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| cover = Ringo Starr - Look Up.png | cover = Ringo Starr - Look Up.png
| alt = A black-and-white photo of the artist wearing a white cowboy hat and black sunglasses.
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| released = {{start date|2025|01|10|df=y}} | released = {{start date|2025|01|10|df=y}}
| recorded = 2024 | recorded = 2024
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| name = Look Up | name = Look Up
| type = studio | type = studio
| single1 = Time On My Hands | single1 = Time on My Hands
| single1date = 18 October 2024 | single1date = 18 October 2024
| single2 = Thankful | single2 = Thankful
| single2date = 15 November 2024 | single2date = 15 November 2024
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'''''Look Up''''' is the twenty-first studio album by English singer-songwriter ]. It was released on 10 January 2025 through ].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hudak |first=Joseph |title=Ringo Starr Goes Cowboy for New Roots Music Album 'Look Up' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/ringo-starr-country-album-look-up-1235136122/ |website=] |access-date=13 January 2025 |date=18 October 2024}}</ref>

==Reception==
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Ben Cardew of '']'' reviewed the album and gave it a 6.3 rating.<ref name="PF">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/ringo-starr-look-up/|title=Look Up|website=]|first=Ben|last=Cardew|date=13 January 2025|access-date=14 January 2025}}</ref> He described it as having a modern production, a solid "drumming" and "full of wonderfully sensitive touches".<ref name="PF"/> Emma Harrison of '']'' wrote that the album "feels contemporary and energised with thoughtful lyrics that showcase his warm vocals" and "different from anything he has done before," giving it an 8/10 rating.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/ringo-starr-look-up/|title=Ringo Starr – Look Up|website=]|first=Emma|last=Harrison|date=9 January 2025|access-date=14 January 2025}}</ref> '']''{{'}}s Dale Maplethorpe described ''Look Up'' as "technically sound, but the focal point fails to deliver on the key aspects that help us lean towards country music", giving it three stars out of five.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/ringo-starr-look-up-album-review/|title=Ringo Starr – ''Look Up'' album review: There’s no peace and love in this rootin’-tootin’ town|website=]|first=Dale|last=Maplethorpe|date=11 January 2025|access-date=14 January 2025}}</ref> '']''{{'}}s Rob Sheffield called the album "the sound of Ringo being himself, the least jaded rock star in the universe, which is exactly what we want from this wise old sage", rating it 3.5 out of 5.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/ringo-starr-look-up-review-1235231379/|title=Review: Ringo Starr Exudes Cowboy Cool on ''Look Up''|website=]|first=Rob|last=Sheffield|date=10 January 2025|access-date=14 January 2025}}</ref>
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'''''Look Up''''' is the twenty-first studio album by English singer-songwriter ]. It was released on 10 January 2025 through ].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hudak |first=Joseph |title=Ringo Starr Goes Cowboy for New Roots Music Album 'Look Up' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/ringo-starr-country-album-look-up-1235136122/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=13 January 2025 |date=18 October 2024}}</ref>
==Track listing== ==Track listing==
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| title3 = Time On My Hands | title3 = Time on My Hands
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| note4 = featuring Billy Strings | note4 = featuring Billy Strings
| length4 = 3:55 | length4 = 3:55
| title5 = I Live For Your Love | title5 = I Live for Your Love
| note5 = featuring Molly Tuttle | note5 = featuring Molly Tuttle
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==Personnel== ==Personnel==
===Musicians===
* Ringo Starr - drums, lead vocals, percussion (1), whistling (6) * ] drums, lead vocals, percussion (1), whistling (6)
* T Bone Burnett - electric guitar (1-2, 4, 7-11), acoustic guitar (1, 4, 6, 8), 6 string bass (2 & 3) * ] electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 7–11), acoustic guitar (1, 4, 6, 8), ] (2, 3)
* Dennis Crouch - bass * ] – bass
* Daniel Tashain - acoustic guitar (1-3, 10), electric guitar (2-4, 9, 11), woodblock (2), 6 string bass ( 3), piano (3), 12 string lead guitar (10), harmony vocals (11) * ] acoustic guitar (1–3, 10), electric guitar (2–4, 9, 11), woodblock (2), 6-string bass (3), piano (3), 12 string lead guitar (10), ] vocals (11)
* Billy Strings - harmony vocal (1, 4, 8), lead acoustic guitar (1), guitars (4), electric guitar (8) * ] harmony vocal (1, 4, 8), lead acoustic guitar (1), guitars (4), electric guitar (8)
* Paul Franklin - pedal steel guitar (2-3, 5, 9-11)
* Molly Tuttle - harmony vocal (2, 5, 10), duet vocal (7), acoustic guitar (5, 7), mandolin (5), 12 string guitar (10) * ] ] (2, 3, 5, 9–11)
* ] – harmony vocal (2, 5, 10), duet vocal (7), acoustic guitar (5, 7), ] (5), ] (10)
* Andy Cata - piano (3)
* David Mansfield - string arrangement (3) * Andy Cata piano (3)
* ] – string ] (3)
* Mickey Raphael - harmonica (4) * ] ] (4)
* Mike Rojas - piano (5)
* Colin Lindel - resonator guitar (6) * Mike Rojas piano (5)
* Stuart Duncan - fiddle & mandolin (6) * Colin Lindel ] (6)
* ] – ], mandolin (6)
* Rory Hoffman - acoustic guitar (6), clarinet (9) * Rory Hoffman acoustic guitar (6), ] (9)
* Lucious (Jess Wolfe & Holly Laessig) - background vocals (6) * ] (Jess Wolfe & Holly Laessig) background vocals (6)
* Joe Walsh - slide guitar (8) * ] ] (8)
* Rebecca Lovell - mandolin (8), background vocals (8, 10)
* Megan Lovell - background vocals (8, 10) * ] – mandolin (8), background vocals (8, 10)
* ] background vocals (8, 10)
* Greg Leisz - acoustic guitars (11)
* Alison Kraus - harmony vocal (11) * ] acoustic guitars (11)
* ] – harmony vocal (11)
*

