''Give More Love'' is the 19th studio album by English musician Ringo Starr. It was recorded primarily in Starr's home studio in

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and was released on 15 September 2017 by UM. The album features Starr's frequent collaborators such as

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, Dave Stewart, Gary Nicholson and Bob Malone, members of his All-Starr Band, and guest appearances by Starr's former Beatles bandmate

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Background

Starr began working on the album following the release of '' Postcards from Paradise'' and a tour with his All-Starr Band. Starr initially recruited longtime collaborator

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to help him produce a

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album in Nashville, but ultimately ended up recording mostly rock tracks in his home studio. The album features a number of Starr's regular collaborators, including former and current All-Starr band members Steve Lukather, Peter Frampton,

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and Timothy B. Schmit. Starr's former Beatles bandmate

plays bass on two tracks and sings backing vocals. Starr announced McCartney's appearance on the album via

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. The album consists of ten new original tracks and four bonus tracks; the bonus tracks are all re-recordings of songs previously released by Starr. The re-recording of Starr's 1972 single "

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" is based on Starr's original demo of the song and features Electric Light Orchestra founder

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and

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member

on guitar. The re-recording of "You Can't Fight Lightning" from '' Stop and Smell the Roses'' features the Swedish band Alberta Cross, and the re-recordings of Starr's song " Photograph" and his Beatles song "

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" feature the American band

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. Starr officially announced the album on 7 July 2017, his 77th birthday, and simultaneously released the title track as a single via streaming services and digital download. "We're on the Road Again", featuring McCartney, Lukather, Walsh and Winter, was released as a second single on 18 July. The country track "So Wrong for So Long" was released as a single on 18 August. "Standing Still" was released as the final single on 8 September.

Release and reception

''Give More Love'' received mixed reviews upon its release. ''

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described Starr as "rock's mischievously minimalist id and Eternal-Optimist Emeritus", and called the album "a well-timed all-star candygram".

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's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote "this isn't the kind of album that plays its cards close to the vest; as the title suggests, this is open-hearted, kind music."

Track listing

Personnel

* Ringo Starr – vocals, percussion , drums , guitar , piano ,

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, mixing * Steve Lukather – guitar , keyboards , backing vocals *

– guitar , backing vocals * Peter Frampton – guitar , backing vocals *

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– guitar * Steve Dudas – guitar *

– guitar * Gary Nicholson – guitar *

– guitar * Petter Ericson Stakee – guitar , backing vocals , percussion * Matthew Pynn – guitar * J. Tom Hnatow – guitar * Mark Charles Heidinger – guitar , bass , vocals * Jim Cox – keyboards , piano , organ *

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– keyboards * Edgar Winter – piano , saxophone , backing vocals *

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– keyboards , backing vocals * Bob Malone – piano *

– bass , backing vocals * Nathan East – bass *

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– bass * Matt Bissonette – bass * Erik MacQueen – bass * Fredrik Aspelin – drums , percussion * Robby Cosenza – drums , percussion , harmonica * Bruce Sugar – drum programming , keyboards ; recording, mixing, editing *

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– percussion * Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals *

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– backing vocals *

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– backing vocals * Windy Wagner – backing vocals *

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– backing vocals , guitar *

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– backing vocals * Rose Guerin – vocals * Viktor Buck – backing vocals ; engineering (13) * Fred Appelquist – engineering (13) * Peter R. Ericson – additional production (13) * Duane Lundy – additional engineering & production (21)

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2017 albums Ringo Starr albums Universal Music Enterprises albums Albums produced by Ringo Starr