New album by Ringo, titled Postcards from Paradise
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Rolling Stone mag must think it's a good album, they feature Ringo on their latest cover.
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beatlesfanrandy:
I don't think even the haters can argue that the playing isn't great on this album. If they've even listened to it at all.
Great playing doesn't make a great record. Fact. Great playing + great compositions + great production + great singing = Great record.
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javilu:
beatlesfanrandy:
I don't think even the haters can argue that the playing isn't great on this album. If they've even listened to it at all.
Great playing doesn't make a great record. Fact. Great playing + great compositions + great production + great singing = Great record.
Great playing + great compositions + great production + great singing = Great record... Sounds like this album in a nutshell to me. You leave Ringo Starr to his own devices, and he cranks out something like this
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DrummerFromFife:
javilu:
beatlesfanrandy:
I don't think even the haters can argue that the playing isn't great on this album. If they've even listened to it at all.
Great playing doesn't make a great record. Fact. Great playing + great compositions + great production + great singing = Great record.
Great playing + great compositions + great production + great singing = Great record... Sounds like this album in a nutshell to me. You leave Ringo Starr to his own devices, and he cranks out something like this
And that's the problem Don't get me wrong, I am not saying it is as bad as Ringo The 4th, Old Wave or Ringo 2012 because it is not. It is just not interesting, catchy or varied enough to raise above "average" or "pedestrian". And this comes from someone who adores Ringorama, Choose Love, Vertical Man, Time Takes Time and Goodnight Vienna. Hell, I even find enjoyable stuff like Rotogravure, Stop and Smell the Roses and Bad Boy.
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javilu:
DrummerFromFife:
javilu:
beatlesfanrandy:
I don't think even the haters can argue that the playing isn't great on this album. If they've even listened to it at all.
Great playing doesn't make a great record. Fact. Great playing + great compositions + great production + great singing = Great record.
Great playing + great compositions + great production + great singing = Great record... Sounds like this album in a nutshell to me. You leave Ringo Starr to his own devices, and he cranks out something like this
And that's the problem Don't get me wrong, I am not saying it is as bad as Ringo The 4th, Old Wave or Ringo 2012 because it is not. It is just not interesting, catchy or varied enough to raise above "average" or "pedestrian". And this comes from someone who adores Ringorama, Choose Love, Vertical Man, Time Takes Time and Goodnight Vienna. Hell, I even find enjoyable stuff like Rotogravure, Stop and Smell the Roses and Bad Boy.
Sorry buddy, but I fail to see what's wrong with this album. I think the music on this album is super catchy and fun. I'd call this album better than 2012, Bad Boy, Liverpool 8, Ringo the 4th, and Old Wave, and a tiny bit better than Ringo Rama, Time Takes Time, The Roses, and Choose Love, maybe Goodnight Vienna. To me, Ringo has only put out 2 bad albums, and they were back in the 70s, and even they had at least 1 good song each. Maybe it's just me... but this album is a major winner to me
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Let's all get back together in 6 months and see if we are still talking about this album; that'll be true test.
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Brian Wilson's new album came out today... ...I'm thinking back to last week...Postcards from whaaa? I highly recommend "No Pier Pressure" to anyone looking for consolation from last week's disappointment!
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MetalGod:
Let's all get back together in 6 months and see if we are still talking about this album; that'll be true test.
Well, considering people are still talking about the crappy album known as Ringo's Rotogravure and the average as hell album known as Bad Boy, albums that were recorded almost 40 years ago... I think it's safe to say people will remember Postcards from Paradise. Especially with songs like Rory and the Hurricanes and Island in the Sun, maybe the title song as well... Never know
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WixRocks!:
Brian Wilson's new album came out today... ...I'm thinking back to last week...Postcards from whaaa? I highly recommend "No Pier Pressure" to anyone looking for consolation from last week's disappointment!
Will do! I liked his 2008 album. I can't really or won't compare a Ringo album against a Brian Wilson album; that's like comparing it to a McCartney album. I wasn't disappointed in the Ringo album because I knew what I was getting based on his last couple of 'self-produced' albums. The expectation wasn't beyond an average Ringo record. It's enjoyable but I'm doubting my repeated residual listens in the near future. It'll become a legacy record to go back to in the future when I get in a Ringo mood to listen to his records in bulk.
