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''Stop and Smell the Roses'' is the eighth studio album by Ringo Starr, released in 1981 following the twin commercial disasters of ''Ringo the 4th'' (1977) and ''Bad Boy'' (1978). It includes the hit single "Wrack My Brain", written and produced by George Harrison, in addition to contributions from Paul McCartney, Harry Nilsson, Ronnie Wood and Stephen Stills. ==Background and recording== While visiting John Lennon at his Dakota apartment, Starr was given a demo of "Life Begins at 40" by Lennon.〔 Lennon wrote the song specifically for Starr, and wanted him to record it for his next album.〔 Soon after meeting soon-to-be second wife Barbara Bach on the film set of ''Caveman'' in early 1980, Ringo Starr met fellow former-Beatle Paul McCartney, and his wife, Linda, at a hotel while they had earlier visited the 33rd annual Cannes Film Festival, on 16 May.〔 Starr asked McCartney whether he would like to play on and possibly produce Starr's next album, to which McCartney agreed.〔 Starr started sessions in France for a new album,〔 at this point titled ''Can't Fight Lightning'', on 11 July, at Super Bear Studios, lasting until 21 July.〔 With Wings then in limbo and ''McCartney II'' just released, McCartney booked time with Starr to record three songs: "Private Property" and "Attention" (both McCartney originals) plus a cover of "Sure to Fall".〔 They also recorded the song "You Can't Fight Lightning", which Starr wrote after he and Bach were nearly stuck by lightning.〔 Following on from a brief holiday, Starr and Bach flew to Los Angeles on 27 July.〔 Recording moved to Devonshire Sound Studio in Hollywood on 11 August.〔〔 Next Stephen Stills got involved, writing "You've Got a Nice Way" for Starr and producing its recording that August. On 4 September the recording session moved again, this time to Cherokee Studios.〔 Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones was keen to help out and brought with him the song "Dead Giveaway" on 23 September,〔 which they co-produced. Two days later on the 25th, the pair taped the track "Brandy". Starr recorded alone on 27 September.〔 On 6 November Starr and Wood demoed the song "I Don't Believe You".〔 Long-time friend Harry Nilsson was next on Starr's checklist, presenting him with "Drumming Is My Madness" as well as the album's title track, both of which were recorded in early November, with early December sessions completing the work of the cork. Before returning home to England, Starr planned for another session to be held at the studio on 14 January.〔 After working with McCartney, Starr also felt it appropriate to extend the invitation to his two other band mates in The Beatles; Upon his return to his Tittenhurst Park residence on 10 November, Starr phoned George Harrison, inviting him to appear on the album.〔 When Starr arrived at Harrison's Friar Park estate on 19 November,〔 Harrison presented him with "Wrack My Brain",〔 which he had composed for Starr. "You Belong to Me", another cover from the past, was recorded, with Harrison producing. Starr also recorded a version of "All Those Years Ago", but Starr told Harrison the vocal was too high for his range and he didn't like the words.〔 Lennon was the last of the former-Beatles that Starr had yet to visit and – fresh from his musical re-awakening, having just released ''Double Fantasy'' – Lennon was eager to meet with Starr.〔 On 26 November, in New York City, Lennon handed Starr the demos for "Nobody Told Me". With Lennon producing, they set a date, the one Starr had originally booked,〔 for 14 January 1981 to record the song.〔 Starr and Bach flew from New York to Los Angeles, on 28 November.〔 Back in Hollywood two days later, Starr, Nilsson and engineer Paul Travis listened to playbacks of the July sessions〔 at Compass Point Studios.〔 On 1 December, Starr laid down vocals for "You Can't Fight Lightning".〔 For the next two days, Starr and Jarvis mixed the album.〔 On 4 December, Starr added vocals to a re-make of "Back Off Boogaloo".〔 The next day Starr flew to the Bahamas to be with Bach.〔 On 8 December, Lennon was gunned down outside The Dakota by Mark David Chapman.〔 After a period of mourning, Starr returned to the studio on 14 January 1981.〔 Harrison took the "All Those Years Ago" track, changed some of the lyrics and, with overdubs by Paul and Linda McCartney, it was released as a tribute to Lennon.〔 Starr, with Wood recorded for 3 days from the 14th, at Cherokee Studios, with further final batch of sessions taking place from 20 January〔 until 12 February.〔 During this time, the tracks "Dead Giveaway", "Wake Up", "Brandy", "You Belong to Me" and "Wrack My Brain" were finished.〔 On 13 February, final mixes of the tracks were made at Compass Point Studios and ten tracks were chosen for release on the album.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stop and Smell the Roses」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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