Great site...thanks Leslie. -- J. B. Brenner

Thanks so much for keeping in touch and keeping so many of us in the loop! I couldn't agree more that A&M's biggest 'hit' is the legacy of warm comraderie and real friendship that our collective years there engendered. -- Cheryl McEnaney

This is totally great. Brings back great memories of my years in Canada. -- Charly Prevost

You have made me feel like I have come home safely to family, exactly what the A&M spirit was all about. -- Babs Stock

This is totally great. Brings back great memories of my years in Canada. -- Charly Prevost

Glad to know that you have set up this site. What a neat way to stay in touch. Great job! -- Xander Smith (Other Star People)

Your site is being passed around and mentioned to all ex A&M employees. Your site is great and I'd love to be a part. Thanks for your time and good luck. -- Joe James, Technical Manager, A&M Studios

It's a pretty interesting looking site and I'll check it out further. -- Robin Kirby, Western Regional Sales/Marketing Director

...very fun to see this....Many thanks for your efforts....Best -- Juliea 'Jools' Clarke

Thanks the site is awesome! -- David Abrahams, Audio Librarian

Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records. -- Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios

You sure have a buzz going. I've had 3 emails from A&Mers today alone. Good luck! -- Andy French, Director, Artist Relations & Artist Development

Thanks so much Les. It's really an amazing site. -- Janette Rogers Sarabia, Director of Artist Relations

I'm always amazed every time I spend time on the site and imagine the enormous amount of work and time it has taken you to build this. It's a smorgasboard of history... -- Frann Altman

I love the website! -- Jewell Kumjian, A&M Studios Concierge

Congratulations on your internet site. I would like to be included on your staff list as I worked for A&M in Toronto and London. -- France Tetreault-Thomson, Assistant A&R

Great site I just stumbled across, would appreciate my 'all access pass'. -- Jimmy Zisson, General Manager of A&M Records, New York

I have nothing but positive things to say about you and what you have done to help keep alive the spirit of A&M. -- Al Marks (Promotion, Artist Development)

Your knowledge and research is both amazing, and from what I viewed, about 98% accurate. -- Randy Alpert (Capt. Badazz)

It is great to have a site for the A&M family. -- Mary (Sukkestad) Mack, Executive Secretary, International Dept.

Thanks for this site--best of luck with it! -- David Bradstreet

I have nothing but positive things to say about you and what you have done to help keep alive the spirit of A&M. -- Al Marks (Promotion, Artist Development)

Thank you for sharing with us and for your dedication to A&M Records. It's so wonderful to have a connection to my past. -- Sherry Jones Levy, A&M NYC

Your website is absolutely ACE ACE ACE!!! It is great to see real top work and dedication towards a label that meant so much to many. -- Jay Schatz / Chris Skane, A&R / A&M Associated Labels

I love that you're keeping our history alive. -- Mary Ann Johnson, Artist Relations

This is great to see all the names of all of the friends of such a very special place. Thank you! -- Leigh Jackson, Artist Development

The website is Great! It really took me back down memory lane. Keep up the good work and thank you! -- Janice Hague, International Promotions Manager, A&M Records GB

Thanks for all the work you do for the website. -- Gary Mannon, A&M Studios

Just a brief note to say thanks for ALL you do in keeping us A&M-ers consistently in the know. My years there were so wonderful and filled with fond memories. Thanks for keeping that alive. -- Miriam Heiman

I am genuinely so happy to see this site--my daughter's picture is on the cover of one of those catalogs -- Rob Gold, Executive Director of Advertising and Merchandising, A&M Records

This is a great web site on A&M. -- Gary Mannon, A&M Studios

This is a great site! Thanks for keeping the memories alive.... -- Jerimaya Grabher

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I was just talking to Derek Alpert today...and we had a blast pawing around on this website together. I think it's so cool that you did this! -- Doreen Ringer-Ross

...very fun to see this....Many thanks for your efforts....Best -- Juliea 'Jools' Clarke

I've just discovered your web site. Holy smoke!!!!! -- Geoffrey B. Schulman, Director of A&R Administration, Los Angeles

I came across the site by co-incidence - congratulations! A great initiative and nicely done. -- Russ Curry, VP European Operations

Wow, what an incredible site you've created! I can't believe you have not only the names of the Carpenters, but of even the real carpenters like the La Prell twins, etc. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

