Sentimental journey

Sentimental Journey (from the English - “Sentimental Walk”) is the Beatles drummer Ringo Starr's first solo studio album , released in 1970 in the UK on Apple PCS 7101 ( April 3 , 1970 ) and in the USA on Apple SW 3365 ( March 27) 1970).

Sentimental journey
Studio Ringo Starr Album
Date of issue	March 27, 1970
Recorded by	Abby Road Studio October 27, 1969 - March 13, 1970
Genre	Rock
Duration	34:03
Producer	George Martin
Label	Apple
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Timeline Ringo Starr
Sentimental journey (1970) Beaucoups of blues (1970)

Although Starr was the third member to release a solo recording (after George Harrison and John Lennon ), Sentimental Journey is notable for being the first non-avant-garde studio album of one of the band's members as an experimental record.

Paul McCartney 's McCartney debut album came out three weeks after the release of the Sentimental Journey .

Starting in October 1969, Starr resorted to the services of Beatles producer George Martin to guide his solo debut. A thematic approach was planned, consisting of creating an album that would reflect the favorite songs of his parents and other family members, which would be clarified by questioning them. In addition, he would have one song arranged by other musicians, starting with Martin himself with Paul McCartney, Maurice Gibb, Quincy Jones and old friend The Beatles from Hamburg (and the bass player who played with Manfred Mann ) Klaus Foreman. Although it was launched during this session, Starr's own composition, “It Don't Come Easy,” was released as a single only in 1971 . The recording of the album was completed in March 1970 and the Sentimental Journey went on sale two weeks later so as not to compete in stores with the expected release of The Beatles' final album Let It Be in May and McCartney , the release of which the creator flatly refused to change after requests other members of the group.

Sentimental Journey received a lot of feedback during its release, although critics considered Starr's idea for the album to be somewhat strange given its musical background. Starr's fame as part of The Beatles was sufficient for the success of the album, nevertheless he took only 7th place in the UK and 22nd in the USA. Although the album's style came as a surprise to many, Starr's subsequent album, Beaucoups of Blues , continued this radical change in style. The album cover pub is The Empress in Dingle, Liverpool , the closest pub to the musician’s birthplace. The inserted pictures in the pub windows are related to Ringo.

In 1995, Sentimental Journey was remastered and re-released on CD .