Look Up (Ringo Starr album)

In November 2022, Burnett and Starr both attended a book launch held by Olivia Harrison in Los Angeles. There, Starr asked Burnett to write a song for the drummer's upcoming EP. After agreeing, Burnett wrote "Come Back" and presented it to Starr as a demo in February of the next year. The song went unused until fall of 2023, when Starr contacted Burnett and informed him of his plans to record a country EP. Starr recorded three more country influenced tracks to accompany "Come Back", and nearly finished the EP, until deciding to take more Burnett songs into consideration for inclusion. In March 2024, Burnett presented Starr with eight more country tracks to choose from for inclusion on the EP, and when Ringo expressed his enjoyment for all tracks, he decided to turn the project into a full length album. ==Recording==

Proper recording began at Starr's home studio, Roccabella West, in early March 2024. These sessions consisted of Ringo overdubbing drum and vocal tracks on top of demos recorded by Burnett in Nashville, Tennessee from November 2023 through January 2024. Further overdubs were recorded over the next two months in multiple studios throughout Nashville, involving numerous country musicians, such as Billy Strings, Larkin Pow, Lucius, Molly Tuttle, and Paul Franklin. The album was then mixed over the course of five days in late July. ==Reception==

Ben Cardew of Pitchfork reviewed the album and gave it a 6.3 rating. He described it as having a modern production, solid "drumming" and "full of wonderfully sensitive touches". Rolling Stones 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==

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Musicians • Ringo Starr – 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) • Dennis Crouch – bass • Daniel Tashian – 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) • Billy Strings – 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) • Andy Cata – piano (3) • David Mansfield – string arrangement (3) • Mickey Raphael – harmonica (4) • Mike Rojas – piano (5) • Colin Linden – resonator guitar (6) • Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin (6) • Rory Hoffman – acoustic guitar (6), clarinet (9) • Lucius (Jess Wolfe & Holly Laessig) – background vocals (6) • Joe Walsh – slide guitar (8) • Rebecca Lovell – mandolin (8), background vocals (8, 10) • Megan Lovell – background vocals (8, 10) • Greg Leisz – acoustic guitars (11) • Alison Krauss – harmony vocal (11) Technical • Bruce Sugar – production, engineering • Daniel Tashian – production • T Bone Burnett – production • Gavin Lurssen – mastering • 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 ==Charts==