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Rubettes (album)

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Rubettes
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1975
GenrePop rock, rock & roll
Length41:32
51:08 (with bonus tracks)
LabelState Records/Polydor Records
ProducerWayne Bickerton, Tony Waddington
The Rubettes chronology
We Can Do It
(1975)
Rubettes
(1975)
Sign Of The Times
(1976)

Rubettes is the third studio album by the English pop band The Rubettes, released on the State Records label in November 1975, their third studio album release within 12 months.[1] It was the last Rubettes album produced by Wayne Bickerton and Tony Waddington.The album contained two UK top 40 hits - Foe Dee O Dee and Little Darling.[2]
In 1992, Dice Records (France) released the Rubettes' third and fourth albums (Rubettes and Sign Of The Times) as a double CD set.[3] In 2015, Caroline Records released the album Rubettes, with three bonus tracks, as part of a box CD set of the Rubettes' first five studio albums.[4]

Track listing

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Side 1
  1. "Judy Run Run" (Wayne Bickerton, Tony Waddington) - 3:04
  2. "Little Darling" (Wayne Bickerton, Tony Waddington) - 3:20
  3. "My Buddy Holly Days" (John Richardson, Alan Williams) - 3:15
  4. "Put A Back Beat To That Music" (Wayne Bickerton, Tony Waddington) - 3:39
  5. "It's Better That Way" (John Richardson, Alan Williams) - 3:49
  6. "Play The Game" (Bill Hurd) - 2:59
Side 2
  1. "Foe-Dee-O-Dee" (Wayne Bickerton, Tony Waddington) - 3:01
  2. "I'm Just Dreaming" (Wayne Bickerton, Tony Waddington) - 3:06
  3. "Out In The Cold" (Bill Hurd) - 3:22
  4. "Miss Goodie Two Shoes" (John Richardson, Alan Williams) - 3:41
  5. "When You're Around" (Mick Clarke) - 4:13
  6. "Dark Side Of The World" (Wayne Bickerton, Tony Waddington) - 4:03[5]

2015 CD bonus tracks

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Rubettes:

13. "With You" (John Richardson, Alan Williams) - 2:16[6]

Alan and John*:

14. "I Still Love You" (John Richardson, Alan Williams) - 4:02
15. "Love Bonds" (Richardson & Richardson) - 3:18[4]
*Produced by Alan Blakley[7]
NB: All track times taken from 2015 CD

Singles

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1. "Foe-Dee-O-Dee" b/w "With You" - June 1975 - UK #15
2. "Little Darling" b/w "Miss Goodie Two Shoes" - October 1975 - UK #30 [1][8]

Bonus tracks single

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Bonus tracks 14 & 15 were also released as a single:
"I Still Love You" b/w "Love Bonds" (as Alan and John) - November 1975[7]

Personnel

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Publishers (including bonus tracks)

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  • Tracks 1, 2, 7 & 8 - Warner Bros Music/Warner Chappell Music/Arlovol Music/Penny Farthing Music
  • Tracks 3, 4, 5 & 13 - Sony-ATV Music
  • Tracks 6, 9 & 11 - State Music
  • Track 10 - Pamscene Ltd/Sony-ATV Music
  • Track 12 - Arlovol Music/Penny Farthing Music/Warner Bros Music
  • Tracks 14 & 15 - Halcyon Music[9]

Production and credits

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Rubettes Official Website - Discography 1975".
  2. ^ "Rubettes Chart History". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Original Albums - 3 & 4". discogs.com. 1992. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b "The Rubettes - The Albums 1974-77 - (CD, Box Set) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  5. ^ a b Original album sleeve notes
  6. ^ "Foe-Dee-O-Dee single". 45cat.com. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  7. ^ a b "I Still Love You single". 45cat.com. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Rubettes UK Chart History". Official Charts.
  9. ^ Sleeve notes 2015 Boxed CD Set Rubettes Albums - 1974-77