Bad Boy [180 Gram Vinyl]

by Ringo Starr

Overview

Leaving Atlantic Records after the sales disaster of Ringo the 4th, Ringo Starr signed to CBS's Portrait label and returned to the record racks after only seven months with Bad Boy. Working again with Vini Poncia and a largely pseudonymous band (lead guitar by "Push-alone" and bass by "Diesel"), Starr turned out a competent effort with a few interesting song choices, notably the old Benny Spellman tune "Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette)" (bet it was a favorite back in Liverpool) and Gallagher & Lyle's "Heart on My Sleeve," along with some that were beyond him, such as the Supremes' "Where Did Our Love Go." But Starr needed more than competence to reverse his career decline, and Bad Boy sold only to the same hardcore Beatles collectors who had pushed Ringo the 4th into the lower reaches of the charts for half-a-dozen weeks. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	09/01/2017
Label:	Friday Music
UPC:	0829421353775

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ringo Starr   Primary Artist,Drums,Vocals,Percussion
James Newton Howard   Guest Artist,Synthesizer
Tom Saviano   Saxophone
Vini Poncia   Guitar,Vocals
Doug Riley   Strings
Tom Scott   Horn
Morris Lane   Keyboards
Hamisch Bisonette   Synthesizer
Git-Tar   Guitar (Rhythm)
Push-A-Lone   Guitar
Diesel   Bass

Technical Credits

Bob Schaper   Engineer
Ian McLagan   Composer
Lamont Dozier   Composer
Benny Gallagher   Composer
Eddie Holland   Composer
Graham Lyle   Composer
Ringo Starr   Composer
Lil Armstrong   Composer
Naomi Neville   Composer
Michael Franks   Composer
Brian Holland   Composer
Tom Saviano   Horn Arrangements
Peter Skellern   Composer
Avon Long   Composer
Vini Poncia   Composer,Producer
John Pidgeon   Composer
Ruan Olachainn   Composer