Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr (the last word visually rendered as ) is a career-spanning best-of compilation album by Ringo Starr and is the first such album since the releases of 1975's Blast from Your Past and 1989's Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2. The album was released in the UK on 27 August 2007, and in the US on 28 August.
Contents
Overview
The release of the new collection coincided with the reissue of Starr's first four solo albums for EMI, in digital format, on 28 August 2007.
The tracks from 1970s and 1980s presented on the compilation featured updated mixes of the songs in comparison to Starr's 1990s CD reissues of his earlier albums.
Photograph contains all the tracks that appear on the earlier compilation Blast from Your Past.
The track listing and title for the release on digital and streaming platforms differs from the standard release. Unlike the standard CD release, the digital/streaming album contains "Oo-Wee" (from Goodnight Vienna), "Have You Seen My Baby" and an extended version of "Six O'Clock" (both from Ringo) in place of "Hey! Baby", "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll" and "King of Broken Hearts". A digital booklet was also included with the purchase of the album on iTunes. Upon original release, the title was changed to Photograph: The Digital Hits on iTunes, but has since reverted back to Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr. On streaming platforms (like Spotify), "Photograph" is omitted from the title, and is simply listed as the shortened The Very Best Of.
Reception
The compilation debuted at number 26 on the UK Albums Chart on 2 September 2007. This achievement represented Starr's highest peak on that chart since 1974, when Goodnight Vienna reached number 30. Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo Starr stayed in the UK top 100 for three weeks. The album also had a two-week chart run in the United States, where it debuted at number 130 with 5,426 copies sold during the first week of release.
Track listing
Collector's edition DVD
"Sentimental Journey" (1970 promotional film)
"It Don't Come Easy" (1971 promotional film)
"Back Off Boogaloo" (1972 promotional film)
"You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful and You're Mine)" (1973 promotional film)
"Only You (And You Alone)" (1974 promotional film)
"Act Naturally" (with Buck Owens) (1989 music video)
"Goodnight Vienna" (1974 promotional film for album)