Ringo Starr - Y Not (2010)

1. Fill In the Blanks 
2. Peace Dream 
3. The Other Side of Liverpool 
4. Walk With You 
5. Time 
6. Everyone Wins 
7. Mystery Of The Night 
8. Can't Do It Wrong 
9. Y Not 
10. Who's Your Daddy

Keith Allison 	Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Michael Bradford 	Bass
Mike Bradford 	Bass
Gary Burr 	Guitar
Ann Marie Calhoun 	Violin
Steve Dudas 	Guitar
Cindy Gomez 	Vocals (Background)
Ben Harper 	Vocals (Background)
Mark Hart 	Guitar
Vann Johnson 	Vocals (Background)
Janice Liebhart 	Vocals (Background)
The Marx Brothers 	Vocals (Background)
Richard Marx 	Vocals (Background)
Paul McCartney 	Bass, Vocals
Billy Squier 	Guitar
Ringo Starr 	Drums, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Dave Stewart 	Guitar
Joss Stone 	Vocals
Tina Sugandh 	Indian Chants, Tabla
Bruce Sugar 	Keyboards, String Arrangements
Benmont Tench 	Organ, Piano
Joe Walsh 	Bass, Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Don Was 	Bass, Bass (Upright)
Edgar Winter 	Horn, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor), Vocals (Background)

Ringo Starr defined his solo career through his collaborations, scoring his first big hit with the assistance of his fellow Fabs and later sustaining himself through his All-Starr Band, so his decision to produce 2010’s Y Not on his own appears to be a big deal. Of course, those collaborators sharpened Ringo’s focus but never altered his amiable pop -- that friendly, shambling sound is Ringo, something Y Not proves without a shadow of a doubt by sounding virtually interchangeable with its immediate predecessors despite a production that inexplicably feels like a response to George Harrison’s 1987 comeback, Cloud Nine. Since Ringo bathes himself in unrepentant nostalgia, this 20-year flashback is odd but appropriate because Starr is all about cheerful reminders of happy times filled with Peace Dreams and memories of “The Other Side of Liverpool.” Starr does have some famous friends to bolster his journey through the past -- Van Dyke Parks co-wrote “Walk with You” but his presence is obscured by a Paul McCartney harmony, Joe Walsh is partially responsible for the stiffly thumping “Fill in the Blanks,” Richard Marx keeps the '80s nostalgia flowing on “Mystery of the Night,” while Joss Stone valiantly tries to pull the proceedings into the present on the album-closing “Who’s Your Daddy,” a song where Ringo comfortably plays second banana -- but he has no overall collaborator; he’s steering this ship himself and has no desire to depart from his familiar course home. Again, like there was on Liverpool 8, there is charm to Starr’s tried and true: exciting it is not but it’s as comforting as an old friend who doesn’t change, he just stays the same. ---Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic Review

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