His eighth solo album, here with a backing crew second to few - George Harrison, Paul and Linda McCartney, Ron Wood, Harry Nilsson, Stephen Stills, Al Kooper, Jim Keltner and many more pitched in to help him out. John Lennon was also due to participate and had offered him the songs "Nobody Told Me" and "Life Begins At 40", but after he was killed Ringo decided not to use those. So it's almost like a Beatles reunion, reinforced by some of the other great names back then. But it didn't sell, so what went wrong? To my taste it's not that bad. The McCartney contributions "Private Property" and "Attention" maybe not his strongest compositions, but the Harrison "Wrack My Brain" and the Nilsson ones "Drumming Is My Madness" and "Stop And Take Time To Smell The Roses" works well. And my favorite - the Nilsson produced re-recording of "Back Off Boogaloo" - is surprisingly good, even if I prefer the original. As a whole maybe not his finest moment, but still worth having just because of the crew and the history behind. Issued and reissued pretty much all over the world on vinyl and CD, also cassette and 8-track. First UK on RCA (RCALP 6022). US limited ed. 2023 "Record Store Day" CD (Culture Factory (CFU 01236) came with six bonus tracks. Premiere US had label as shown here in a glossy cover with lyric/credit inner. (YZÄ*) (BÄ*) (RYNX*)
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