Ringo 2012 Explained

Ringo 2012
Type:studio
Artist:Ringo Starr
Cover:Ringo_2012_cover.jpg
Border:yes
Released:30 January 2012
Recorded:2011
Studio:Roccabella West, Los Angeles
Genre:Rock
Label:Hip-O, UMe
Producer:
  • Ringo Starr
  • Bruce Sugar
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Ringo 2012 is the seventeenth studio album by Ringo Starr, released on 30 January 2012 in the United Kingdom and 31 January 2012 in the United States. It was released on CD, LP and digitally by Hip-O Records and UMe.

History

Starr had considered calling the album Motel California, then Another #9, and finally Wings, before settling on Ringo 2012.[1] The album was recorded in Los Angeles, and mixed in England, produced by Starr and Bruce Sugar.[2] The title is a reference to Starr's most successful solo album, Ringo, which was released in 1973.[3] At less than 29 minutes in length, it was his shortest album to date.

Ringo 2012 includes new recordings of two songs that Starr had issued on previous albums: "Step Lightly", from Ringo, and "Wings", from 1977's Ringo the 4th. His cover of Buddy Holly's "Think It Over" was released on the tribute album before its appearance on Ringo 2012. The new version of "Wings" was released as a single a few weeks in advance of the album.

The inclusion of the track "In Liverpool" meant that Ringo 2012 was Starr's third consecutive album to include a song about Liverpool, his hometown. Asked why this was, he told Alan Light of Newsweek: "I came to the conclusion a while ago that I do not want to write an autobiography, because all anybody wants is those eight years from 1962 to 1970, and I would have ten volumes before we got there. So I thought I'll do it in song, and do vignettes of certain aspects of my life."[4]

The cover photograph and as well as other photographs within the album's artwork were taken by rock photographer Rob Shanahan, who had worked closely with Starr for seven years.[5]

Reception

At Metacritic, Ringo 2012 holds an average Metascore of 59 out of 100, based on five professional reviews, indicating a "mixed or average" reception. The album debuted at numbers 80 and 181 in the US and UK, selling 6,348 and 752 copies respectively, as of February 2012.[6]

Track listing

CD
DVD edition

Personnel

Personnel per booklet.[7]

Musicians
Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ringo Starr – Wings. 28 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20130323063826/http://genero.tv/ringo/. 23 March 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: The Official Ringo Starr Site . Ringostarr.com . 6 December 2011 . 30 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120222115615/http://www.ringostarr.com/news/title/new-album-ringo-2012-out-jan-31 . 22 February 2012 . dmy-all .
  3. Web site: New Ringo Starr Album, 'Ringo 2012,' to Feature Joe Walsh and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. 7 December 2011. 12 January 2012.
  4. Alan. Light. Ringo Starr. Newsweek. Spring 2012. Available at Rock's Backpages (subscription required).
  5. News: He has eye on Starr and other stars . C.J. . January 7, 2012 . Star Tribune . Minneapolis . July 28, 2020.
  6. Web site: Jones . Alan . Official Chart Analysis: Lana Del Rey scores biggest-selling album of 2012, Gotye shifts another 83k . 13 February 2012 . Music Week . https://web.archive.org/web/20130116134515/http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/official-chart-analysis-lana-del-rey-scores-biggest-selling-album-of-2012-gotye-shifts-another-83k/048060 . 16 January 2013 . 5 September 2013.
  7. Ringo 2012 . . 2012 . Booklet . . 602527918020.
  8. Web site: リンゴ2012. ja. Oricon. 10 December 2020.

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