbreaking on a Ringo album. The titular opening track is a sentimental journey through his youth years and later success ("Liverpool, I left you/but I never let you down"), and most of the rest is focused on that evergreen pop-song fodder: love....full text |
| | Rollingstone | | For some of us Beatlemaniacs, one of the most significant events of 2007 was the long-awaited DVD rerelease of Help! It's not merely the fabbest and funniest Beatle film but Ringo Starr's proudest cinematic moment, and that includes Caveman. Ringo's been on a roll lately, with his recent solo best-of, Photograph, showcasing buried gems like "Beaucoups of Blues" and "Early 1970." Liverpool 8 is a celebration of everything Ringo — his musical wit, his cheer, his commitment to the Sixties ideals of peace and love....full text |
| | Nytimes | | Now that the surviving Beatles are in their 60s, they’re turning nostalgic and avuncular, with occasional thoughts of mortality: first Paul McCartney, with his 2007 album, “Memory Almost Full,” and now Ringo Starr. He brings his own kindly perspective to an album of songs he wrote with various collaborators — notably the producer Dave Stewart from Eurythmics....full text |
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