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After the critical and commercial disaster of Ringo the 4th (1977), Starr and his musical partner, Vini Poncia, decided to create a less campy album and streamline the sound to lose the disco qualities and excesses that marred the previous release. Notably, Starr sounds much more sober on Bad Boy. With Poncia taking the production reigns, Starr mostly relies on other people's songs, with no celebrity guests to be found. Ringo The 4th is an album by Ringo Starr and was released in 1977. ...

The results, while comparatively an improvement, were still below par for Starr, resulting in another flop album, with Bad Boy only reaching #129 in the US, despite the airing of a prime time TV special entitled Ognir Rrats ('Ringo Starr' backwards). Polydor Records, after three consecutive non-charters in the UK, promptly dropped Starr, while his new US label, Portrait Records (who picked him up after Atlantic Records had dropped him) would eventually cancel his contract in 1981 during the making of his next album. 1920s vintage Polydor export label with its double-horn gramophone logo In 1954 Polydor Records introduced their distinctive orange label. ... Portrait Records is a sister label of Epic Records. ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ...

Of the 45's pulled from Bad Boy, neither "Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette)" nor "Heart On My Sleeve" charted. In the UK, the lone single was "Tonight / Heart On My Sleeve" and did not chart. It is now a sought after collector's item.

Bad Boy was reissued on CD in the US by Epic Records in 1991 (after Portrait Records' shelving), now its only source of availability. Epic Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Sony BMG. // Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ...

Track listing

1. "Who Needs A Heart" (Richard Starkey/Vini Poncia) – 3:48
2. "Bad Boy" (Lil Armstrong/Avon Long) – 3:14
3. "Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette)" (Naomi Neville) – 3:01
4. "Heart On My Sleeve" (Benny Gallagher/Graham Lyle) – 3:20
5. "Where Did Our Love Go (Eddie Holland/Lamont Dozier/Brian Holland) – 3:15
6. "Hard Times" (Peter Skellern) – 3:31
7. "Tonight" (Ian McLagan/John Pidgeon) – 2:56
8. "Monkey See - Monkey Do" (Michael Franks) – 3:36
9. "Old Time Relovin'" (Vini Poncia/Richard Starkey) – 4:16
10. "A Man Like Me" (Ruan O'Lachainn) – 3:08

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External links

• JPGR's Bad Boy site