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javilu:
DrummerFromFife:
javilu:
beatlesfanrandy:
I don't think even the haters can argue that the playing isn't great on this album. If they've even listened to it at all.
Great playing doesn't make a great record. Fact. Great playing + great compositions + great production + great singing = Great record.
Great playing + great compositions + great production + great singing = Great record... Sounds like this album in a nutshell to me. You leave Ringo Starr to his own devices, and he cranks out something like this
And that's the problem Don't get me wrong, I am not saying it is as bad as Ringo The 4th, Old Wave or Ringo 2012 because it is not. It is just not interesting, catchy or varied enough to raise above "average" or "pedestrian". And this comes from someone who adores Ringorama, Choose Love, Vertical Man, Time Takes Time and Goodnight Vienna. Hell, I even find enjoyable stuff like Rotogravure, Stop and Smell the Roses and Bad Boy.
Obviously you are the expert on all things Ringo! I respectfully disagree with you,
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beatlesfanrandy:
Obviously you are the expert on all things Ringo!
Thank you and goodnight... ...Vienna
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I thought it was a solid album. No clunkers. I'm not one to listen to a lot of ringo, but this was enjoyable enough to listen through once or twice.
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Finally got my copy yesterday. Actually, I think it's a fine album, not one of his best, but not one of his worst. For the most part, it seems some thought went into the arrangements and playing and lyrics, and there is a bright atmosphere to much of it. Listening to the title track and looking at the lyrics: as someone else said, yes, Todd had a lot to do with the lyrics. It seems obvious that Ringo wrote the first verse and Todd wrote the rest; they're more clever, and does Ringo even remember "Bad To Me"? About his vocals: I've gotten used to the Autotuned voice, mostly, but "Not Looking Back" is like a love song from Ringobot 2015, kind of creepy, I'm afraid (and I think Richard Marx is overly sentimental). "Touch and Go" is similarly troubling to me vocally. It's better on the upbeat tunes. We all seem to have different concepts of his best and worst albums. I like "Rotogravure" a bit more than "Goodnight Vienna," and "Bad Boy" was an improvement over the depths of "Ringo the 4th" ("Can She Do It Like She Dances" has got to be about the worst song title ever, let alone the song itself). "...Roses" continued the upward swing (but "Old Wave": bleah!), "Time Takes Time" was his second artistic peak, and Mark Hudson did pretty well carrying on with "Vertical Man" and "Ringo Rama," but then the formula grew stale with "Choose Love." "Liverpool 8" was kind of directionless, but okay. I thought "Y Not" was one of his absolute worst, but then "2012" was a fun, but too brief, burst of energy. The new album started to lose my interest toward the end, but it's better than I expected, and I think "Bamboula" and "Island in the Sun" have a good vibe.
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favoritething:
Finally got my copy yesterday. Actually, I think it's a fine album, not one of his best, but not one of his worst. For the most part, it seems some thought went into the arrangements and playing and lyrics, and there is a bright atmosphere to much of it. Listening to the title track and looking at the lyrics: as someone else said, yes, Todd had a lot to do with the lyrics. It seems obvious that Ringo wrote the first verse and Todd wrote the rest; they're more clever, and does Ringo even remember "Bad To Me"? About his vocals: I've gotten used to the Autotuned voice, mostly, but "Not Looking Back" is like a love song from Ringobot 2015, kind of creepy, I'm afraid (and I think Richard Marx is overly sentimental). "Touch and Go" is similarly troubling to me vocally. It's better on the upbeat tunes. We all seem to have different concepts of his best and worst albums. I like "Rotogravure" a bit more than "Goodnight Vienna," and "Bad Boy" was an improvement over the depths of "Ringo the 4th" ("Can She Do It Like She Dances" has got to be about the worst song title ever, let alone the song itself). "...Roses" continued the upward swing (but "Old Wave": bleah!), "Time Takes Time" was his second artistic peak, and Mark Hudson did pretty well carrying on with "Vertical Man" and "Ringo Rama," but then the formula grew stale with "Choose Love." "Liverpool 8" was kind of directionless, but okay. I thought "Y Not" was one of his absolute worst, but then "2012" was a fun, but too brief, burst of energy. The new album started to lose my interest toward the end, but it's better than I expected, and I think "Bamboula" and "Island in the Sun" have a good vibe.
