Rat in the Kitchen

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Rat in the Kitchen
RITK.jpg
Studio album by
Released28 July 1986
Genre Reggae
Length43:06
Label DEP LPDEP11 / Virgin / A&M (US)
Producer UB40
UB40 chronology
Baggariddim
(1985)
Rat in the Kitchen
(1986)
The Best of UB40 - Volume One
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [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 No. 5 in 1986) and "Rat in Mi Kitchen" (UK No. 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.

Contents

Reception

AllMusic said the album was "as usual, a tuneful collection of reggae" [1] and later described the album as "edgy". [6]

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


Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Netherlands (NVPI) [18] Gold50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [19] Gold7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI) [20] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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"Rat in Mi Kitchen" is a song written and performed by British reggae group UB40. It features Herb Alpert on trumpet and is the sixth track on their album Rat in the Kitchen. Released as a single on 5 January 1987, it reached number 12 on the UK Singles Chart later the same month, staying on the chart for seven weeks.

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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".