Ringo Starr BAD BOY

Personnel: Ringo Starr (vocals, drums); Doug Riley, James Newton Howard (conductor); Git-tar, Push-a-lone (guitar); Hamisch Bisonette (synthesizers); Morris Lane (keyboards); Diesel (bass); Vini Poncia's Peaking Duck Orchestra & Chorus.Digitally remastered by Victor Anesini (CBS Records Studios, New York, New York).Realizing that his hard-earned reputation as an important rock & roll artist was rapidly slipping away from him, Ringo made an all-out attempt to revitalize his career in 1978. Hot on the heels of a bizarre, though basically entertaining network TV special, Ringo released BAD BOY, a stripped down album that seemed to be his attempt to get back to some serious music making. Eschewing the all-star approach that Starr had employed so successfully in the mid-seventies, BAD BOY is the work of Ringo and some uncredited session musicians.Starr and his band manage to inject some real rock & roll feeling into the proceedings. The highpoints of BAD BOY are Starr's earnest