Baby I Know
album by The Rubettes
Baby I Know is the fifth studio album by the English band The Rubettes. It was released on the State Records label in April 1977.
The album contained five singles, three UK and two non-UK, including the band's two last charting UK singles - "Under One Roof" and "Baby I Know".
In 1992, Dice Records (France) released the Rubettes' fifth and sixth albums (Baby I Know and Sometime In Oldchurch) as a double CD set. In 2015, Caroline Records released the album Baby I Know, with three bonus tracks, as part of a box CD set of the Rubettes' first five studio albums.
Track listing
Side 1
"Summertime Rock'n'Roll" (John Richardson, Alan Williams) - 3:02
"Baby I Know" (John Richardson, Alan Williams) - 4:18
"I'm In Love With You" (Mick Clarke) - 4:25
"Ooh La La" (John Richardson, Alan Williams) - 3:35
"Ladies Of Laredo" (John Richardson, Alan Williams, Mick Clarke, Tony Thorpe) - 5:38
Side 2
"Rock'n'Roll Lady" (John Richardson, Alan Williams) - 2:58
"Allez Oop" (John Richardson, Alan Williams) - 3:10
"I Wanna Be Loved" (John Richardson, Alan Williams) - 4:13
"Under One Roof" (John Richardson, Alan Williams) - 4:28
"Rock'n'Roll Queen" (D Branch, Peter Richardson) - 2:46
2015 CD bonus tracks
Rubettes:
11. "Ladies Of Laredo (Radio Version)" (John Richardson, Alan Williams, Mick Clarke, Tony Thorpe) - 4:22
Richards'n'Williams*:
12. "Married" (John Richardson, Alan Williams) - 4:02
13. "Who Makes The World Go Round?" (John Richardson, Alan Williams) - 2:54
*Produced by Alan Blakley
NB: Bonus track times taken from 2015 CD
UK Singles
1. "Under One Roof" b/w "Sign Of The Times" - August 1976 - UK #40
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