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== Track listing == |
== Track listing == |
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All tracks composed by UB40 |
All tracks composed by UB40 |
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#"All I Want to Do" - 5:33 |
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#"You Could Meet Somebody" - 4:52 |
#"You Could Meet Somebody" - 4:52 |
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#"Tell It Like It Is" - 3:36 |
#"Tell It Like It Is" - 3:36 |
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#"The Elevator" - 3:25 |
#"The Elevator" - 3:25 |
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#"Watchdogs" - 4:18 |
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#"[[Rat in Mi Kitchen]]" - 6:58 |
#"[[Rat in Mi Kitchen]]" - 6:58 |
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#"Looking Down at My Reflection" - 3:27 |
#"Looking Down at My Reflection" - 3:27 |
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#"Don't Blame Me" - 3:36 |
#"Don't Blame Me" - 3:36 |
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#"[[Sing Our Own Song]]" - 7:21 |
#"[[Sing Our Own Song]]" - 7:21 |
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Highlighted in blue were U.K singles taken from the album. |
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== Personnel == |
== Personnel == |
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== Follow-up == |
== Follow-up == |
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Following the success of the album, UB40 decided to record a new "sister" studio album. The eventual album, ''[[UB40 (album)|UB40]]'', saw release in 1988 and contained eleven further tracks, including the single "Dancing with the Devil". |
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Following the success of the album,UB40 were invited all expenses paid to play Moscow to which they released CCCP LIVE IN MOSCOW which caused suspicion in U.K politics which led to several members of the band having their phones wired(under the suspicion they were communists)And the fact politicians finally figured the track "Rat In Mi Kitchen" was in fact an anti-Thatcher song.(many people still don`t recognize this today!) |
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Revision as of 18:13, 17 June 2014
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Los Angeles Times | (favorable) [2] |
| Robert Christgau | B+ [3] |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable) [4] |
Rat in the Kitchen is the seventh album by UB40, released in July 1986. This album contained two UK hits, "Sing Our Own Song" (UK #5 in 1986) and "Rat in Mi Kitchen" (UK #12 in 1987).[5] The album itself reached 8 in the UK album charts in 1986 staying in the charts for twenty weeks.[5]
Track listing
All tracks composed by UB40
- "All I Want to Do" - 5:33
- "You Could Meet Somebody" - 4:52
- "Tell It Like It Is" - 3:36
- "The Elevator" - 3:25
- "Watchdogs" - 4:18
- "Rat in Mi Kitchen" - 6:58
- "Looking Down at My Reflection" - 3:27
- "Don't Blame Me" - 3:36
- "Sing Our Own Song" - 7:21
Personnel
- The guest vocalists who appeared on the album were Mo Birch, Jaki Graham & Ruby Turner
- Herb Alpert (co-founder of A&M Records) played trumpet on "Rat in Mi Kitchen"
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Los Angeles Times review
- ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ a b "Official charts - UK - UB40". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
Follow-up
Following the success of the album, UB40 decided to record a new "sister" studio album. The eventual album, UB40, saw release in 1988 and contained eleven further tracks, including the single "Dancing with the Devil".
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