Time takes time

Time takes time
Ringo Starr's studio album
Publication (s)	May 22, 1992 ( US ) , June 29, 1992 ( UK )
Label (s)	Private music
Format (s)	CD , MC , LP
Genre (s)	pop
Title (number)	10
running time	40 min 6 s
occupation	Ringo Starr - vocals, drums , percussion Jeff Lynne - guitar , bass , keyboard , piano , backing vocals Andy Sturmer and Roger Joseph Manning Jr. of the music group Jellyfish - background vocals and acoustic guitar Benmont Tench - keyboard, piano , Hammond organ , harmonium Mark Hart - keyboard, guitar and backing vocals Mark Hudson - percussion and backing vocals Jeff Baxter - guitar Mark Goldenberg - guitar Michael Landau - guitar Michael Thompson - guitar Waddy Wachtel - guitar Andrew Gold - acoustic guitar and backing vocals David Grissom - acoustic guitar James "Hutch" Hutchinson - electric bass Bob Glaub - bass Neil Stubenhaus - electric bass Robbie Buchanan - keyboard Jamie Muhoberac - keyboard Jeffrey Vanston - keyboard Jim Horn - saxophone Suzie Katayama - cello Peter Asher - tambourine and backing vocals Don Was - arrangements for string instruments Brian Wilson , Doug Fieger , Craig Copeland, Kathryn Cotter, Darlene Koldenhoven, Brian O'Doherty, Naomi Star, Johnny Warman, Raven Kane, Rosemary Butler, Valerie Carter, Terri Wood, Carmen Twillie, Wendy Fraser, Stephanie Spruill, Andrea Robinson, Bobbi Page, Berton Averre - backing vocals Sound engineers : Ed Cherney, Rik Pekkonen, Richard Dodd, Mark Linnet and Bill Drescher
production	Jeff Lynne , Phil Ramone , Don Was , Peter Asher
Studio (s)	Rumbo Recorders Recording Studios Ocean Way Studios Capitol Studios Westlake Audio Andora Studios Conway Studios The Hop Studio F Bearsville Studios
chronology Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band 1990 Time takes time Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live from Montreux 1993

Time Takes Time is the 13th album or the tenth studio album by Ringo Starr after the Beatles split up . It was released in Great Britain (USA: May 22, 1992) on June 29, 1992.

History of origin

Ringo Starr (left) during an interview, 1992

After the release of his last album Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band in October 1990, the new Ringo Starr song You Never Know appeared on the soundtrack album of the feature film Curly Sue in November 1991 , which was also released as a CD promotional single in the USA . This song came from the recording of Ringo Starr's new studio album Time Takes Time , his first since Old Wave , which was released in June 1983.

The concept of the production was taken over from the album Stop and Smell the Roses , as in turn several producers were hired for the album.

In February 1991, Ringo Starr signed a new record deal with the Private Music label , which essentially sells New Age music . The contract with Private Music was limited to the one album release.

The first recordings for the album began in May 1991 at Rumbo Recorders Recording Studios and Ocean Way Studios in Los Angeles , where the songs Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go, After All These Years, Don't Be Cruel (only released on CD single) and the previously unreleased song Call Me were recorded. The producer of these recordings was Jeff Lynne , who produced the Beatles song I Call Your Name for Ringo Starr in 1990 , which was only released on the video cassette The World's Greatest Artists Sing Lennon: A Tribute in April 1991 .

In June 1991 Phil Ramone produced the songs All in the Name of Love, Runaways and the previously unreleased song Love Is Gonna Get Ya at Capitol Studios and Andora Studios in Los Angeles .

In September 1991 the Conway Studios (Los Angeles) recorded the songs Weight of the World and Don't Know a Thing About Love with producer Don Was , and in January and February 1992 the songs I Don't Believe You were recorded , Recorded In a Heartbeat and What Goes Around .

Also in September 1991, Peter Asher produced the following songs at Conway Studios, The Hop and Studio F in Los Angeles: Golden Blunders, Everyone Wins (only released on the CD single in Germany) and the Paul McCartney composition Angel in Disguise , which was previously unpublished.

Some of the songs on the album are partly reminiscent of the music of the Beatles in the mid-1960s and thus differ significantly from the previous albums.

Despite intensive promotional work by Ringo Starr, the album was not commercially successful.

Cover design

The cover designed Mark Ryden and Kurt De Munbrun. The cover photos were taken by Kantanzaro & Mahdessian. The CD is accompanied by an illustrated 16-page booklet that contains information about the songs and the album as well as the lyrics.

Track list

1. Weight of the World (Brian O'Doherty / Fred Velez) - 3:53
2. Don't Know a Thing About Love (Richard Feldman / Stan Lynch) - 3:50
3. Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go (Richard Starkey ^* / Johnny Warman / Gary Grainger) - 3:22
4. Golden Blunders (Jonathan Auer / Kenneth Stringfellow) - 4:06
5. All in the Name of Love (Jerry Lynn Williams) - 3:42
6. After All These Years (Richard Starkey / Johnny Warman) - 3:11
7. I Don't Believe You (Andy Sturmer / Roger Manning) - 2:48
8. Runaways (Richard Starkey / Jonny Warman) - 4:51
9. In a Heartbeat ( Diane Warren ) - 4:30
10. What Goes Around (Rick Suchow) - 5:51

^∗ Richard Starkey is the birth name of Ringo Starr

Re-releases

On March 4, 2016, the album was reissued on CD by the Music on CD label. In July 2016 the album was re-released in the US on red vinyl and in Europe on green vinyl.

Single releases

Weight of the World

The first single Weight of the World / After All These Years was released on May 18, 1992 in Great Britain and Germany as a 7 ″ vinyl single and also as a CD single in the countries listed and the USA (release: April 28, 1992) the additional song Don't Be Cruel , which is not included on the album.

Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go

On September 21, 1992, another single Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go / Don't Know a Thing About Love was released in Germany as a 7 ″ vinyl single and as a CD single with the additional song Everyone Wins , das nicht is included on the album - and was erroneously stated as Everybody Wins on the sleeve. In the USA only one CD promotional single of Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go was released.

Chart placements

year	album	Chart placements
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1992	Time takes time	-	19th	-	-	-
year	Single release	Chart placements
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1992	Weight of the World	51	21st	-	74	-
1992	Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go	-	-	-	nv	nv

Others

• Music videos were recorded for promotional purposes for the songs Weight of the World and Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go .
• The album was released in Germany in 12 ″ vinyl format and was exported to several European countries.
• The song Everyone Wins was re-released in a re-recording in January 2010 on the album Y Not .

literature

• Chip Madinger and Mark Easter: Eight Arms to Hold You - The Solo Compendium . 44.1 Productions 2000, ISBN 0-615-11724-4 , pp. 534-537.
• CD booklet

Web links

• More information about the album

Individual evidence

1. ↑ US re-release Time Takes Time (Red Vinyl)
2. ↑ European re-release Time Takes Time (Green Vinyl)
3. ↑ Weight of the World - Single
4. ↑ Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go - Single
5. ↑ Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go - USA promotion CD single