Baby (The Detroit Cobras album)

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Baby
The Detroit Cobras Baby Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSept 27, 2005
Genre Garage soul, punk blues
Label Bloodshot
The Detroit Cobras chronology
Life, Love and Leaving
(2001)
Baby
(2005)
Tied & True
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
BBC favorable [2]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Splendid favorable [4]
Tiny Mix Tapes TMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT half.svgTMT empty.svg [5]

Baby is the third studio album by The Detroit Cobras. It was originally released in the United Kingdom by Rough Trade Records in November 2004. The following year Bloodshot Records released the album in the United States. Bloodshot's release included the Seven Easy Pieces EP in its entirety.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Slipping Around"
  2. "I Wanna Holler (But the Town's Too Small)"
  3. "Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand"
  4. "Weak Spot"
  5. "Everybody's Going Wild"
  6. "Hot Dog (Watch Me Eat)"
  7. "Mean Man"
  8. "Now You're Gone"
  9. "It's Raining"
  10. "Just Can't Please You"
  11. "The Real Thing"
  12. "Baby Help Me"
  13. "Cha Cha Twist"

Personnel

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References

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  2. Morgan, Simon. "BBC - Music - Review of The Detroit Cobras - Baby". Bbc.co.uk.
  3. "PopMatters". Archived from the original on 2006-03-17. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
  4. "Splendid Magazine Review". Archived from the original on 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
  5. "Tiny Mix Tapes Review". Tinymixtapes.com.