Ringo Starr Long Long Road (CD)

(Universal Music) 10 tracks

“Long Long Road,” Ringo Starr’s 2026 album, was written and produced by T-Bone Burnett in collaboration with Daniel Tashian and Bruce Sugar.

Featuring 10 new songs, this album includes collaborations with Billy Strings, Sheryl Crow, and St. Vincent, and is the highly anticipated follow-up to last year’s chart-topping “Look Up.” With its solid roots in country music, “Long Long Road” blends a laid-back Americana vibe with Ringo’s classic rock roots, telling stories of life’s many journeys and the search for love along the way.

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.