Choose Love
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
All Music Guide link The Music Box link
Ringo Starr chronology
Tour 2003 (2004) Choose Love (2005) Ringo Starr and Friends (2006)

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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. Vertical Man is Ringo Starrs eleventh studio album, issued in 1998. ... Ringo Rama is the twelfth studio album by former Beatle Ringo Starr, first released in the United States on March 25 2003. ... For other persons named Mark Hudson, see Mark Hudson (disambiguation). ... William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American soul musician from Houston, Texas, raised mostly in Los Angeles, California. ... Chrissie Hynde (born Christine Ellen Hynde, 7 September 1951, Akron, Ohio) is an American rock musician, best known as the leader of the band The Pretenders. ...

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. Size comparison: A 12 cm Sony DVD+RW and a 19 cm Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. ...

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.

Track listing

All songs by Richard Starkey/Mark Hudson/Gary Burr/Steve Dudas/Dean Grakal, except where noted. Ringo Starr Richard Starkey, MBE (born July 7, 1940) is best known by his stage name, Ringo Starr, as the drummer for The Beatles from August 16, 1962 (when he replaced Pete Best) until their breakup in 1970. ... For other persons named Mark Hudson, see Mark Hudson (disambiguation). ...

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
   • a response to George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord", bookended by Starr's original demo of his song
   • features Billy Preston on organ
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
   • features Chrissie Hynde on co-lead vocals
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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External links

• Koch Records album website