Wow, dude, I'm practically the complete opposite of you. I think Rotogravure is his worst album (absolutely dire), Bad Boy is incredibly bland, and Y Not is one of his best.... maybe it's because I may have different needs when it comes to music And then there's the fact that I really love Can She Do It Like She Dances... Yeah, now I think about it, I think Ringo the 4th is a perfect example of "guilty pleasure" for me. The disco style doesn't really suit Ringo... and yet I enjoy a lot of the songs on that album. One of them is my all time favourite Ringo songs, so... yeah
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DrummerFromFife:
favoritething:
Finally got my copy yesterday. Actually, I think it's a fine album, not one of his best, but not one of his worst. For the most part, it seems some thought went into the arrangements and playing and lyrics, and there is a bright atmosphere to much of it. Listening to the title track and looking at the lyrics: as someone else said, yes, Todd had a lot to do with the lyrics. It seems obvious that Ringo wrote the first verse and Todd wrote the rest; they're more clever, and does Ringo even remember "Bad To Me"? About his vocals: I've gotten used to the Autotuned voice, mostly, but "Not Looking Back" is like a love song from Ringobot 2015, kind of creepy, I'm afraid (and I think Richard Marx is overly sentimental). "Touch and Go" is similarly troubling to me vocally. It's better on the upbeat tunes. We all seem to have different concepts of his best and worst albums. I like "Rotogravure" a bit more than "Goodnight Vienna," and "Bad Boy" was an improvement over the depths of "Ringo the 4th" ("Can She Do It Like She Dances" has got to be about the worst song title ever, let alone the song itself). "...Roses" continued the upward swing (but "Old Wave": bleah!), "Time Takes Time" was his second artistic peak, and Mark Hudson did pretty well carrying on with "Vertical Man" and "Ringo Rama," but then the formula grew stale with "Choose Love." "Liverpool 8" was kind of directionless, but okay. I thought "Y Not" was one of his absolute worst, but then "2012" was a fun, but too brief, burst of energy. The new album started to lose my interest toward the end, but it's better than I expected, and I think "Bamboula" and "Island in the Sun" have a good vibe.
Wow, dude, I'm practically the complete opposite of you. I think Rotogravure is his worst album (absolutely dire), Bad Boy is incredibly bland, and Y Not is one of his best.... maybe it's because I may have different needs when it comes to music And then there's the fact that I really love Can She Do It Like She Dances... Yeah, now I think about it, I think Ringo the 4th is a perfect example of "guilty pleasure" for me. The disco style doesn't really suit Ringo... and yet I enjoy a lot of the songs on that album. One of them is my all time favourite Ringo songs, so... yeah
I like a few "Ringo the 4th" songs, like "Wings" and "Out on the Streets," and actually I know that album really well, because I had very few albums by anyone at the time. But it's not an album I go back to very much!
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favoritething:
DrummerFromFife:
favoritething:
Finally got my copy yesterday. Actually, I think it's a fine album, not one of his best, but not one of his worst. For the most part, it seems some thought went into the arrangements and playing and lyrics, and there is a bright atmosphere to much of it. Listening to the title track and looking at the lyrics: as someone else said, yes, Todd had a lot to do with the lyrics. It seems obvious that Ringo wrote the first verse and Todd wrote the rest; they're more clever, and does Ringo even remember "Bad To Me"? About his vocals: I've gotten used to the Autotuned voice, mostly, but "Not Looking Back" is like a love song from Ringobot 2015, kind of creepy, I'm afraid (and I think Richard Marx is overly sentimental). "Touch and Go" is similarly troubling to me vocally. It's better on the upbeat tunes. We all seem to have different concepts of his best and worst albums. I like "Rotogravure" a bit more than "Goodnight Vienna," and "Bad Boy" was an improvement over the depths of "Ringo the 4th" ("Can She Do It Like She Dances" has got to be about the worst song title ever, let alone the song itself). "...Roses" continued the upward swing (but "Old Wave": bleah!), "Time Takes Time" was his second artistic peak, and Mark Hudson did pretty well carrying on with "Vertical Man" and "Ringo Rama," but then the formula grew stale with "Choose Love." "Liverpool 8" was kind of directionless, but okay. I thought "Y Not" was one of his absolute worst, but then "2012" was a fun, but too brief, burst of energy. The new album started to lose my interest toward the end, but it's better than I expected, and I think "Bamboula" and "Island in the Sun" have a good vibe.
