His fifth original solo album and the last with any involvement from the other Beatles before the 1981 "Stop And Smell The Roses" https://monolover.blogspot.com/2023/12/ringo-starrstop-and-smell-roses-nbi.html . John Lennon wrote "Cookin" on which he also plays piano, Paul & Linda McCartney gave him "Pure Gold" and contributed backgrund vocals on that. George Harrison donated "I'll Still Love You" - a song he originally wrote for Shirley Bassy - but didn't participate in the recordings. Though there were lots of other famed names taking part - e.g. Eric Clapton, Peter Frampton, Dr. John, Jim Keltner, Klaus Voorman and Harry Nilsson. Produced by Arif Mardin, who also worked with acts like Queen, Aretha Franklin, Bee Gees and Rascals - to name a few. But despite all that skill involved it didn't sell accordingly, only reaching #28 in US and didn't even chart in UK. So how does it stand today? I refuse to compare him with other artists cause Ringo is like a genre of his own. And in comparison to the other of his albums I've heard this is to my taste top five, only surpassed by his four former releases. "A Dose Of Rock'n'Roll" is a very well produced smooth radio friendly rocker, which as 45 also managed #26 on Billboard, and "Cookin" a cosy reggae-ish number with sweet background quires which also is my favorite here. To my ears non of the other tracks stick out very much, but it's all very well done with top audio, so if you feel positive with his vocals it's nice listening all through. Issued and reissued on vinyl and/or CD all over the world through the years, also cassette and 8-track. Premiere US on Atlantic (SD 18193), UK on Polydor (2302-40). US CD on Atlantic (7 82417-2). First Scandinavian had label as shown here in a laminated fold/out cover with picture/lyric/credit inner. (BÄ*) (CCÖ*) (RYNX*)
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