On January 14, 2008 Ringo Starr will release \'Liverpool 8\', his first new album with Capitol/EMI since 1974\'s \'Goodnight Vienna\'. \'Liverpool 8\' will be available worldwide on cd and digitally.\"The song was actually Dave Stewart\'s idea, as a mini autobiographical travelogue: \'I was a sailor first…\' and then, \'Liverpool I left you\' – because I did. \'but I never let you down,\' which is true.\"
Although Starr and Stewart have known each other for years, this is the first time they have collaborated. It began when Dave asked Ringo to lay down some drums on a track Stewart had done with George Harrison.
\"After I did the drums I asked Dave to add some guitars to my album, which Mark Hudson and I were working on at Mark\'s Whatinthewhathe? Studio in LA. After Mark and I parted ways, Dave and I took over producing the record. And that\'s why the credits say: Produced by Ringo Starr and Mark Hudson and Over-produced by Ringo Starr and Dave Stewart.\"
The 12 original tracks featured on \'Liverpool 8\' were all co-written by Starr and were recorded in England and in California. The writing of the records is always the same, according to Ringo:
\"It\'s the same group of guys and we all sit together and write about what\'s happening.\"
That \"group of guys\" who joined Starr on the album\'s songwriting and recording are (in alphabetical order): Gary Burr, Steve Dudas, Mark Hudson, Sean Hurley, Zac Rae, and Dave Stewart.
Since beginning his career in the 1960s with The Beatles, Ringo Starr has been one of the world\'s brightest musical luminaries. Starr has enjoyed a successful and dynamic solo career as a singer, songwriter and drummer, an active musical collaborator, and as an actor.
The tracklist for Ringo Starr\'s newe album \'Liverpool 8\' is as follows:
