Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2 is Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr

Richard Starkey, MBE better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in...

's second official compilation album, released in 1989 on Rhino Records. The successor to 1975's Blast from Your Past

Blast from Your Past

Blast from Your Past is a compilation album by Ringo Starr, released on Apple Records in 1975. It is both his first compilation LP and his final release under his contract with EMI, It was also the last album to be released on The Beatles' Apple label until it was revived in the 1990s...

, it rounds up Starr's highlights from 1976's Ringo's Rotogravure

Ringo's Rotogravure

Ringo's Rotogravure is the fifth album by Ringo Starr, released in 1976. Following the end of his contract with EMI, Starr signed on with Polydor Records worldwide and was eager to see his solo success continue on in a new era.Two years on from 1974's Goodnight...

to 1983's Old Wave

Old Wave

Old Wave is the ninth studio album by Ringo Starr, released in 1983 as the follow-up to 1981's Stop and Smell the Roses.In early 1982, Starr was eager to move on to his next project. Deciding that he needed more consistency this time around, he would work with only one producer, Joe Walsh, a former...

and encompasses label stays with Polydor

Polydor Records

Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...

, Atlantic

Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

, Portrait

Portrait Records

Portrait Records was a sister label of Epic Records and later of Columbia Records. Cyndi Lauper and Sade signed with Portrait, but their contracts were absorbed by Epic after that incarnation of the label was shuttered....

, and RCA

RCA Records

RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...

.

Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2 was only released in the US. Consequently, it saw the first introduction of four tracks from Old Wave which had not seen issue there up to that time.

Never charting anywhere, Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2 went out of print during the 1990s.

Track listing

1. "Wrack My Brain" (George Harrison
   George Harrison
   George Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...
   
   ) – 2:21
2. "In My Car" (Richard Starkey/Joe Walsh
   Joe Walsh
   Joseph Fidler "Joe" Walsh is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He has been a member of three commercially successful bands, the James Gang, Barnstorm, and the Eagles, and has experienced notable success as a solo artist and prolific session musician, especially with B.B...
   
   /Mo Foster/Kim Goody) – 3:14
3. "Cookin' (In the Kitchen of Love)" (John Lennon
   John Lennon
   John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
   
   ) – 3:42
4. "I Keep Forgettin'" (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller) – 4:20
5. "Hard Times" (Peter Skellern) – 3:33
6. "Hey Baby" (Margaret Cobb/Bruce Channel
   Bruce Channel
   Bruce Channel is an American singer, known for his 1962 million selling number one hit, "Hey! Baby".-Career:...
   
   ) – 3:12
7. "Attention" (Paul McCartney
   Paul McCartney
   Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
   
   ) – 3:21
8. "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll" (Carl Grossman) – 3:26
9. "Who Needs a Heart" (Richard Starkey/Vini Poncia) – 3:49
10. "Private Property" (Paul McCartney) – 2:43
11. "Can She Do It like She Dances" (Steve Duboff/Gerry Robinson) – 3:13
12. "Heart On My Sleeve" (Benny Gallagher/Graham Lyle) – 3:22
13. "Sure to Fall (In Love with You)" (Carl Perkins
    Carl Perkins
    Carl Lee Perkins was an American rockabilly musician who recorded most notably at Sun Records Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, beginning during 1954...
    
    /Quinton Claunch/William Cantrell) – 3:44
    • Originally titled without its bracketed addition on Stop and Smell the Roses
      Stop and Smell the Roses
      Stop and Smell the Roses is the eighth studio album by Ringo Starr, released in 1981 following the twin commercial disasters of Ringo the 4th and Bad Boy .-History:...
      
      
14. "Hopeless" (Richard Starkey/Joe Walsh) – 3:19
15. "You Belong to Me" (Pee Wee King/Redd Stewart/Chilton Price) – 2:10
16. "She's About a Mover" (Doug Sahm
    Doug Sahm
    Douglas Wayne Sahm , was an American musician from Texas. Born in San Antonio, Texas, he was a child prodigy in country music, but became a significant figure in blues rock and other genres. Today Sahm is considered one of the most important figures in what is identified as Tejano music...
    
    ) – 3:54

External links

• JPGR's Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2 site