The old addage “when you’re on a good thing, stick to it” comes to mind today as Ringo Starr announces the release of his second album with T Bone Burnett as producer – due out on April 24.

It’ll be called Long Long Road and it follows on from last year’s well-received Look Up, a welcome return to the country/Americana style that Ringo, and his audience, are very comfortable with.

Recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles, the 10-song album features collaborations with Sheryl Crow, Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Sarah Jarosz, and St. Vincent.

Packaged in a gatefold sleeve, there’ll be an “Ultraviolet Dream” purple vinyl edition (not sure yet if this is exclusive to the Ringo Official Store and Universal Music’s various online outlets):

There’s also a standard black vinyl LP:

And a CD in a good old-fashioned plastic jewel case:

Talking about the new album Ringo says “I’m blessed to have T Bone in my life right now and working with me on these records. After we did the last record, which I love listening to, this one just sort of happened. I like to say sometimes I make the right moves, like you can go left or right at any point, and one of the right moves was hooking up with T Bone for Look Up, and now for this one, which I’m calling Long Long Road, because I’ve been on a long long road.”

Famous rock photographer (and good friend of Ringo’s) Henry Diltz shot the album cover for Long Long Road, as well as additional photos for the album packaging. If you don’t think you’ve seen his work before, it’s almost certain that you have! Just check out the link to his official page.