Choose Love (album)

Choose Love
Choose Love
Studio album by Ringo Starr
Released	7 June 2005
Recorded	Mid 2004–early 2005
Studio	Roccabella U.K., Whatinthewhatthe?, Los Angeles, The Village Recorder, L.A.
Genre	Rock
Length	44:36
Label	Koch (US); CNR (UK)
Producer	Ringo Starr; Mark Hudson;
Ringo Starr chronology
Singles from Choose Love
	"Fading In Fading Out"; Released: 2005 (promo only);

Choose Love is the 14th studio album by Ringo Starr, released in 2005.

Background and recording[edit]

Recorded throughout 2004 into 2005, using the same team that created Vertical Man (1998) and Ringo Rama (2003), Starr produced the set with longtime musical partner Mark Hudson and performed it with their studio team. The title track has a Beatles-like "Day Tripper" guitar riff with a coda similar to "The Word" and mentions the Beatles songs "The Long and Winding Road", "Tomorrow Never Knows" and "What Goes On". As ever, a Starr album would be lacking if it did not include some celebrity guests and Choose Love does not deviate from the formula; it features Billy Preston and Chrissie Hynde as its most notable guests.

Release[edit]

Choose Love was released on 7 June 2005 in the US,^{[nb 1]} and on 25 July in the UK.^[1] There was an edition of the album that was a dual disc (CD on side, DVD on the other), with the DVD component featuring bonus features on the making of the album.^{[nb 2]}

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]
entertainment.ie	^[4]
The Essential Rock Discography	5/10^[5]
The Music Box	^[6]
Star-News	(favorable)^[7]

Choose Love failed to chart in both the UK and US, where both Vertical Man and Ringo Rama had seen commercial success. The album received strong reviews upon its release and preceded another promotional tour with Starr and his studio band, called "The Roundheads".

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Fading In Fading Out"	Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Gary Burr	3:55
2.	"Give Me Back the Beat"	Starkey Hudson Burr Steve Dudas Dean Grakal	3:53
3.	"Oh My Lord"	Starkey Hudson Burr Dudas Grakal	5:32
4.	"Hard to Be True"	Starkey Hudson Burr	3:27
5.	"Some People"	Starkey Hudson Burr Dudas Grakal	3:17
6.	"Wrong All the Time"	Starkey Hudson Burr	3:30
7.	"Don't Hang Up" (featuring Chrissie Hynde)	Starkey Hudson Burr	3:27
8.	"Choose Love"	Starkey Hudson Burr	3:07
9.	"Me and You"	Starkey Hudson Dudas	2:15
10.	"Satisfied"	Starkey Hudson Gary Nicholson	3:19
11.	"The Turnaround"	Starkey Hudson Burr Dudas Grakal	3:54
12.	"Free Drinks"	Starkey Hudson Burr Dudas Grakal	4:45

Personnel[edit]

Personnel per booklet.^[8]

Musicians

Ringo Starr – drums, percussion, vocals, intro/outro demo tape on "Oh My Lord", organ, loop on "Free Drinks"
Mark Hudson – bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, sax arrangement, harmonica
Gary Burr – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals, bass, slide guitar
Mark Mirando – electric guitar, backing vocals
Dan Higgins – horns, saxes, woodwinds
Gary Grant – horns
Jim Cox – horn arrangement, piano, sax arrangement, woodwind arrangement
Robert Randolph – lead guitar
Steve Dudas – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Billy Preston – piano, B3 organ, backing vocals on "Hard to Be True"
The Rose Stone Choir – backing vocals on "Oh My Lord"
Rose Stone – choir arrangement on "Oh My Lord"
Ringo Starr, Mark Hudson, Gary Burr – uboo^{[clarification needed]} drum band on "Hard to Be True"
John Amato – saxes
Chrissie Hynde – lead vocals on "Don't Hang Up"
Barbara Bach – devil voice on "The Turnaround"
Dean Grakal – background vocals on "The Turnaround"

Production

Ringo Starr, Mark Hudson – producers
Bruce Sugar – recording
Kevin Churko, Gary Burr, Steve Dudas – additional recording
Dave Way – mixing
Lior Goldenberg, Ghian Wright, Andy Brohard – assistant engineers
George Marino – mastering
Tyrone Drake – art direction, design
Barbara Starkey – cover photo
Ringo Starr, Barbara Starkey, Mark Hudson, Gary Burr, Edward AJAJ, Teness Herman – additional photos

References[edit]

Footnotes

^ US Koch KOC-CD-550
^ US Koch KOC-CD-9919

Citations

^ Jackson, Andrew Grant (2012). Still the Greatest: The Essential Songs of the Beatles' Solo Careers. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. p. 292. ISBN 978-0-8108-8223-2.
^ Choose Love at AllMusic
^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th edn). London: Omnibus Press. p. 1984. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
^ "Ringo Starr – Choose Love". entertainment.ie. 28 July 2005. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
^ Strong, Martin C. (2006). The Essential Rock Discography. Edinburgh, UK: Canongate. p. 1028. ISBN 978-1-84195-827-9.
^ Metzger, John. "Ringo Starr – Choose Love (Album Review)". Musicbox-online.com.
^ "New CD Releases". Star-News. 9 June 2005. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
^ Choose Love (Booklet). Ringo Starr. Koch, Koch Entertainment LP. 2005. KOC-CD-9919, KOC-CD-9950.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links[edit]

Choose Love at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] US Koch KOC-CD-550

[3] US Koch KOC-CD-9919

[STG292-2] Jackson, Andrew Grant (2012). Still the Greatest: The Essential Songs of the Beatles' Solo Careers. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. p. 292. ISBN 978-0-8108-8223-2.

[4] Choose Love at AllMusic

[5] Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th edn). London: Omnibus Press. p. 1984. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.

[6] "Ringo Starr – Choose Love". entertainment.ie. 28 July 2005. Retrieved 22 November 2014.

[7] Strong, Martin C. (2006). The Essential Rock Discography. Edinburgh, UK: Canongate. p. 1028. ISBN 978-1-84195-827-9.

[8] Metzger, John. "Ringo Starr – Choose Love (Album Review)". Musicbox-online.com.

[9] "New CD Releases". Star-News. 9 June 2005. Retrieved 2 January 2016.

[10] Choose Love (Booklet). Ringo Starr. Koch, Koch Entertainment LP. 2005. KOC-CD-9919, KOC-CD-9950.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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Studio albums	Sentimental Journey Beaucoups of Blues Ringo Goodnight Vienna Ringo's Rotogravure Ringo the 4th Bad Boy Stop and Smell the Roses Old Wave Time Takes Time Vertical Man I Wanna Be Santa Claus Ringo Rama Choose Love Liverpool 8 Y Not Ringo 2012 Postcards from Paradise Give More Love What's My Name
Live albums	Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live from Montreux Ringo Starr and His Third All-Starr Band Volume 1 VH1 Storytellers King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo & His New All-Starr Band Extended Versions Tour 2003 Ringo Starr and Friends Ringo Starr: Live at Soundstage Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006 Live at the Greek Theatre 2008
Compilations	Blast from Your Past Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2 The Anthology... So Far Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr Ringo 5.1: The Surround Sound Collection Icon
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