Your site is being passed around and mentioned to all ex A&M employees. Your site is great and I'd love to be a part. Thanks for your time and good luck. -- Joe James, Technical Manager, A&M Studios

Fantastic Site! Great Work! -- Jean Pierre Guilbert, V.P. Promotion & Artist Development (A&M Canada)

This is a great site! Thanks for keeping the memories alive.... -- Jerimaya Grabher

Your website is absolutely ACE ACE ACE!!! It is great to see real top work and dedication towards a label that meant so much to many. -- Jay Schatz / Chris Skane, A&R / A&M Associated Labels

Kudos to you for recognizing possibly the ultimate artist/people friendly label. -- Ed Rivadavia, Northern Midwest Promotion Manager

Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios -- Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records.

Thanks so much for keeping in touch and keeping so many of us in the loop! I couldn't agree more that A&M's biggest 'hit' is the legacy of warm comraderie and real friendship that our collective years there engendered. -- Cheryl McEnaney

Thanks for this ambitious and remarkable site. Just bouncing around inside the site the other day brought back so many really wonderful memories of the time and place and people when magic was possible and all lights were green. -- Corb Donohue, National Director of Public Relations

Going through this site reminded me of what I loved about working for A&M. -- Colin Sowa

Thank you Leslie. -- Al Cafaro, CEO, A&M Records

Congratulations on a great web site. Thanks for all your efforts in making this site. -- Bill Morgan, Director, Technical Engineering, A&M Studios

Your knowledge and research is both amazing, and from what I viewed, about 98% accurate. -- Randy Alpert (Capt. Badazz)

What a great site, lots of memories. -- Paul McKenna

Great site....brings back a lot of memories. -- Aaron Jacoves, Director of A&R

Wow, what an incredible site you've created! I can't believe you have not only the names of the Carpenters, but of even the real carpenters like the La Prell twins, etc. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

Thanks, Les! It's so wonderful that you are so involved with the website. I have such fantastic memories of my time spent at A&M. It was definitely a magical place. -- Stacie Surabian, A&M Sales

Thank you so much!! I love the A&M site. -- Toni Tennille

Thanks Leslie for doing this. It's great to have this resource. You're awesome for keeping it going. -- Carmen DeVida

Wow Leslie!! Lots of great work here... Love what you did! -- Randy Alpert (Captain Badazz)

You're right about the specialness of A&M. It's so hard to explain, but it really was unique. A Camelot, if you will. Thanks for your efforts -- Richard Pachter, Promotions

Thanks for all your amazing work with keeping us all connected. -- Doria Leong

A&M Records was home to me in the '70s. Chuck, Brenda, Gil, Marsha, Rita Ross and family gave me my first intro to the music business and put me on the right track to my own family and an historic artistic career. Love to all. -- Ron Artis, Almo/Irving Music

I just saw the A&M website, very impressive. -- Larry Weintraub, Vice President of A&R

Thanks so much Les. It's really an amazing site. -- Janette Rogers Sarabia, Director of Artist Relations

Thank you so much!! I love the A&M site. -- Toni Tennille

Pretty cool site. Nice to see that the history of the label - which was its greatest asset - has not been forgotten. -- Brandon Costas, Sales Coordinator

Going through this site reminded me of what I loved about working for A&M. -- Colin Sowa

It's good to see someone reminding us of the special organization A&M was -- John Hawkins (Edenstreet)

Thanks for doing such epic work on the site. Salut! -- Max Hutchinson

What a fabulous site! It certainly brings back a lot of memories… -- David Browde, College Promotions

I was just talking to Derek Alpert today...and we had a blast pawing around on this website together. I think it's so cool that you did this! -- Doreen Ringer-Ross

You sure have a buzz going. I've had 3 emails from A&Mers today alone. Good luck! -- Andy French, Director, Artist Relations & Artist Development

Thank you so much for all of your help. It is a great site. Thank you for helping to keep these bands relevant. -- Andrea Bricklin (Bricklin)

Thanks so much for all you do for all of us!!!! -- Monique Augusta

I love the website! -- Jewell Kumjian, A&M Studios Concierge

Thanks for doing such epic work on the site. Salut! -- Max Hutchinson

I love that you're keeping our history alive. -- Mary Ann Johnson, Artist Relations

