Baby I Know

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.^[1]

Baby I Know
Studio album by The Rubettes
Released	April 1977
Genre	Pop rock, rock & roll, Country rock
Length	38:33 49:51 (with bonus tracks)
Label	State/Polydor
Producer	The Rubettes, Alan Blakley
The Rubettes chronology
Sign of the Times (1976) Baby I Know (1977) Sometime In Oldchurch (1978)

The album contained five singles,^[1] three UK and two non-UK,^[2] including the band's two last charting UK singles - "Under One Roof" and "Baby I Know".^[3]

In 1992, Dice Records (France) released the Rubettes' fifth and sixth albums (Baby I Know and Sometime In Oldchurch) as a double CD set.^[4] 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.^[5]

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Summertime Rock'n'Roll" (John Richardson, Alan Williams) - 3:02
2. "Baby I Know" (John Richardson, Alan Williams) - 4:18
3. "I'm In Love With You" (Mick Clarke) - 4:25
4. "Ooh La La" (John Richardson, Alan Williams) - 3:35
5. "Ladies Of Laredo" (John Richardson, Alan Williams, Mick Clarke, Tony Thorpe) - 5:38

Side 2

1. "Rock'n'Roll Lady" (John Richardson, Alan Williams) - 2:58
2. "Allez Oop" (John Richardson, Alan Williams) - 3:10
3. "I Wanna Be Loved" (John Richardson, Alan Williams) - 4:13
4. "Under One Roof" (John Richardson, Alan Williams) - 4:28
5. "Rock'n'Roll Queen" (D Branch, Peter Richardson) - 2:46^[6]

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^[5]

*Produced by Alan Blakley^[7]

NB: Bonus track times taken from 2015 CD

UK Singles

1. "Under One Roof" b/w "Sign Of The Times" - August 1976 - UK #40^[8][9]

2. "Baby I Know" b/w "Dancing In The Rain" - January 1977 - UK #10^[1][9]

3. "Ladies Of Laredo" b/w "I'm In Love With You" - April 1977^[1]

Non-UK Singles

1. "Allez Oop" b/w "Rock'n'Roll Queen" - September 1976^[8]

2. "Ooh La La" b/w "Ladies Of Laredo" - March 1977^[1]

Bonus Tracks Single

Bonus tracks 12 & 13 were also released together on the following single:

* "Married" b/w "Who Makes The World Go Round?" (as Richards'n'Williams) - February 1977^[7]

Rubettes Personnel

• Mick Clarke
• John Richardson
• Tony Thorpe
• Alan Williams^[10]

Publishers (Including Bonus Tracks)

• All titles (1–13, including bonus tracks) Arloval Music/Penny Farthing Music/Bucks Music except:

Track 3 (State Music)

Track 10 (Halcyon Music)

Track 11 (Belwin Music/Halcyon Music)^[11]

Production & Credits

• Produced by The Rubettes with Alan Blakley for Gale
• Recorded at DJM Studios
• Strings on "Ladies of Laredo" arranged by Brian Rogers
• Engineer - Mark Jay Wallis
• Photography - Paul Canty (LFI)
• Sleeve Design - Bill Smith
• Artwork - Bob Reed^[10]