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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''"I was in the greatest show on earth, for what it was worth/Now I'm only 32, and all I wanna do... is boogaloo!"'']]
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4	''Ringo'' is the third studio album by Music/RingoStarr, released in 1973. Previously, in 1970 Starr had released two {{cover album}}s, ''Sentimental Journey'' and ''Beaucoup Of Blues''. He had then put music on the back burner as he pursued an acting career. During this hiatus, however, he released two successful singles, "It Don't Come Easy" and "Back Off Boogaloo". These laid the groundwork for a full scale relaunch of Starr's music career.
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6	''Ringo'' is notable for its loose, party-like atmosphere and for Starr's strong vocals, a surprise to some who'd considered Starr's contributions AlbumFiller while he was with Music/TheBeatles.
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8	Ah yes, Music/TheBeatles, the elephant in the room. This is remembered as one of only two projects between their breakup in 1970 and Music/JohnLennon's murder in 1980 on which all four members appear-- albeit not all on the same track; the other project was ''Ringo's Rotogravure'' in 1976. A little help from your friends certainly doesn't hurt.
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11	!! Tracklist:
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13	[[AC: Side One]]
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15	# "I'm The Greatest" (3:21)
16	# "Have You Seen My Baby" (3:44)
17	# "Photograph" (3:56)
18	# "Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond)" (2:45)
19	# "You're Sixteen" (2:48)
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21	[[AC: Side Two]]
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23	# "Oh My My" (4:16)
24	# "Step Lightly" (3:15)
25	# "Six O'Clock" (4:06)
26	# "Devil Woman" (3:50)
27	# "You And Me (Babe)" (4:59)
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30	!! Bonus Tracks (1991 Reissue):
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32	# "It Don't Come Easy" (3:02)
33	# "Early 1970" (2:20)
34	# "Down And Out" (3:04)
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37	!! Trope Lightly:
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39	* AgeProgressionSong: "I'm The Greatest" follows Ringo from childhood through adolescence to age 32.
40	* BreakingTheFourthWall: "You And Me (Babe)":
41	-->''Though I may not be in your town,''\
42	''You know that I can still be found,''\
43	''Right here on this record,''\
44	''Spinning 'round with the sound.''
45	* ButNowIMustGo: "You And Me (Babe)", complete with a spoken SpecialThanks to the album's participants during the FadeOut:
46	-->''For you and me, babe, we may meet again,''\
47	''And in the meanwhile, stay out of the rain,''\
48	''But keep your nose dry,''\
49	''And give us a smile if you like the show.''
50	* CallBack[=/=]SgtPeppersShoutOut:
51	** The ornate cover has the artist in the foreground and a crowd of colourful characters in the background. [[Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand Sound familiar?]]
52	** "Billy Shears" is name-checked in "I'm the Greatest!".
53	* CoverVersion: "You're Sixteen" was associated with {{rockabilly}} singer Johnny Burnette.
54	* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: {{Invoked}} in "Devil Woman". "Devil woman, you look like an angel to me!"
55	* FaceOnTheCover: Ringo standing next to a cherub in front of a large crowd. The word "Ringo" forms around him.
56	* HotAsHell: The subject of "Devil Woman".
57	-->''You look like the devil with horns in your head,''
58	-->''The only way i'll get you is to get you in bed.''
59	* IAmGreatSong: "I'm The Greatest", of course. Note that Starr did '''not''' write it himself, Lennon did.
60	* IntercourseWithYou: "Devil Woman".
61	* OneWordTitle: "Photograph".
62	* PepTalkSong: "Step Lightly".
63	-->''"Step lightly''\
64	''You're movin' too fast''\
65	''Take your time boy''\
66	''Soon the pain will pass."''
67	* PersonalRaincloud: "Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond)".
68	-->''"It's a sunshine life for me,''\
69	''If I could get away from this cloud over me,''\
70	''Seems to just follow me around."''
71	* PreciousPhoto: The only thing left after a breakup in "Photograph".
72	* QuestioningTitle: "Have You Seen My Baby?".
73	* SelfTitledAlbum: His first name (at least his stage name).
74	* SeriousBusiness: John Lennon specifically tried to avert this by giving "I'm The Greatest" to Ringo. Lennon had initially intended to record it himself as a tongue-in-cheek and slightly sarcastic change from his usual introspective material of the period (it was inspired by watching himself in ''Film/AHardDaysNight'' when it was first broadcast on TV in the early 1970s and thinking about everything that had happened in the decade since). Once he'd written it, he began to worry that because everyone regarded him as The Deep and Serious Beatle and took what he had to say about things way too seriously, if he was to record a song about great he was and being a Beatle had been even sarcastically it would generate unnecessary controversy and Wild Mass Guessing from critics and fans. Ringo, on the other hand, could get away with it because he was always regarded as the good-natured, easy-going everyman of the group who was just there having fun anyway.
75	-->'''John Lennon:''' "I'm the Greatest"? It's the Muhammad Ali line ... I couldn't sing it, but it was perfect for Ringo. He could say, "I'm the greatest" and people wouldn't get upset. Whereas if I said "I'm the greatest," they'd all take it ''so'' seriously.
76	* SpecialGuest: Aside from the other Beatles there's also Linda [=McCartney=], Music/MarcBolan, Billy Preston, [[Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung Stephen Stills]], four members of Music/TheBand, David Bromberg, and Martha Reeves from Martha & The Vandellas.
77	* VisualPun: Ringo forms the letter "I" in his name/the title, and there's a star over his head.
78	* WhatBeautifulEyes: "Six O'Clock".
79	-->''"I (I) don't (don't) treat (treat) you (you)''\
80	''Like i'd like to treat you,''\
81	''Ev'ry diamond in the sky is in your eyes."''

Context Music / Ringo