# 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. It marks his first studio album in over five years 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 #147 on the Billboard 200.

## Reception

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Clash | 8/10 |
| Classic Rock | |
| Far Out Magazine | |
| Paste | 7/10 |
| Pitchfork | 6.3/10 |
| Record Collector | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Spill Magazine | |
| Spectrum Culture | 70% |
| Sputnikmusic | 2.8/5 |
| The Line of Best Fit | 6/10 |
| The Telegraph | |
Ben Cardew of Pitchfork reviewed the album and gave it a 6.3 rating. He described it as having a modern production, solid "drumming" and "full of wonderfully sensitive touches". 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. 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. 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.

## Track listing

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

## 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) | 14 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) | 63 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 14 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 35 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) | 5 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) | 54 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) | 7 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 79 |
| UK Americana Albums (OCC) | 1 |
| UK Country Albums (OCC) | 1 |
| US Billboard 200 | 147 |
| US Folk Albums (Billboard) | 12 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard) | 27 |
| US Top Rock & Alternative Albums (Billboard) | 30 |