Photograph (Ringo Starr song) that Side One is the undisputed champ of the album. Jack Nitzsche has thrown in a lot of "his" past influences here, including the Famous School of Phil Spector castanets, lesson No. 2." Betrock concluded of the song: "'Photograph' is one of those rare pop records that grows stronger with each play, and will be covered and revived for years to come (I'll lay you 50-1 it appears on the next Andy Williams album)."<ref name="Betrock/PhonRec">Betrock, Alan (December 1973). "Ringo Starr: "Ringo"". "Phonograph Record". Available at Rock's Backpages ("subscription required").</ref> Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic considers "Photograph" a "gorgeous collaboration" between
Ringo Starr played together as a double-drumming team on some of Harrison's recordings during the 1970s, on "Ringo" and other albums by Starr, and on the early All-Starr Band tours. For "Ringo's Rotogravure" in 1976, Starr coined a term to describe their percussive combination, crediting himself as "Thunder" and Keltner as "Lightnin'". Starr influenced Genesis drummer Phil Collins, who said: "I think he's vastly underrated, Ringo. The drum fills on 'A Day in the Life' are very, very complex things. You could take a great drummer from today and say, 'I want it like that', and they really wouldn't know what to