Tracks
Side A
- 11986Dutch Top 40: peak position 30 in week 47 of 1986, 4 weeks in the chartAll I Want To Do5:34A♯ minor
- 21986You Could Meet Somebody4:52G major
- 31986Tell It Like It Is3:36A major
- 41986The Elevator3:25F major
- 51986Dutch Top 40: peak position 8 in week 25 of 1987, 9 weeks in the chartWatchdogs4:18A major
Side B
- 11986Dutch Top 40: peak position 7 in week 9 of 1987, 10 weeks in the chartRat In Mi Kitchen6:58B major
- 21986Looking Down At My Reflection3:27D♯ minor
- 31986Don't Blame Me3:37B major
- 41986Dutch Top 40: peak position 1 in week 34 of 1986, 15 weeks in the chartSing Our Own Song3:59C♯ minor
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of Rat In The Kitchen
Rat In The Kitchen sounds much like the shelves on average, at a tempo around 120 bpm.
Quietest track: Watchdogs · most energetic: All I Want To Do
Across 9 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
The eight members of UB40 around the time of Rat In The Kitchen, with the years they belonged to the group. This is the band line-up around that time, not necessarily who is heard on the album. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
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Ali Campbell
Brian Travers
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Frequently asked questions
When was Rat In The Kitchen by UB40 released?
Rat In The Kitchen came out in 1986.
How many tracks are on Rat In The Kitchen?
Rat In The Kitchen has nine tracks, 40 minutes in total, spread over two vinyl sides.
Which tracks from Rat In The Kitchen made the Dutch Top 40?
Four tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: All I Want To Do, Watchdogs, Rat In Mi Kitchen and Sing Our Own Song. The highest was Sing Our Own Song, at number 1 in week 34 of 1986.
Which category is Rat In The Kitchen in?
Rat In The Kitchen is filed under studio albums. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by UB40.
Which other albums by UB40 are in the collection?
The collection holds four more albums by UB40: Signing Off (1980), Labour Of Love (1983), Labour Of Love II (1989) and Collected (2013).
Who was in UB40 when Rat In The Kitchen came out?
In 1986, UB40 consisted of Ali Campbell, Robin Campbell, Earl Falconer, Jim Brown, Norman Hassan, Brian Travers, Michael Virtue and Astro. That is the line-up of the group in that year, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of Rat In The Kitchen mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play Rat In The Kitchen?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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