10 Songs That Prove Ringo Star’s Solo Career Is Better Than You Think
4. Weight Of The World
With quality control falling off a cliff in the mid-Seventies, Ringo took a decade long break from recording to focus on touring his All Starr Band nostalgia act.
His 1992 comeback Time Takes Time was a departure from the usual formula. No longer propped up by songs and guest spots from famous friends, instead Ringo is surrounded by younger musicians in thrall to the Sixties sounds Ringo helped to create.
Its a tactic later employed by Brian Wilson and Love’s Arthur Lee. Here it’s mutually beneficial. Ringo gets proficient songwriters and musicians who can capably evoke his heyday. They get to makes the Sixties inspired music they love with an actual, real life Beatle on drums and vocals.
Time Takes Time became the template for Ringo’s 90s albums and beyond. With Sixties guitar pop very much back in vogue, Time Takes Time and follow up Vertical Man dont sound out of place next to efforts from the likes of Kula Shaker or The Bluetones.
This deliberate attempt to ape his past lacks the inspiration and vitality of an artist looking to the future but at their best, like mid-tempo rocker Weight of The World, the songs are suffused with Ringo’s amiable charm.