Photograph (Ringo Starr song) acknowledges the extent of Harrison's influence on this and other tracks on "Ringo" while rueing that "Photograph" marks the only formal co-composition by the two ex-Beatles. Huntley describes the song as the album's "stand-out track" and "by a country mile, the commercial high-point" for Starr as a songwriter. Former "Mojo" editor Mat Snow recognises it as "perhaps the single best song of [Starr's] career" and the "emotional heart" of the album. The song provided the title to Starr's 2007 career-spanning compilation "",<ref name="Erlewine/AM"></ref> having earlier appeared on "Blast from Your Past" (1975), a greatest-hits collection covering his years on Apple
Photograph (Ringo Starr song) of the album's "three most wonderful songs", along with the Lennon-composed "I'm the Greatest" and the Harrison–Mal Evans collaboration "You and Me (Babe)".<ref name="Gerson/RS"></ref> Gerson noted how the song's intro provided an effective "pull on the listener" and wrote that, while the lyrics had a sorrowful quality, "the effect is warming". "Billboard"s album reviewer praised Perry's "stunning production" on "the best Ringo album ever", adding: "We all know already that 'Photograph' has got to be a No. 1 single this month, right?" Although less impressed with "Ringo", Alan Betrock wrote in "Phonograph Record": "It's also clear when you reach 'Photograph'