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| Released | 7 June 2005 | |||
| Recorded | Mid-2004 – early 2005 | |||
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| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 44:36 | |||
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Choose Love is the fourteenth studio album by English singer-songwriterRingo Starr.
Recorded throughout 2004 into 2005, using the same team that createdVertical Man (1998) andRingo Rama (2003), Starr produced the set with longtime musical partnerMark Hudson and performed it with their studio team. The title track has a Beatles-like "Day Tripper" guitar riff with a coda similar to "The Word" and mentions the Beatles songs "The Long and Winding Road", "Tomorrow Never Knows" and "What Goes On", as well as lyric checking the Starr solo single "It Don't Come Easy". As ever, a Starr album would be lacking if it did not include some celebrity guests andChoose Love does not deviate from the formula; it featuresBilly Preston andChrissie Hynde as its most notable guests.
Choose Love was released on 7 June 2005 in the US,[nb 1] and on 25 July in the UK.[1] There was an edition of the album that was a dual disc (CD on side,DVD on the other), with the DVD component featuring bonus features on the making of the album.[nb 2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| entertainment.ie | [4] |
| The Essential Rock Discography | 5/10[5] |
| The Music Box | [6] |
| Star-News | (favorable)[7] |
Choose Love failed to chart in both the UK and US, where bothVertical Man andRingo Rama had seen commercial success. The album received strong reviews upon its release and preceded another promotional tour with Starr and his studio band, called "The Roundheads".
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Fading In Fading Out" | 3:55 | |
| 2. | "Give Me Back the Beat" |
| 3:53 |
| 3. | "Oh My Lord" |
| 5:32 |
| 4. | "Hard to Be True" |
| 3:27 |
| 5. | "Some People" |
| 3:17 |
| 6. | "Wrong All the Time" |
| 3:30 |
| 7. | "Don't Hang Up" (featuringChrissie Hynde) |
| 3:27 |
| 8. | "Choose Love" |
| 3:07 |
| 9. | "Me and You" |
| 2:15 |
| 10. | "Satisfied" |
| 3:19 |
| 11. | "The Turnaround" |
| 3:54 |
| 12. | "Free Drinks" |
| 4:45 |
Personnel per booklet.[8]
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| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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| USIndependent Albums (Billboard)[9] | 29 |
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