The high point of the last seven albums was TIME TAKES TIME, a solid 4 to 5 star effort released in 1992.

The next release, VERTICAL MAN in 1998, was also a good album, also deserving a solid 4 star plus rating, but not quite as good as TIME TAKES TIME.

After that we get the Christmas album, I WANNA BE SANTA CLAUS in 1999, excellent in its own right, but still somewhat of a novelty album deserving no more than 4 stars due to limitations of the material.

We then get RINGO RAMA in 2003, still good but not as good as any of his three prior releases, although also yet another 4 star release.

After that comes the 2005 release, CHOOSE LOVE, that contains several good songs, several quirky ones, and just some plain old goofy stuff. Nonetheless, it is still good overall and worthy, barely, of a 4 star rating, even if, once again, it is not as good as its predecessor.

In 2008 we are inflicted with LIVERPOOL 8, an album of assorted songs that do not mesh well together and none of which is truly memorable. LIVERPOOL 8 is just an average 3-star album that without the name Ringo Starr attached to it probably would never have been released.

Now we get the ever more average Y NOT for 2010. Another dull 3-star album that is not even as good as dull, average LIVERPOOL 8.

Y NOT, as with LIVERPOOL 8, would only appeal to hardcore Ringo fans willing to buy anything Ringo puts out because, Hey, It’s Ringo! It Must Be Good, He’s A Beatle After All!

Rating: 3 / 5