Y Not

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Y Not
Ringo Starr's studio album

Publication
(s)

January 12, 2010 ( US ) ,
February 26, 2010 ( EU )

Label (s) Universal Music Group / Hip-O Records

Format (s)

CD , LP , download

Genre (s)

pop

Title (number)

10

running time

36 min 49 s

occupation
  • Steve Dudas - guitar
  • Michael Bradford - bass
  • Bruce Sugar - keyboard
  • Keith Allison - guitar, backing vocals
  • Joe Walsh - guitar (Fill in the Blanks, Peace Dream and Everyone Wins) , bass and backing vocals (Fill in the Blanks)
  • Don Was - Bass (Who's Your Daddy and Can't Do It Wrong)
  • Billy Squier - guitar (The Other Side of Liverpool and Can't Do It Wrong)
  • Ann Marie Calhoun - violin (The Other Side of Liverpool, Walk with You and Time)
  • Tina Sugandh - Tabla (Peace Dream and Y Not)
  • Cindy Gomez - backing vocals (The Other Side of Liverpool and Time)

production

  • Ringo Starr,
  • Bruce Sugar

Studio (s)

Rocca Bella Studio (s), UK and USA

chronology
Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006
2008 		Y Not Live at the Greek Theater 2008
2010

Y Not is the 30th album or the 16th studio album by Ringo Starr after the separation of the Beatles . It was released in Europe on February 26, 2010 (USA: January 12, 2010).

History of origin

Ringo Starr split from longtime producer Mark Hudson while recording Liverpool 8 , making his first studio album as executive producer. Starr co-produced Bruce Sugar, who previously worked as a sound engineer on Liverpool 8 .

Although Ringo Starr announced the end of their collaboration with his backing band The Roundheads after the completion of the studio album Liverpool 8 , Steve Dudas continued to play guitar on the album and Ringo Starr composed the song Can't Do It Wrong with Gary Burr .

The recording times for the album are not documented, they probably extended over the year 2009. Prominent musicians such as Paul McCartney , Joe Walsh , David A. Stewart and Joss Stone were involved in this album . There were also (former) members of the All-Starr Band such as Richard Marx , Billy Squier and Edgar Winter .

Ringo Starr was a co-composer for each of the ten songs. According to Ringo Starr, all compositions of the songs were created in the studio. Two duets were released on the album, Who's Your Daddy with Joss Stone, who was also a co-composer, and Walk with You with Paul McCartney, who also played bass on the song Peace Dream , which is about the performances of John Lennon and Ringo Starr Peace acts. The song Y Not contains musical references to George Harrison . Everyone Wins is a new recording of a song that was released in September 1992 on the CD single Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go in Germany. The song The Other Side of Liverpool is the second homage after Liverpool 8 from the album of the same name to Starr's hometown, with partly autobiographical text.

Y Not is Ringo Starr's first album to be released by Universal Music Group . In the USA, Y Not achieved the second highest chart position since Ringo's Rotogravure , which appeared in 1976.

Cover design

The cover designed Ringo Starr. The cover photos are by Rob Shanahan and Ringo Starr. The CD is accompanied by an illustrated four-page booklet that contains information about the album.

Track list

  1. Fill in the Blanks ( Joe Walsh / Richard Starkey * ) - 3:14
  2. Peace Dream (Gary Nicholson / Gary Wright / Richard Starkey) - 3:34
  3. The Other Side of Liverpool ( David A. Stewart / Richard Starkey) - 3:23
  4. Walk with You ( Van Dyke Parks / Richard Starkey) - 4:42
  5. Time (David A. Stewart / Richard Starkey) - 3:49
  6. Everyone Wins (Richard Starkey / Johnny Warman) - 3:54
  7. Mystery of the Night ( Richard Marx / Richard Starkey) - 4:05
  8. Can't Do It Wrong (Gary Burr / Richard Starkey) - 3:45
  9. Y Not ( Glen Ballard / Richard Starkey) - 3:49
  10. Who's Your Daddy ( Joss Stone / Richard Starkey) - 2:29
∗ Richard Starkey is the birth name of Ringo Starr

Re-releases

The CD release from 2010 has not yet been remastered .

Single releases

The only single Walk with You was released on December 21, 2009 as a download single. In the US, a promo CD with the song Walk with You was distributed to radio stations. The song never reached the charts.

Chart placements

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 75 (1 week) 1
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 58 (2 weeks) 2

Others

A release in LP format was the first time since the album Time Takes Time , which was released in 1992.

literature

  • CD booklet

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Promotion CD single: Walk with You
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: Charts DE Charts US