Choose Love

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Choose Love
Choose Love cover
Studio album by Ringo Starr
Released 7 June 2005 (US)
25 July 2005 (UK)
Recorded mid 2004 - early 2005
Genre Rock
Length 44:39
Label Koch (US)
CNR (UK)
Producer Mark Hudson and
Ringo Starr
Professional reviews
Ringo Starr chronology
Tour 2003
(2004)
Choose Love
(2005)
Ringo Starr and Friends
(2006)

Choose Love is the thirteenth studio album by Ringo Starr, released in 2005. Recorded throughout 2004 into 2005, the album received strong reviews upon its release and preceded another promotional tour with Starr and his studio band, called "The Roundheads".

Using the same team that created Vertical Man and Ringo Rama, Starr produced the set with longtime musical partner Mark Hudson and performed it with their studio team. As ever, a Ringo Starr album would be lacking if it did not include some celebrity guests and Choose Love does not deviate from the formula; it features Billy Preston and Chrissie Hynde as its most notable guests.

Choose Love was initially released as a dual disc (CD on side, DVD on the other), with the DVD component featuring bonus features on the making of the album.

Choose Love failed to chart in the UK and even the US, where both Vertical Man and Ringo Rama had seen a measure of commercial success.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Richard Starkey/Mark Hudson/Gary Burr/Steve Dudas/Dean Grakal, except where noted.

  1. "Fading In Fading Out" (Richard Starkey/Mark Hudson/Gary Burr) – 3:57
  2. "Give Me Back The Beat" – 3:54
  3. "Oh My Lord" – 5:32
  4. "Hard To Be True" (Richard Starkey/Mark Hudson/Gary Burr) – 3:28
    • features Billy Preston on backing vocals
  5. "Some People" – 3:18
  6. "Wrong All The Time" (Richard Starkey/Mark Hudson/Gary Burr) – 3:39
    • features Billy Preston on organ
  7. "Don't Hang Up" (Richard Starkey/Mark Hudson/Gary Burr) – 3:27
  8. "Choose Love" (Richard Starkey/Mark Hudson/Gary Burr) – 3:08
  9. "Me And You" (Richard Starkey/Mark Hudson/Steve Dudas) – 2:15
  10. "Satisfied" (Richard Starkey/Mark Hudson/Gary Nicholson) – 3:19
  11. "The Turnaround" – 3:54
  12. "Free Drinks" – 4:47
    • includes a brief untitled hidden musical piece following the track's end

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