Released 1968 Genre Beat music | Recorded 1966-1968 Producer Edward Kassner | |
Label President Records
RCA Victor
LSP-4078 | ||
Baby, Come Back is an album by British Invasion group The Equals. It was released in 1968 by their UK label, President Records. In the U.S., RCA Victor obtained the rights to manufacture and distribute the album in all of the Americas.
Contents
Because it was 'built' around the group's biggest hit (the UK chart-topping single "Baby, Come Back"), this was the group's most commercially successful album, while capturing the group at the peak of their powers, showing off their versatility in playing different styles of music.
Side One
- "Baby, Come Back" (Eddy Grant)
- "Reincarnation" (Gordon, Grant)
- "Police on My Back" (Grant)
- "Teardrops" (Grant, Gordon, Gordon)
- "The Guy Who Made Her a Star" (Tony Clarke)
Side Two
- "Laurel and Hardy" (Grant)
- "Soul Groovin'" (Grant)
- "Good Times Are Gone Forever" (Grant, Lloyd)
- "Leaving You Is Hard to Do" (Gordon, Gordon)
- "The Skies Above" (Grant)
- "Hold Me Closer" (Grant, Gordon)
Personnel
Despite the fact that the album is a showcase example of British Invasion-era Beat music, it has never been available on CD. The only other known alternate configuration for the album was as an 8-track tape cartridge - RCA catalog number P8S 1388.
Cover versions of songs
"Police on My Back" was covered by The Clash on the Sandinista! album, in 1980. The Clash version was sampled by Lethal Bizzle for his version of the song, which was released as a single and included on his 2007 album Back to Bizznizz. His version reached number 37 on the UK Singles Chart. Other covers of the song include a Spanish-language version recorded by Amparanoia titled "La semana", released on her debut album El Poder de Machin, and a version performed as a collaboration between Asian Dub Foundation and Zebda for the French TV programme Music Planet 2Nite in February 2003 which was included as a bonus track on ADF's 2003 album Enemy of the Enemy.
"Baby, Come Back" was successfully covered by Pato Banton: his re-make of the song saw it top the UK Singles chart for a second time, in October 1994.