Wow, dude, I'm practically the complete opposite of you. I think Rotogravure is his worst album (absolutely dire), Bad Boy is incredibly bland, and Y Not is one of his best.... maybe it's because I may have different needs when it comes to music And then there's the fact that I really love Can She Do It Like She Dances... Yeah, now I think about it, I think Ringo the 4th is a perfect example of "guilty pleasure" for me. The disco style doesn't really suit Ringo... and yet I enjoy a lot of the songs on that album. One of them is my all time favourite Ringo songs, so... yeah
I like a few "Ringo the 4th" songs, like "Wings" and "Out on the Streets," and actually I know that album really well, because I had very few albums by anyone at the time. But it's not an album I go back to very much!
Yeah, it's not up there with the greats... but oh my lord, do I love "Wings". Love that song. Out On the Streets, Drowning in the Sea Of Love, Out on the Streets, Can She Dance... all good. It's not great, but it's much better than Rotogravure and Bad Boy to me
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Finally arrived and I've played it three times today. I love the opener "Rory and the Hurricanes", it's a really catchy song to mye ears, probably my favorite on the album after three listens, it's quite a poppy album, easy on the ear. I need to play it more but I think I can already tell that "Postcards From Paradise" will be among my Ringo favorites and not in the lower layer. Time will tell if I continue to play it... but I think it stands up well with "Liverpool 8", "Ringo Rama"... the best of his late career albums.
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The album ended and I just had to hear "Rory and the Hurricanes" again. It's not every day I find that kind of songs. I find it incredibly catchy with a fun doo-wop choir. This is "Paul McCartney" catchy/lighthearted at its best.
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I love Rory and the Hurrricanes. The absolute best song on this album. I knew, once I had heard that song, with the kickass vocals and brilliant drum solo, that I was in for a superb experience with this album. And I was. It was wonderful
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favoritething:
Finally got my copy yesterday. Actually, I think it's a fine album, not one of his best, but not one of his worst. For the most part, it seems some thought went into the arrangements and playing and lyrics, and there is a bright atmosphere to much of it. Listening to the title track and looking at the lyrics: as someone else said, yes, Todd had a lot to do with the lyrics. It seems obvious that Ringo wrote the first verse and Todd wrote the rest; they're more clever, and does Ringo even remember "Bad To Me"? About his vocals: I've gotten used to the Autotuned voice, mostly, but "Not Looking Back" is like a love song from Ringobot 2015, kind of creepy, I'm afraid (and I think Richard Marx is overly sentimental). "Touch and Go" is similarly troubling to me vocally. It's better on the upbeat tunes. We all seem to have different concepts of his best and worst albums. I like "Rotogravure" a bit more than "Goodnight Vienna," and "Bad Boy" was an improvement over the depths of "Ringo the 4th" ("Can She Do It Like She Dances" has got to be about the worst song title ever, let alone the song itself). "...Roses" continued the upward swing (but "Old Wave": bleah!), "Time Takes Time" was his second artistic peak, and Mark Hudson did pretty well carrying on with "Vertical Man" and "Ringo Rama," but then the formula grew stale with "Choose Love." "Liverpool 8" was kind of directionless, but okay. I thought "Y Not" was one of his absolute worst, but then "2012" was a fun, but too brief, burst of energy. The new album started to lose my interest toward the end, but it's better than I expected, and I think "Bamboula" and "Island in the Sun" have a good vibe.
I've enjoyed reading your review and I agree with most of what you say. Thank you for sharing, sir!