===Technical===
* Bruce Sugar – ], ]
* Daniel Tashian – production
* T Bone Burnett – production
* ] – ]
* Reuben Cohen – mastering
* Michael Piersante – ], engineering
* Mike Stankiwicz – engineering
* Eddie Roberts – additional engineering, engineering assistance
* David Paulin – engineering assistance
* Grant Wilson – engineering assistance
* Joanna Finley – engineering assistance
* Karl Wingate – engineering assistance
* Michelle Freetly – engineering assistance
* Ivy Skoff – production coordination


== References == == References ==

Latest revision as of 19:57, 14 January 2025

2025 studio album by Ringo Starr
Look Up
A black-and-white photo of the artist wearing a white cowboy hat and black sunglasses.
Studio album by Ringo Starr
Released10 January 2025 (2025-01-10)
Recorded2024
GenreCountry
Length36:57
LabelUM
ProducerT Bone Burnett, Daniel Tashian, Bruce Sugar
Ringo Starr chronology
Crooked Boy
(2024)
Look Up
(2025)
Singles from Look Up
  1. "Time on My Hands"
    Released: 18 October 2024
  2. "Thankful"
    Released: 15 November 2024

Look Up is the twenty-first studio album by English singer-songwriter Ringo Starr. It was released on 10 January 2025 through Universal Music Enterprises.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork6.3/10
Clash Magazine8/10
Far Out Magazine3/5
Rolling Stone3.5/5

Ben Cardew of Pitchfork reviewed the album and gave it a 6.3 rating. He described it as having a modern production, a solid "drumming" and "full of wonderfully sensitive touches". Emma Harrison of Clash Magazine wrote that the album "feels contemporary and energised with thoughtful lyrics that showcase his warm vocals" and "different from anything he has done before," giving it an 8/10 rating. Far Out Magazine's Dale Maplethorpe described Look Up as "technically sound, but the focal point fails to deliver on the key aspects that help us lean towards country music", giving it three stars out of five. Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield called the album "the sound of Ringo being himself, the least jaded rock star in the universe, which is exactly what we want from this wise old sage", rating it 3.5 out of 5.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Breathless" (featuring Billy Strings) 3:02
2."Look Up" (featuring Molly Tuttle) 3:10
3."Time on My Hands" 3:59
4."Never Let Me Go" (featuring Billy Strings)
  • Burnett
3:55
5."I Live for Your Love" (featuring Molly Tuttle) 2:59
6."Come Back" (featuring Lucius)
  • Burnett
2:49
7."Can You Hear Me Call" (featuring Molly Tuttle)
  • Burnett
2:54
8."Rosetta" (featuring Billy Strings and Larkin Poe)
  • Burnett
3:46
9."You Want Some"
  • Swan
3:03
10."String Theory" (featuring Molly Tuttle and Larkin Poe)
  • Burnett
  • Tashian
3:37
11."Thankful" (featuring Alison Krauss) 3:38
Total length:36:57

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

  • Bruce Sugar – production, engineering
  • Daniel Tashian – production
  • T Bone Burnett – production
  • Gavin Lurssenmastering
  • Reuben Cohen – mastering
  • Michael Piersante – mixing, engineering
  • Mike Stankiwicz – engineering
  • Eddie Roberts – additional engineering, engineering assistance
  • David Paulin – engineering assistance
  • Grant Wilson – engineering assistance
  • Joanna Finley – engineering assistance
  • Karl Wingate – engineering assistance
  • Michelle Freetly – engineering assistance
  • Ivy Skoff – production coordination

References

  1. Hudak, Joseph (18 October 2024). "Ringo Starr Goes Cowboy for New Roots Music Album 'Look Up'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  2. ^ Cardew, Ben (13 January 2025). "Look Up". Pitchfork. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  3. Harrison, Emma (9 January 2025). "Ringo Starr – Look Up". Clash. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  4. Maplethorpe, Dale (11 January 2025). "Ringo Starr – Look Up album review: There's no peace and love in this rootin'-tootin' town". Far Out Magazine. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  5. Sheffield, Rob (10 January 2025). "Review: Ringo Starr Exudes Cowboy Cool on Look Up". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 14 January 2025.

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