Rat in the Kitchen

Rat in the Kitchen
Studio album by UB40
Released 28 July 1986
Genre Reggae
Length 43:06
Label DEP International LPDEP11
Producer UB40
UB40 chronology

Baggariddim
(1985)		 Rat in the Kitchen
(1986)		 UB40
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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] The album provoked a positive reception from critics.

Reception

Allmusic said the album was "as usual, a tuneful collection of reggae"[6] and later described the album as "edgy".[7]

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

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Los Angeles Times review
  3. ↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  4. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Official charts - UK - UB40". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  6. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/rat-in-the-kitchen-mw0000192273
  7. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/ub40-mw0000201355

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".