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) The Best of UB40 - Volume One (1987)

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 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.

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

• 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"

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Los Angeles Times review
3. Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
4. Rolling Stone review
5. "Official charts – UK – UB40". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
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".