Choose Love

Choose Love
Studio album by Ringo Starr
Released	7 June 2005 (US) 25 July 2005 (UK)
Recorded	Mid 2004 - Early 2005
Genre	Rock
Length	44:39
Label	Koch (US) CNR (UK)
Producer	Mark Hudson, Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr chronology
Tour 2003 (2004) Choose Love (2005) Ringo Starr and Friends (2006)

Choose Love is the 13th studio album by Ringo Starr, released in 2005. Recorded throughout 2004 into 2005, the album received strong reviews upon its release and preceded another promotional tour with Starr and his studio band, called "The Roundheads".

Using the same team that created Vertical Man and Ringo Rama, Starr produced the set with longtime musical partner Mark Hudson and performed it with their studio team. 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.

Choose Love was initially released as a dual disc (CD on side, DVD on the other), with the DVD component featuring bonus features on the making of the album.

Choose Love failed to chart in the UK and even the US, where both Vertical Man and Ringo Rama had seen a measure of commercial success.

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Track listing

All songs by Richard Starkey, Mark Hudson, Gary Burr, Steve Dudas, and Dean Grakal, except where noted.

1. "Fading In and Fading Out" (Richard Starkey, Mark Hudson, Gary Burr) – 3:57
2. "Give Me Back The Beat" – 3:54
3. "Oh My Lord" – 5:32
   • a response to George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord", bookended by Starr's original demo of his song
   • features Billy Preston on organ
4. "Hard to Be True" (Richard Starkey, Mark Hudson, Gary Burr) – 3:28
   • features Billy Preston on backing vocals
5. "Some People" – 3:18
6. "Wrong All the Time" (Richard Starkey, Mark Hudson, Gary Burr) – 3:39
   • features Billy Preston on organ
7. "Don't Hang Up" (Richard Starkey, Mark Hudson, Gary Burr) – 3:27
   • features Chrissie Hynde on co-lead vocals
8. "Choose Love" (Richard Starkey, Mark Hudson, Gary Burr) – 3:08
9. "Me and You" (Richard Starkey, Mark Hudson, Steve Dudas) – 2:15
10. "Satisfied" (Richard Starkey, Mark Hudson, Gary Nicholson) – 3:19
11. "The Turnaround" – 3:54
12. "Free Drinks" – 4:47
    • includes a brief untitled hidden musical piece following the track's end

Personnel

• Ringo Starr – Lead Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Organ, Intro/Outro Demo Tape on "Oh My Lord", Loop on "Free Drinks"
• John Amato – Saxophone
• Gary Burr – Acoustic, Electric and Bass Guitars, Background Vocals
• Jim Cox – Piano, Arrangement
• Steve Dudas – Acoustic, Electric and Slide Guitars, Background Vocals
• Dean Grakal – Background Vocals
• Gary Grant – Horns
• Dan Higgins – Horns, Saxophone, Woodwinds
• Mark Hudson – Acoustic, Electric and Bass Guitars, Keyboards, Harmonica, Background Vocals
• Chrissie Hynde  – Vocals on "Don't Hang Up"
• Mark Mirando – Electric Guitar, Background Vocals
• Billy Preston – Piano, B3 Organ, Background Vocals
• Robert Randolph – Electric Guitar
• Barbara Starkey – Devil Voice on "The Turnaround"
• The Rose Stone Choir – Choir Arrangement on "Oh My Lord" by Rose Stone

External links

• Koch Records album website