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Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr

Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr (the last word visually rendered as Star) is a career-spanning best-of compilation album by Ringo Starr and is the first such album since the releases of 1975's Blast from Your Past and 1989's Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2. The album was released in the UK on 27 August 2007, and in the US on 28 August.[6]

Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr
Greatest hits album by
Ringo Starr
Released27 August 2007
Recorded1970–2005
GenreRock
Length67:53
LabelApple
Producer
  • Richard Perry
  • Ringo Starr
  • Arif Mardin
  • Don Was
  • Mark Hudson
  • George Harrison
Ringo Starr chronology
Ringo Starr and Friends
(2006) 		Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr
(2007) 		Ringo Starr: Live at Soundstage
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
BBC(favourable)[2]
IGN8.8/10[3]
No Ripcord8/10[4]
The Music Box[5]
PopMatters7/10[6]
prefix4.0/10[7]
Record Collector[8]

Overview

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The release of the new collection coincided with the reissue of Starr's first four solo albums for EMI, in digital format, on 28 August 2007.[9]

The tracks from 1970s and 1980s presented on the compilation featured updated mixes of the songs in comparison to Starr's 1990s CD reissues of his earlier albums.

Photograph contains all the tracks that appear on the earlier compilation Blast from Your Past.

Reception

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The compilation debuted at number 26 on the UK Albums Chart on 2 September 2007. This achievement represented Starr's highest peak on that chart since 1974, when Goodnight Vienna reached number 30. Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr stayed in the UK top 100 for three weeks. The album also had a two-week chart run in the United States, where it debuted at number 130 with 5,426 copies sold during the first week of release.

Track listing

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CD

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No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
1."Photograph"Richard Starkey, George HarrisonRingo, 19733:58
2."It Don't Come Easy"Starkeynon-album single, 19713:01
3."You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful and You're Mine)"Bob Sherman, Richard ShermanRingo, 19732:49
4."Back Off Boogaloo"Starkeynon-album single, 19723:19
5."I'm the Greatest"John LennonRingo, 19733:26
6."Oh My My"Vini Poncia, StarkeyRingo, 19734:15
7."Only You (And You Alone)"Buck Ram, Ande RandGoodnight Vienna, 19743:24
8."Beaucoups of Blues"Buzz RabinBeaucoups of Blues, 19702:33
9."Early 1970"StarkeyB-side to "It Don't Come Easy"2:18
10."Snookeroo"Elton John, Bernie TaupinGoodnight Vienna, 19743:24
11."No No Song"Hoyt Axton, David JacksonGoodnight Vienna, 19742:31
12."(It's All Down To) Goodnight Vienna"LennonGoodnight Vienna, 19743:02
13."Hey! Baby"Margaret Cobb, Bruce ChannelRingo's Rotogravure, 19763:10
14."A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll"Carl GroszmannRingo's Rotogravure, 19763:24
15."Weight of the World"Brian O'Doherty, Fred VelezTime Takes Time, 19923:54
16."King of Broken Hearts"Starkey, Mark Hudson, Dean Grakal, Steve DudasVertical Man, 19984:43
17."Never Without You"Starkey, Hudson, Gary NicholsonRingo Rama, 20035:23
18."Act Naturally (Duet with Buck Owens)"Johnny Russell, Voni MorrisonAct Naturally, 19893:00
19."Wrack My Brain"HarrisonStop and Smell the Roses, 19812:21
20."Fading In Fading Out"Starkey, Hudson, Gary BurrChoose Love, 20053:58
Total length:67:53

Collector's edition DVD

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  1. "Sentimental Journey" (1970 promotional film)
  2. "It Don't Come Easy" (1971 promotional film)
  3. "Back Off Boogaloo" (1972 promotional film)
  4. "You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful and You're Mine)" (1973 promotional film)
  5. "Only You (And You Alone)" (1974 promotional film)
  6. "Act Naturally" (with Buck Owens) (1989 music video)
  7. "Goodnight Vienna" (1974 promotional film for album)

Photograph: The Digital Hits

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The track listing and title for the iTunes release differs from the standard release. Unlike the standard CD release, the digital album contains "Oo-Wee" (from Goodnight Vienna), "Have You Seen My Baby" and an extended version of "Six O'Clock" (both from Ringo) in place of "Hey! Baby", "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll" and "King of Broken Hearts". A digital booklet was also included with the purchase of Photograph: The Digital Hits.

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10] 84

References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Jones, Chris (30 August 2007). "Review of Ringo Starr – Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo". BBC. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  3. ^ Grischow, Chad (7 November 2007). "Ringo Starr - Photograph: The Very Best Of Ringo Starr". IGN. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  4. ^ Shulman, Alan (10 September 2007). "Ringo Starr Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo". No Ripcord. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  5. ^ John Metzger (26 August 2007). "Ringo Starr Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr". The Music Box (vol. 14, no. 8). Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  6. ^ a b Sawdey, Evan (30 August 2007). "Ringo Starr: Photograph". PopMatters. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  7. ^ Cusumano, Joel Michael (20 September 2007). "Ringo Starr Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr". prefix. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  8. ^ Staunton, Terry (November 2007). "Ringo Starr – Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo". Record Collector. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  9. ^ "WhatGoesOn.com – Photograph: Very Best of Ringo Starr CD and Digital on August 28". WhatGoesOn.com. 1 August 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2007.
  10. ^ "フォトグラフ ザ・ヴェリー・ベスト・オブ・リンゴ・スター" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
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