Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr

Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr (the last word visually rendered as ) is a career-spanning best-of compilation album by Ringo Starr and is the first such album since the release of 1975's Blast from Your Past. The release of the collection coincided with that of Starr's first four solo albums for EMI in digital format on 28 August 2007.^[2]

The compilation debuted at No. 26 in the United Kingdom album chart on 2 September 2007. This represents Starr's highest UK album chart peak since 1974, when the Goodnight Vienna album debuted and peaked at No. 30. The album stayed in the UK Top 100 chart for three weeks. The album also had a 2-week chart run in the United States, where it debuted at No. 130 with 5,426 copies sold during the first week of release.

Track listing

Standard release

1. "Photograph" (1973) – 3:58
2. "It Don't Come Easy" (1971) – 3:01
3. "You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful and You're Mine)" (1973) – 2:49
4. "Back Off Boogaloo" (1972) – 3:19
5. "I'm the Greatest" (1973) – 3:26
6. "Oh My My" (1973) – 4:15
7. "Only You (And You Alone)" (1974) – 3:24
8. "Beaucoups of Blues" (1970) – 2:33
9. "Early 1970" (1971) – 2:18
10. "Snookeroo" (1974) – 3:24
11. "No No Song" (1974) – 2:31
12. "(It's All Down To) Goodnight Vienna" (1974) [single version, first time available on CD] – 3:02
13. "Hey! Baby" (1976) – 3:10
14. "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll" (1976) – 3:54
15. "Weight of the World" (1992) – 3:24
16. "King of Broken Hearts" (1998) – 4:43
17. "Never Without You" (2003) – 5:23
18. "Act Naturally" (with Buck Owens) (1989) [first release on a Ringo Starr album] – 3:00
19. "Wrack My Brain" (1981) – 2:21
20. "Fading in and Fading Out" (2005) – 3:58

Collector's edition DVD

1. "Sentimental Journey" (1970 promotional film)
2. "It Don't Come Easy" (1971 promotional film)
3. "Back Off Boogaloo" (1972 promotional film)
4. "You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful and You're Mine)" (1973 promotional film)
5. "Only You (And You Alone)" (1974 promotional film)
6. "Act Naturally" (with Buck Owens) (1989 music video)
7. "Goodnight Vienna" (1974 promotional film for album)

Photograph: The Digital Hits

The track listing and title for the iTunes release differs from the standard release. Unlike the standard CD release, the digital album contains "Oo-Wee," "Have You Seen My Baby," and an extended version "Six O'Clock" in favor of "Hey! Baby," "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll," and "King of Broken Hearts." A digital booklet was also included with the purchase of Photograph: The Digital Hits.

1. "Photograph" (1973) – 3:59
2. "It Don't Come Easy" (1971) – 3:01
3. "You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful and You're Mine)" (1973) – 2:49
4. "Back Off Boogaloo" (1972) – 3:19
5. "I'm the Greatest" (1973) – 3:26
6. "Oh My My" (1973) – 4:15
7. "Only You (And You Alone)" (1974) – 3:24
8. "Beaucoups of Blues" (1970) – 2:33
9. "Early 1970" (1971) – 2:19
10. "Snookeroo" (1974) – 3:24
11. "No No Song" (1974) – 2:31
12. "(It's All Down To) Goodnight Vienna" (1974) [single version] – 3:01
13. "Oo-Wee" (1974) – 3:44
14. "Have You Seen My Baby" (1973) – 3:44
15. "Six O'Clock" (1973) – 5:23
16. "Weight of the World" (1992) – 3:54
17. "Never Without You" (2003) – 5:23
18. "Act Naturally" (with Buck Owens) (1989) – 3:00
19. "Wrack My Brain" (1981) – 2:21
20. "Fading in and Fading Out" (2005) – 3:58

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