Baby, Come Back (album)
Baby, Come Back | |
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Studio album by | |
Released | 1968 |
Recorded | 1966–1968 |
Genre | Beat music, pop rock, psychedelic funk, psychedelic soul, psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock, funk rock |
Label | RCA Victor LSP-4078 |
Producer | Edward Kassner |
Singles from Baby, Come Back | |
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Baby, Come Back is an album by
The record contains tracks culled from their first three UK albums, Unequalled Equals (1967), Explosion (1968), and Sensational Equals (1968). Two of the tracks were taken from Unequalled: the UK chart-topping single "Baby, Come Back", and "Hold Me Closer". Three tracks came from Explosion: "Police On My Back", "Teardrops", and "Leaving You Is Hard To Do". The remaining six tracks came from the band's third British album, Sensational.[1]
Because it was built around the group's biggest hit, "Baby, Come Back", this was the group's most commercially successful album in the U.S. Despite the fact that the album is a showcase example of
Track listing
Side One
- "Baby, Come Back" (Eddy Grant)
- "Reincarnation" (Derv Gordon, Grant)
- "Police on My Back" (Grant)
- "Teardrops" (Grant, Derv Gordon, Lincoln Gordon)
- "The Guy Who Made Her a Star" (Tony Clarke)
Side Two
- "Laurel and Hardy" (Grant)
- "Soul Groovin'" (Grant)
- "Good Times Are Gone Forever" (Grant, Patrick Lloyd)
- "Leaving You Is Hard to Do" (Derv Gordon, Lincoln Gordon)
- "The Skies Above" (Grant)
- "Hold Me Closer" (Grant, Lincoln Gordon)
Personnel
- The Equals
- Eddy Grant - lead guitar, vocals
- Derv Gordon - lead vocals
- Lincoln Gordon - bass guitar, vocals
- Patrick Lloyd - rhythm guitar
- John Hall - drums
All song and personnel information gathered from the liner notes of the album Baby, Come Back (Copyright © 1968 by RCA Records)
Cover versions of songs
"Police on My Back" was covered by
"Baby, Come Back" was successfully covered by Pato Banton; his re-make of the song saw it top the UK Singles chart for a second time, in October 1994.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Baby, Come Back", Discogs.com. Retrieved 12 March 2018
- ^ "Baby, Come Back (8-track cartridge)", Discogs.com. Retrieved 20 November 2023
- ^ "Baby, Come Back (Track listing - 8-track cartridge)", Discogs.com. Retrieved 20 November 2023
- ^ Service, Tom (5 October 2007). "Lethal Bizzle clashes with the mainstream". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- S2CID 144672496.
- ^ "Pato Banton - Baby, Come Back", officialcharts.com. Retrieved 29 December 2023