Time Takes Time

Time Takes Time
Studio album by Ringo Starr
Released	22 May 1992
Recorded	February–September 1991, February 1992
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	40:04
Label	Private Music
Producer	Don Was, Jeff Lynne, Peter Asher, Phil Ramone
Ringo Starr chronology
Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band (1990) Time Takes Time (1992) Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live from Montreux (1993)

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Time Takes Time is the tenth studio album by Ringo Starr, released in 1992, his critically acclaimed comeback album. His first studio album since 1983's Old Wave, it followed a successful 1989/1990 world tour with his All-Starr Band. Aligning himself with top producers Don Was, Peter Asher, Phil Ramone and Jeff Lynne, the album was recorded sporadically throughout 1991. The material was written predominantly by outside writers, with Ringo co-writing three songs. Time Takes Time features several celebrity guests including Brian Wilson, Harry Nilsson and Electric Light Orchestra frontman Lynne. Time Takes Time also marked Starr's first alliance with Mark Hudson, both of whom would embark on a long-term musical partnership in the ensuing years. Hudson assisted in vocal arrangements on some of the Phil Ramone-produced tracks.

Several tracks were left off the album. A Paul McCartney song entitled "Angel in Disguise", to which Ringo added a verse, has not seen the light of day. Ringo covered the Elvis Presley hit "Don't Be Cruel" which was instead issued as the B-side of the "Weight Of The World" CD single (except in Japan). Another outtake, "Everyone Wins", was issued in Germany as the vinyl B-side of the "Don't Go Where The Road Don't Go" single. Two more outtakes that never saw the light of day (to date) were a Phil Picket song "Love Is Going To Get You", produced by Phil Ramone, and the Jeff Lynne produced "Call Me". Lynne told journalist Peter Palmiere as part of a DISCoveries cover story on Ringo that "Call Me" will never be released at anytime anywhere.^{[citation needed]} Although Starr recorded and released a song on Goodnight Vienna entitled "Call Me", it bears no resemblance to the Jeff Lynne-produced number.

Well-received upon release, many critics considered Time Takes Time Starr's best album since 1973's "Ringo". Rolling Stone magazine wrote, "The drummer's most consistent, wide-awake album since Ringo, from 1973". The release was met with some indifference by the public however, and thus failed to chart. However, lead single "Weight Of The World" managed to reach #74 in the UK, giving Starr his first single entry there since "Only You (And You Alone)" in 1974.

Time Takes Time has sold about 70,000 copies in America since its release although Private Music before they folded claimed sales figures a little over 200,000 in the US. Times Takes Time was the last Ringo Starr album on vinyl until Y Not, though only in Mexico, Brazil, Spain and Germany.

Despite an All-Starr tour in 1992 to promote the album, Time Takes Time would be Ringo Starr's only album with Private Music before he was dropped from their roster. It was also deleted a few years after its release.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Weight of the World"	Brian O'Doherty, Fred Velez	3:54
2.	"Don't Know a Thing About Love"	Richard Feldman, Stan Lynch	3:49
3.	"Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go"	Richard Starkey, Johnny Warman, Gary Grainger	3:20
4.	"Golden Blunders" (cover of The Posies)	Jonathan Auer, Kenneth Stringfellow	4:06
5.	"All in the Name of Love"	Jerry Lynn Williams	3:42
6.	"After All These Years"	Starkey, Warman	3:10
7.	"I Don't Believe You"	Andy Sturmer, Roger Manning	2:48
8.	"Runaways"	Starkey, Warman	4:51
9.	"In a Heartbeat"	Diane Warren	4:29
10.	"What Goes Around"	Rick Suchow	5:50
11.	"Don't Be Cruel" (Japan Bonus Track)	Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley	2:08

Although the booklet's credits include the statement "Tom Petty appears courtesy of MCA Records," Petty is not listed as a player or vocalist on any of the booklet's track-by-track personnel listings.

Personnel

• Ringo Starr – vocals, drums, & percussion on all tracks; Tambourine (4)
• Benmont Tench – keyboards (1, 2), piano (7, 10), Hammond B-3 (7, 10), Hammond C3 (9), harmonium (9)
• Jeff Lynne – producer, guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, and backing vocals (3, 6)
• Andy Sturmer & Roger Manning of Jellyfish – backing vocals (1, 2, 9, 10), acoustic guitar (7)
• Andrew Gold – acoustic guitar (4), guitar solo (4), backing vocals (4, 9, 10)
• Mark Hart – additional synth keyboards/guitars (5), backing vocals (5, 8, 9)
• Mark Hudson – additional percussion (5), backing vocals (5, 8, 9), backing vocal arrangements (9)
• James "Hutch" Hutchinson – bass (1, 2, 7, 9, 10)
• Harry Nilsson – Special Guest appearance on "Runaways"

• Peter Asher – producer, tambourine (4)
• Berton Averre – backing vocals (2)
• Jeff Baxter – guitar (5, 8)
• Robbie Buchanan – keyboards (4, 9)
• Doug Fieger – backing vocals (2, 9)
• Bob Glaub – bass (4)
• Mark Goldenberg – guitar (1, 2, 9)
• David Grissom – Acoustic Guitar (7, 10)
• Jim Horn – saxophone (3)
• Suzie Katayama – cello (3)
• Michael Landau – Guitar (8, 10)
• Jamie Muhoberac – Keyboards (9)
• Neil Stubenhaus – bass (5, 8)
• Michael Thompson – guitar (5, 8)
• Jeffrey Vanston – Arrangement (5, 8), keyboards (5, 8)
• Waddy Wachtel – guitar (4)
• Don Was – strings arrangement (10)
• Backing vocals — Craig Copeland (5, 8), Kathryn Cotter (8), Darlene Koldenhoven (5, 8), Brian O'Doherty (9), Naomi Star (5, 8), Johnny Warman (8), Brian Wilson (9)
• Additional backing vocals on "Golden Blunders": Peter Asher, Raven Kane, Rosemary Butler, Valerie Carter, Terri Wood, Carmen Twillie, Wendy Fraser, Stephanie Spruill, Andrea Robinson, Bobbi Page

Production

• Produced By Don Was (tracks 1, 2, 7, 9, 10), Jeff Lynne (3, 6), Peter Asher (4) & Phil Ramone (5, 8)
• Engineers: Ed Cherney, Richard Dodd, Bill Drescher, Mark Linnet, Rik Pekkonen, Frank Wolf
• Assistant Engineers: Elaine Anderson, Dan Bosworth, Mark Hagen, Marnie Riley
• Mixing: Ed Cherney, Jeff Lynne, Frank Wolf, Bob Clearmountain
• Mastering: Doug Sax
• Re-Mastering: Kouzi Tanaka

External links

• Summary of Time Takes Time from "Complete U.K. Discography of John, Paul, George and Ringo", an anonymous fan's website