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Ringo Starr photo by Ros O'Gorman

Ringo Starr photo by Ros O'Gorman

Ringo Starr Returns To The Album Format With 2025 Release ‘Look Up’

by Paul Cashmere on October 18, 2024

in News

I thought Ringo Starr was done making albums. At least that’s what he said when he started to release his series of EPs in 2021 but all has changed and Ringo has a new album ‘Look Up’ on the way.

In 2021, Ringo said, “I’ve been saying I only want to release EPs at this point and this is the next one. What a blessing it’s been during this year to have a studio here at home and be able to collaborate with so many great musicians, some I’ve worked with before and some new friends.”

Ringo posted to his socials this week, “Are you ready? Are you getting excited tomorrow? Friday The first track release from my album look up is called time on my hands. Peace love Ringo”.

The album preview is called ‘Time On My Hands’.

“I’ve always loved country music. And when I asked T Bone to write me a song, I didn’t even think at the time that it would be a country song – but of course it was, and it was so beautiful.” Ringo recalls. “I had been making EPs at the time and so I thought we would do a country EP -but when he brought me nine songs I knew we had to make an album! And I am so glad we did. I want to thank, and send Peace & Love, to T Bone and all the great musicians who helped make this record. It was a joy making it and I hope it is a joy to listen to.”

“I have loved Ringo Starr and his playing and his singing and his aesthetic for as long as I can (or care to) remember,” says Burnett. “He changed the way every drummer after him played, with his inventive approach to the instrument. And, he has always sung killer rockabilly, as well as being a heartbreaking ballad singer. To get to make this music with him was something like the realization of a 60-year dream I’ve been living. None of the work that I have done through a long life in music would have happened if not for him and his band. Among other things, this album is a way I can say thank you for all he has given me and us.”

‘Look Up’ will be a country album with lots of special guests.

1. Breathless (feat. Billy Strings)
2. Look Up (feat. Molly Tuttle)
3. Time On My Hands
4. Never Let Me Go (feat. Billy Strings)
5. I Live For Your Love (feat. Molly Tuttle)
6. Come Back (feat. Lucius)
7. Can You Hear Me Call (feat. Molly Tuttle)
8. Rosetta (feat. Billy Strings & Larkin Poe)
9. You Want Some
10. String Theory (feat. Molly Tuttle & Larkin Poe)
11. Thankful (feat. Alison Krauss)

‘Look Up’ will be released January 10, 2025.

Ringo’s last album was ‘What’s My Name’ in 2019. He then said he was not interested in the album format anymore and went on to released five EPs, ‘Zoom In’ (2021), ‘Change The World’ (2021), ‘EP3’ (2022), ‘Rewind Forward’ (2023) and ‘Crooked Boy’ (2024).

So instead of fans buying one album, Ringo forced fans to buy five EP to get a total of 21 songs with each physical EP costing about the same as an album anyway. Checking on Amazon today, four of the five are available for a combined cost of $119.86 which is a ludicrous price to pay for a CD.

So great to see you back making albums again Ringo. You do realise you can’t sell this for $150 don’t you?

‘Look Up’ will be Ringo’s second Country album. The first ‘Beaucoups of Blues’ was released in September 1970, not long after Paul McCartney’s ‘McCartney’ (April 1970), The Beatles ‘Let It Be’ (May 1970) and before George Harrison ‘All Things Must Pass’ (November 1970) and ‘John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band’ (December 1970).

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