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Label | Mercury | ||||||
Catalogue No. | 558 598-2 | ||||||
Release date | 3rd August 1998 | ||||||
Total time | 51:50 | ||||||
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Detail : | Ringo Starr's eleventh official studio album, sixteenth overall and first album release on the Mercury label. Credited to Ringo Starr Produced by Mark Hudson and Ringo Starr. Engineered by Geoff Emerick.
The title "Vertical Man" actually came from a quotation from a book that Ringo's stepdaughter Francesca had won at school.
The full quote was, Let's hear it for the vertical man, there's always so much praise for the horizontal one..
Recorded at WHATINTHEWHATHE? studios, A & M studios and the Village Recorders L.A.
Although the final mixing was done on 19th February, Tom Petty had to re-record his vocal part for "Drift Away".
Even though Ringo carries out a hectic promotion schedule, the C.D. fails to chart (actually reaching no.85 on it's first
week of release) and sells barely over 2,000 copies in the U.K. Mercury even pull the plug on
the planned single release, which was to be "La De Da", even though the video was included on the "Chart Show" on 4th July.
The C.D. "booklet" is not a booklet but is a folded paper, with eight sections. It holds the full lyrics.
True love is possible only with understanding. "Life is life ..... this was just a record." - Ringo
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No. | Track | Composer | Recording Information | Time |
1 | One | Starkey-Hudson-Grakal-Dudas | Ringo - Lead vocals, drums, bongos and percussion Steve Dudas - Bass, electric guitar Mark Hudson - Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Jeff Baxter - Pedal Steel guitar Jim Cox - B3 organ Scott Gordon - Harmonica, percussion |
3:02 |
2 | What In The World | Starkey-Hudson-Grakal-Dudas | Ringo - Lead vocals, drums and percussion Paul McCartney - Bass, backing vocals Joe Walsh - Electric guitar (+ the solo) Steve Dudas - Electric guitar, acoustic guitar Mark Hudson - Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion, backing vocals |
3:29 |
3 | Mindfield | Starkey-Hudson-Grakal-Dudas | Ringo - Lead vocals, drums, and percussion Joe Walsh - Electric guitar (+ the solo) Steve Dudas - Electric guitar, acoustic guitar Mark Hudson - Bass, Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, synthesiser, backing vocals Jeff Baxter - Pedal Steel guitar Jim Cox - B3 organ, cello synth John Bergamo - Tabla Star backing Vocals - Steve Tyler, Alanis Morissette |
4:07 |
4 | King Of Broken Hearts | Starkey-Hudson-Grakal-Dudas | Ringo - Lead vocals, drums, and percussion George Harrison - Slide guitar solo Steve Dudas - Electric guitar, acoustic guitar Mark Hudson - Bass, acoustic guitar, keyboard, mellotron, percussion and backing vocals Jeff Baxter - Pedal Steel guitar Jim Cox - Wurlitzer Graham Preskett - String arrangement. |
4:44 |
5 | Love Me Do | Lennon McCartney | Ringo - Lead vocals, drums, percussion, handclaps Steven Tyler - Harmonica and backing vocals Steve Dudas - Electric guitar, handclaps Mark Hudson - Bass, electric guitar, percussion, handclaps and backing vocals Dean Grakal - Handclaps Scott Gordon - Handclaps. |
3:45 |
6 | Vertical Man | Starkey-Hudson-Grakal-Dudas | Ringo - Lead vocals, drums, Mellotron, synthesiser strings, and percussion Ozzy Osbourne - Backing vocals Steve Dudas - Electric guitar, guitar solo Mark Hudson - Bass, electric guitar, piano, Mellotron, synthesiser strings, string arrangement and backing vocals Nina Piaseckyj - Cello Sarah Hudson - Backing vocals Barbara Vander Linde - Backing vocals Jogn Goodwin - Backing vocals |
4:42 |
7 | Drift Away | Williams | Ringo - Vocals, rhythmatic guitar, percussion, tambourine, handclaps Tom Petty - Vocals Alanis Morissette - Vocals Steve Cropper - Electric guitar Steven Tyler - Drums Steve Dudas - Bass, handclaps Mark Hudson - Acoustic guitar, percussion, handclaps and backing vocals Jim Cox - B3 organ Scott Gordon - Percussion, handclaps. Other backing vocals : Rose Stone, Lisa Banks, Ollie Woodson, Howard McCrary, Christina Rasch |
4:10 |
8 | I Was Walkin' | Starkey-Hudson-Grakal | Ringo - Lead vocals, drums, keyboard, percussion, handclaps Paul McCartney - Backing vocals Alanis Morissette - Backing vocals Steve Cropper - Electric guitar solo Steven Tyler - Harmonica, backing vocals Steve Dudas - Electric guitar Mark Hudson - Bass, electric guitar, percussion, backing vocals Jim Cox - Piano, sax synth Scott Gordon - Percussion |
3:21 |
9 | La De Da | Starkey-Hudson-Grakal-Dudas | Ringo - Lead vocals, drums, percussion, bongos Paul McCartney - Backing vocals Steven Tyler - Backing vocals Joe Walsh - Electric guitar, slide guitar solo, backing vocals Mark Hudson - Bass, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals Steve Dudas - Electric guitar, acoustic guitar Jim Cox - B3 organ Plus 43 others ! ... of particular mention : Barbara Bach Starkey, Nils Lofgren, Van Dyke Parks, Lady Marjorie Rufus-Iasaacs, Timothy B. Schmit, and Lee Starkey |
5:41 |
10 | Without Understanding | Starkey-Hudson-Dudas | Ringo - Lead vocals, drums, plastic guitar solo, keyboard, percussion Brian Wilson - Backing vocals Mark Hudson - Bass, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, string synth, backing vocals Steve Dudas - Electric guitar, electric guitar solo, acoustic guitar Jim Cox - B3 organ Scott Gordon - Percussion John Bergamo - Tabla Christian Phillippe Quilici - Featured opera vocal and a gospel choir. |
4:22 |
11 | I'll Be Fine Anywhere | Starkey-Hudson-Grakal-Dudas | Ringo - Lead vocals, drums, percussion George Harrison - Electric guitar solo, slide guitar solo Steve Dudas - Bass, electric guitar Mark Hudson - Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals Jim Cox - Piano |
3:41 |
12 | Puppet | Starkey-Hudson-Grakal-Dudas | Ringo - Lead vocals, drums, percussion Steve Cropper - Electric guitar, and solo Mark Hudson - Bass, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo, percussion, backing vocals Steve Dudas - Electric guitar Jim Cox - B3 organ Joel Peskin - Saxophone Timothy B. Schmit - Backing vocals Dave Gibbs - Backing vocals |
3:21 |
13 | I'm Yours | Starkey-Hudson-Nevin | Ringo - Lead vocals Mark Nevin - Acoustic guitar Mark Hudson - Acoustic guitar, celeste George Martin - String arrangement |
3:23 |