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Rat in the Kitchen

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Released
  
28 July 1986

Producer
  
UB40

Release date
  
28 July 1986

Genre
  
Reggae

Length
  
43:06

Artist
  
UB40

Label
  
A&M Records

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Rat in the Kitchen (1986)
  
The Best of UB40 - Volume One (1987)

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Ub40 all i want to do lyrics


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 No. 5 in 1986) and "Rat in Mi Kitchen" (UK No. 12 in 1987). The album itself reached 8 in the UK album charts in 1986 staying in the charts for twenty weeks. The album provoked a positive reception from critics.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic said the album was "as usual, a tuneful collection of reggae" and later described the album as "edgy".

Track listing

All tracks composed by UB40

  1. "All I Want to Do" – 5:33
  2. "You Could Meet Somebody" – 4:52
  3. "Tell It Like It Is" – 3:36
  4. "The Elevator" – 3:25
  5. "Watchdogs" – 4:18
  6. "Rat in Mi Kitchen" – 6:58
  7. "Looking Down at My Reflection" – 3:27
  8. "Don't Blame Me" – 3:36
  9. "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"
  • 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".

    Songs

    1All I Want to Do5:34
    2You Could Meet Somebody4:52
    3Tell It Like It Is3:36

    References

    Rat in the Kitchen Wikipedia