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Track Listing
1. Private Property
2. Wrack My Brain
3. Drumming Is My Madness
4. Attention
5. Stop and Take the Time to Smell the Roses
6. Dead Giveaway
7. You Belong to Me
8. Sure to Fall
9. You've Got a Nice Way
10. Back Off Boogaloo
11. Wake Up - (previously unreleased)
12. Red and Black Blues - (previously unreleased)
13. Brandy - (previously unreleased)
14. Stop and Take the Time to Smell the Roses - (previously unreleased, special edit)
15. You Can't Fight Lightning - (previously unreleased)
16. Hand Gun Promos - (previously unreleased)
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Ringo Starr (vocals, guitar, drums); Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Richie Zito (guitar); Dennis Budimir (guitar, banjo); Lloyd Green (guitar, pedal steel); Rick Riccio (flute, background vocals); Howie Casey (saxophone); Jerry Jumonville (tenor saxophone); Jim Gordon (baritone saxophone); Lee Thornberg (trumpet); Bruce Paulson (trombone); Herbie Flowers (tuba, bass); Jane Getz (piano); Ray Cooper (piano, percussion, background vocals); Dennis Belfield (bass); Jim Keltner (drums); Barbara Bach (marachas); Linda McCartney, Sheila Casey, Lezlee Livrano Pariser (background vocals).
Producers include: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Harry Nilsson, Ron Wood, Ringo Starr.
Reissue producer: Cheryl Pawelski.
Engineers include: Peter Henderson, Phil McDonald, Rick Riccio.
Recorded between July 1980 and November 1981. Includes liner notes by Matt Hurwitz.
By the start of the '80s, Ringo had come a long way from his public image as "the funny Beatle." He'd begun a successful film career, married actress Barbara Bach, and racked up more solo hit singles than any of his former bandmates. His jocular affability transferred well onto tape, giving most of his albums a light, friendly air that made them instantly endearing. STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES is no exception.
Like his finest solo effort RINGO, this album features contributions from several of Ringo's superstar pals; Steve Stills, Ron Wood, even Paul McCartney and George Harrison. ROSES is full of the kind of good-humored pop that is Ringo's strength; well-produced and amiably presented. "Wrack My Brain" is a hit single that never was, and the self-referential "Drumming Is My Madness" (on which the fab skinpounder is joined by legendary drummer Jim Keltner) is a loopy-but-memorable bit of fun.
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