The website is Great! It really took me back down memory lane. Keep up the good work and thank you! -- Janice Hague, International Promotions Manager, A&M Records GB

I have enjoyed the A&M website you created and visit it often. -- Chuck Beeson, Art Director

Congratulations on your internet site. I would like to be included on your staff list as I worked for A&M in Toronto and London. -- France Tetreault-Thomson, Assistant A&R

Thanks for making the site and I'll be checking in to see what's happenin'. -- Richard Cottrell

Great site I just stumbled across, would appreciate my 'all access pass'. -- Jimmy Zisson, General Manager of A&M Records, New York

Congratulations Leslie on all the good work you do for the A&M community. -- Al Cafaro, President and CEO, A&M Records

What a great site - Thank you for organizing it. You have continued the family spirit that Herb and Jerry worked so hard to create - and that is so hard to find otherwise. -- Sharon Steeley, Music Video Promotion

I had such a good time at A&M, so it's nice to still feel part of it. Keep up the good work with the website. -- Alex Hutchinson, A&M Records, Ltd., Art Department

Thanks for making the site and I'll be checking in to see what's happenin'. -- Richard Cottrell

Thanks for this ambitious and remarkable site. Just bouncing around inside the site the other day brought back so many really wonderful memories of the time and place and people when magic was possible and all lights were green. -- Corb Donohue, National Director of Public Relations

Thanks Les, I've spoken with more old friends from A&M in the last week than in the last decabe. All because of your site -- Alan Oken

Thanks, this is a great site. -- Barbara West, Sr. Director of Business / Legal Affairs

This site is AMAZING! THANK YOU! As a fan...and as someone humbled and honored to be ON this list. Outstanding. -- Monte Warden

Thanks for all your hard work in gathering this fantastic web resource of one of the greatest companies that ever existed. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

A friend forwarded the link to your site, it's amazing! -- Monique McGuffin, Graphics Coordinator

It's a pretty interesting looking site and I'll check it out further. -- Robin Kirby, Western Regional Sales/Marketing Director

Keep up the great work on the site. -- Don Rodgers, Promotion Manager, Mid-Western Region, Canada

Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios -- Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records.

Fantastic Site! Great Work! -- Jean Pierre Guilbert, V.P. Promotion & Artist Development (A&M Canada)

I'm so delighted to see it! Many of us have incredible memories and ongoing great comraderie from those years on The Lot....and I am so glad to see this happen now! -- Cheryl McEnaney, National Artist Development Manager

Rat In the Kitchen - UB40

UB40

UB40

UB40: Rat In the Kitchen U.S. cassette album

UB40: Rat In the Kitchen U.S. pre-release cassette

UB40: Rat In the Kitchen US promotional poster

Stock Number

SP 5137

Matrix

SP 05137-A/B

Label

A&M Records

Country

United States

Format

vinyl album, CD album, cassette album.

Released: 1986-7 -28

Recording Notes

Sticker, custom liner. CD is Audio Master Plus (AM+) Series

Track Sort descending	Track Title	Track Time
1	All I Want to Do	00:05:30
2	You Could Meet Somebody	00:04:50
3	Tell It Like It Is	00:03:33
4	The Elevator	00:03:23
5	Watchdogs Of the Night	00:04:15
6	Rat In Me Kitchen	00:06:56
7	Looking Down At My Reflection	00:03:25
8	Don't Blame Me	00:03:37
9	Sing Our Own Song	00:07:20

Chart	Peak	Date
Billboard Top 200 Albums	53	1986-8-30

Credit Sort descending	Role
Ali Campbell	guitar
Ali Campbell	vocal
Anton Corbijn	photography
Astro (Terence Wilson)	trumpet
Astro (Terence Wilson)	vocal
Bob Linney	design
Brian Travers	lyricon
Brian Travers	sax
Design Clinic	sleeve
Earl Falconer	bass
Gary Parchment	tape operator
Henry Tenyue	trombone
Herb Alpert	trumpet
Jaki Graham	vocal
James Brown	drums
John Shaw	engineer
Michael Virtue	keyboards
Mo Birch	vocal
Norman Hassan	percussion
Norman Hassan	trombone
Norman Hassan	vocal
Patrick Tenyue	trumpet
Robin Campbell	guitar
Robin Campbell	vocal
Ruby Turner	vocal

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