Ringo Starr Long Long Road (LP)

(Universal Music) 10 titres, couverture gatefold

« Long Long Road », l’album de Ringo Starr sorti en 2026, a été écrit et produit par T-Bone Burnett en collaboration avec Daniel Tashian et Bruce Sugar.

Composé de 10 nouvelles chansons, cet album comprend des collaborations avec Billy Strings, Sheryl Crow et St. Vincent, et constitue la suite très attendue de « Look Up », qui a dominé les classements l’année dernière. Fort de ses racines solides dans la musique country, « Long Long Road » mêle une ambiance Americana décontractée aux racines rock classiques de Ringo, racontant des histoires sur les nombreux voyages de la vie et la quête de l’amour qui les accompagne.

Ringo Starr

Despite predictions that he would suffer most from the break-up of the Beatles in 1970, Ringo has success-fully developed his cheerful, popular persona acquired in the group's seven years of stardom. Sentimental Journey (Apple, 1970) and Beaucoups Of Blues (1970) were pleasant collec-tions of childhood favourites and country standards respec-tively. Both reached the American album charts and Senti-mental Journey entered the British Top Ten.

Next, Ringo established himself as a major singles artist with a series of his own songs, including 'It Don't Come Easy' (1971 — his declaration of independence from the Beatle image), 'Back Off Boogaloo' (1972) and 'Photograph' (1973 — co-written with George Harrison). The Ringo album included the gold record 'You're Sixteen' and involved Nils-son, Marc Bolan, Martha Reeves and members of The Band as session musicians. Ringo was produced by Richard Perry, as was Goodnight Vienna (1974), which provided further hit singles with 'Only You' and the title track.

His film career developed from cameo roles in Candy (1967) and The Magic Christian (1970) to a much-acclaimed starring role in That'll Be The Day (1973) and a less satisfactory directorial debut in the Bolan documentary Born To Boogie.

He also achieved brief fame as a furniture designer.