Ringo (album) Ringo (album) Ringo is the third studio album by Ringo Starr, released in 1973 on Apple Records. It peaked at No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 2 on the "Billboard" 200, and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. In Canada, it reached No. 1 on the "RPM" national albums chart. The album is noted for the appearance of all four Beatles, and for its numerous guest stars, something which would become a signature for Starr on many of his subsequent albums and tours. After releasing the standards tribute "Sentimental Journey" and the country and western "Beaucoups
Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond) Sixteen". In his book "The Beatles Solo on Apple Records", Bruce Spizer describes the first five tracks on "Ringo" as "one of the strongest album sides produced by any ex-Beatle". The album cover consisted of a painting by Tim Bruckner in which Harrison, the four members of the Band and all the other musicians on the recording appear, alongside Starr. The song was published by the Material World Charitable Foundation, which Harrison had set up in April 1973. Comparing "Sunshine Life for Me" with the devout lyrical content of "Living in the Material World", Beatles biographer Nicholas Schaffner opined that