Produced by
Joe Walsh
,
Old Wave
was a well-put-together collection of good pop/rock songs that was all wrong for
Ringo Starr
. The songs required interpretive abilities simply not found in a singer of
Ringo
's pleasant, but limited voice and phrasing.
"She's About a Mover"
and
"I Keep Forgettin"'
were appropriate covers, but
was out of his depth on reflective songs like
"Picture Show Life"
"As Far as We Can Go."
There was also a throwaway instrumental,
"Everybody's in a Hurry but Me,"
featuring
Eric Clapton
John Entwistle
.
Neil Bogart
, the head of
Boardwalk
's record label, died during the making of this album, and the closest it got to an American release was on
RCA Canada
, which was just as well. [Originally released in Canada on June 8, 1983, as
RCA
3233, as well as in Japan, South America, and Germany,
was finally released in the U.S. by
The Right Stuff
/
Capitol
on September 6, 1994, with one extra bonus track, an orchestral version of
] ~ William Ruhlmann