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Depending on your count (namely, whether you choose to include 1999's I Wanna Be Santa Claus or not), What's My Name is the 20th album Ringo Starr has released as a solo artist, but the real telling part of that statistic is how eight of those records have been released in the 21st century. During the 2000s and 2010s, Ringo has been treating the recording studio like an extension of his All-Starr Band, inviting his celebrity friends in to have a laugh while playing a few tunes. Not much has changed with What's My Name, at least on the surface. Starr once again sits alone in the producer's chair, and he corrals a group that features a lot of familiar faces, including Joe Walsh, Steve Lukather, Nathan East, Benmont Tench, Dave Stewart, and Colin Hay. Ringo isn't shy about evoking the ghost of the Beatles, covering John Lennon's "Grow Old with Me," a choice that is a good bit more sensitive than a ham-fisted electronic reading of "Money" filled with clanky drum machines and vocoders. Grappling with the mayhem of modernity is an underlying theme of What's My Name, surfacing explicitly on the opening "Gotta Get Up to Get Down" when Joe Walsh announces himself by blustering "Everybody's on the internet, what's up with that?" Such grumbling and griping is drowned out by the good vibes. Ringo admits on the title track, "I can't get enough of peace and love/This is what I've come to understand," and there's a sense of gratitude flowing throughout What's My Name, apparent in "Magic," "Better Days," "Life Is Good," "Send Love, Spread Peace," and "Thank God for Music." Often, his good cheer comes across as corny, a situation accentuated by the big, bright surfaces -- it's the work of pros who are working at home, seeking only to please themselves. As the spirits are sunny and the songs tuneful, it's hard not to find What's My Name ingratiating, even though much of the album is so good-intentioned, it's silly.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Nathan East, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Starkey, ComposerLyricist - Windy Wagner, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Kari Kimmel, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Edgar Winter, Synthesizer Programming, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Page, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ringo Starr, Producer, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Walsh, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bruce Sugar, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Warren Ham, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Roccabella, Inc.
Nathan East, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Starkey, ComposerLyricist - Benmont Tench, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Windy Wagner, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Stewart, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Amy Keys, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ringo Starr, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Cox, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce Sugar, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Roccabella, Inc.
John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ringo Starr, Producer, Drums, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Cox, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Walsh, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rhea Fowler, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bianca McClure, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lauren Baba, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Isaiah Gage, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Allison Lovejoy, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Roccabella, Inc.
Richard Starkey, ComposerLyricist - Windy Wagner, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kari Kimmel, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - STEVE LUKATHER, Guitar, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Richard Page, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ringo Starr, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Pierce, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce Sugar, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Warren Ham, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Roccabella, Inc.
Nathan East, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Janie Bradford, Composer, Author - STEVE LUKATHER, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ringo Starr, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maxine Waters, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Berry Gordy, Composer, Author - Bruce Sugar, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Julia Waters, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Roccabella, Inc.
Richard Starkey, ComposerLyricist - Sam Hollander, Producer, ComposerLyricist - James King, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Kaveh Rastegar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ringo Starr, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Min, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Levin, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Zelma Davis, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Grant Michaels, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Garen Gueyikian, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Roccabella, Inc.
Gary Burr, ComposerLyricist - Nathan East, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Starkey, ComposerLyricist - Benmont Tench, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Windy Wagner, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kari Kimmel, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - STEVE LUKATHER, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Page, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ringo Starr, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce Sugar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Warren Ham, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Roccabella, Inc.
Richard Starkey, ComposerLyricist - Sam Hollander, ComposerLyricist - STEVE LUKATHER, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ringo Starr, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maxine Waters, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Cox, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce Sugar, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Julia Waters, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Grant Michaels, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 Roccabella, Inc.
Steve Dudas, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan East, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Starkey, ComposerLyricist - Benmont Tench, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Windy Wagner, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Amy Keys, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Nicholson, ComposerLyricist - Ringo Starr, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Roccabella, Inc.
Nathan East, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Hay, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - STEVE LUKATHER, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ringo Starr, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maxine Waters, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Julia Waters, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Warren Ham, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Roccabella, Inc.
Album review
Depending on your count (namely, whether you choose to include 1999's I Wanna Be Santa Claus or not), What's My Name is the 20th album Ringo Starr has released as a solo artist, but the real telling part of that statistic is how eight of those records have been released in the 21st century. During the 2000s and 2010s, Ringo has been treating the recording studio like an extension of his All-Starr Band, inviting his celebrity friends in to have a laugh while playing a few tunes. Not much has changed with What's My Name, at least on the surface. Starr once again sits alone in the producer's chair, and he corrals a group that features a lot of familiar faces, including Joe Walsh, Steve Lukather, Nathan East, Benmont Tench, Dave Stewart, and Colin Hay. Ringo isn't shy about evoking the ghost of the Beatles, covering John Lennon's "Grow Old with Me," a choice that is a good bit more sensitive than a ham-fisted electronic reading of "Money" filled with clanky drum machines and vocoders. Grappling with the mayhem of modernity is an underlying theme of What's My Name, surfacing explicitly on the opening "Gotta Get Up to Get Down" when Joe Walsh announces himself by blustering "Everybody's on the internet, what's up with that?" Such grumbling and griping is drowned out by the good vibes. Ringo admits on the title track, "I can't get enough of peace and love/This is what I've come to understand," and there's a sense of gratitude flowing throughout What's My Name, apparent in "Magic," "Better Days," "Life Is Good," "Send Love, Spread Peace," and "Thank God for Music." Often, his good cheer comes across as corny, a situation accentuated by the big, bright surfaces -- it's the work of pros who are working at home, seeking only to please themselves. As the spirits are sunny and the songs tuneful, it's hard not to find What's My Name ingratiating, even though much of the album is so good-intentioned, it's silly.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:34:41
- Main artists: Ringo Starr
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Ringo Starr - What's My Name
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2019 Roccabella, Inc. ℗ 2019 Roccabella, Inc.
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