Look Up (Ringo Starr album)

Look Up is the twenty-first studio album by English singer-songwriter Ringo Starr. It was released on 10 January 2025 through Universal Music Enterprises.^[2] It marks his first studio album since What's My Name (2019). A country music album, it features guest appearances from Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Lucius, and Larkin Poe, as well as writing and production contributions from T-Bone Burnett. The album peaked at number one on the UK Country album chart and number 147 on the Billboard 200.

Look Up
Studio album by Ringo Starr
Released	10 January 2025 (2025-01-10)
Recorded	2024
Genre	Country
Length	36:57
Label	UMe
Producer	T-Bone Burnett Daniel Tashian Bruce Sugar
Ringo Starr chronology
Crooked Boy (2024) Look Up (2025)
Singles from Look Up
"Time on My Hands" Released: 18 October 2024 "Thankful" Released: 15 November 2024 "Look Up" Released: 15 January 2025[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Clash	8/10[4]
Classic Rock	[5]
Far Out Magazine	[6]
Paste	7/10[7]
Pitchfork	6.3/10[8]
Record Collector	[9]
Rolling Stone	[10]
Spill Magazine	[11]
Spectrum Culture	70%[12]
Sputnikmusic	2.8/5[13]
The Line of Best Fit	6/10[14]
The Telegraph	[15]

Ben Cardew of Pitchfork reviewed the album and gave it a 6.3 rating.^[8] He described it as having a modern production, solid "drumming" and "full of wonderfully sensitive touches".^[8] Emma Harrison of Clash wrote that the album "feels contemporary and energised with thoughtful lyrics that showcase his warm vocals" and "different from anything he has done before," giving it an 8/10 rating.^[4] Far Out Magazine's Dale Maplethorpe described Look Up as "technically sound, but the focal point fails to deliver on the key aspects that help us lean towards country music", giving it three stars out of five.^[6] Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield called the album "the sound of Ringo being himself, the least jaded rock star in the universe, which is exactly what we want from this wise old sage", rating it 3.5 out of 5.^[10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by T-Bone Burnett, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Breathless" (featuring Billy Strings)		3:02
2.	"Look Up" (featuring Molly Tuttle)	Burnett Daniel Tashian	3:10
3.	"Time on My Hands"	Burnett Tashian Paul Kennerley	3:59
4.	"Never Let Me Go" (featuring Billy Strings)		3:55
5.	"I Live for Your Love" (featuring Molly Tuttle)	Burnett Bill Swan	2:59
Total length:			17:08

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Come Back" (featuring Lucius)		2:49
2.	"Can You Hear Me Call" (featuring Molly Tuttle)		2:54
3.	"Rosetta" (featuring Billy Strings and Larkin Poe)		3:46
4.	"You Want Some"	Swan	3:03
5.	"String Theory" (featuring Molly Tuttle and Larkin Poe)	Burnett Tashian	3:37
6.	"Thankful" (featuring Alison Krauss)	Bruce Sugar Richard Starkey	3:38
Total length:			19:49

Personnel

Musicians

• Ringo Starr – drums, lead vocals, percussion (1), whistling (6)
• T-Bone Burnett – electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 7–11), acoustic guitar (1, 4, 6, 8), 6-string bass (2, 3)
• Dennis Crouch – bass
• Daniel Tashian – acoustic guitar (1–3, 10), electric guitar (2–4, 9, 11), woodblock (2), 6-string bass (3), piano (3), 12 string lead guitar (10), harmony vocals (11)
• Billy Strings – harmony vocal (1, 4, 8), lead acoustic guitar (1), guitars (4), electric guitar (8)
• Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar (2, 3, 5, 9–11)
• Molly Tuttle – harmony vocal (2, 5, 10), duet vocal (7), acoustic guitar (5, 7), mandolin (5), 12-string guitar (10)
• Andy Cata – piano (3)
• David Mansfield – string arrangement (3)
• Mickey Raphael – harmonica (4)
• Mike Rojas – piano (5)
• Colin Linden – resonator guitar (6)
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin (6)
• Rory Hoffman – acoustic guitar (6), clarinet (9)
• Lucius (Jess Wolfe & Holly Laessig) – background vocals (6)
• Joe Walsh – slide guitar (8)
• Rebecca Lovell – mandolin (8), background vocals (8, 10)
• Megan Lovell – background vocals (8, 10)
• Greg Leisz – acoustic guitars (11)
• Alison Krauss – harmony vocal (11)

Technical

• Bruce Sugar – production, engineering
• Daniel Tashian – production
• T-Bone Burnett – production
• Gavin Lurssen – mastering
• Reuben Cohen – mastering
• Michael Piersante – mixing, engineering
• Mike Stankiwicz – engineering
• Eddie Roberts – additional engineering, engineering assistance
• David Paulin – engineering assistance
• Grant Wilson – engineering assistance
• Joanna Finley – engineering assistance
• Karl Wingate – engineering assistance
• Michelle Freetly – engineering assistance
• Ivy Skoff – production coordination

Charts

Chart performance for Look Up

Chart (2025)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[16]	14
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17]	63
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18]	14
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[19]	35
Scottish Albums (OCC)[20]	5
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[21]	54
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[22]	7
UK Albums (OCC)[23]	79
UK Americana Albums (OCC)[24]	1
UK Country Albums (OCC)[25]	1
US Billboard 200[26]	147
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[27]	12
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[28]	27
US Top Rock & Alternative Albums (Billboard)[29]	30