Vertical Man

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:51:48
Personnel includes: Ringo Starr (vocals, guitar, Mellotron, keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion, tamborine, bongos, handclaps); Tom Petty, Alanis Morissette (vocals); Mark Hudson (acoustic & electric guitars, banjo, piano, keyboards, Mellotron, synthesizer, bass, percussion, handclaps, background vocals); Steve Dudas (acoustic & electric guitars, bass, handclaps); George Harrison (electric & slide guitars); Joe Walsh (electric & slide guitars, background vocals); Steve Cropper (electric guitar); Steven Tyler (harmonica, background vocals); Jim Cox (piano, B3 organ, Wurlitzer, synthesizer); Paul McCartney (bass, background vocals); Timothy B. Schmit, Nils Lofgren, Brian Wilson, Ozzy Osbourne, Scott Weiland (background vocals). Recorded at WHATINTHEWHATHE? Studios, Los Angeles, California. Personnel: Alanis Morissette (vocals). Unknown Contributor Roles: Joe Walsh ; Alanis Morissette; Ozzy Osbourne; Paul McCartney; Scott Weiland; Steven Tyler; George Harrison; Brian Wilson . As Ringo himself writes on the CD jacket, "Life is life--this was just a record." Though we prefer our records to have a little more pretense than that, we're happy to report that VERTICAL MAN is a perfectly good pop record, a playful one that knows its limitations and isn't embarrassed to flaunt them. Basically, Starr doesn't have a clue how to write a song that doesn't sound like one of his fellow ex-Beatles didn't write it for him, and where on past albums he often fought that instinct, on VERTICAL MAN he gives into it. Bridges sound more than a little like alternate takes on "I Am The Walrus" and "Strawberry Fields Forever," lyrics refer not so subtly to John and even Yoko, and a good deal of the choruses have the can't-help-but-shake-your-head feel of Paul at his poppiest. In short, Starr, along with co-writer and producer Mark Hudson, has crafted a more than decent Rutles album. Which we mean as a compliment. Though we will be having a talk with whoever suggested Starr remake "Love Me Do" as a slowed-down swamp blues.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)