Little Baggariddim
{{short description|1985 EP by UB40}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Little Baggariddim
| cover = UB40 Little Baggariddim.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| type = EP
| artist = UB40
| released = {{start date|1985|7|22|df=yes}}{{cite magazine|date=19 July 1985|title=New Releases|magazine=The FMQB Album Report|page=30}}
| studio =
| recorded =
| venue =
| genre = Reggae fusion
| length = {{duration|m=23|s=00}}
| label = A&M
| producer = * UB40
| prev_title = Geffery Morgan
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = Baggariddim
| next_year = 1985
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Christgau's Record Guide
| rev2 = Tom Hull
| rev2score = A−{{cite web |title=Tom Hull: Grade List: Ub40 |url=https://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=ub40 | publisher=Tom Hull |accessdate=28 August 2024}}
}}
Little Baggariddim is an EP by British reggae band UB40. It was only released in the US and Canada and peaked at number 40 on the Billboard 200 and number 26 on the RPM Top 100 Albums.
Release and reception
Little Baggariddim was released in July 1985 at the beginning of UB40's tour of the US and Canada.{{Cite web |title=UB40 Concerts {{!}} On A&M Records |url=https://www.onamrecords.com/artists/ub40/concerts |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=www.onamrecords.com |language=en}} The EP comprises six tracks, four of which were released outside of North America in September 1985 on UB40's sixth studio album Baggariddim. It also contains "One in Ten", a reworked, sped-up version of the song originally released in 1981 on UB40's second album Present Arms, as well as a dub version of "I Got You Babe".
Reviewing for Rolling Stone, Rob Tannenbaum wrote that "the whole record coheres brilliantly" and that it "will surely stand as one of 1985's best EPs, and it makes one hungry for a Big Baggariddim".{{cite magazine |date=12 September 1985 |title=UB40: Little Baggariddim |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ub40/albums/album/240010/review/5942193/little_baggariddim |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116072203/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ub40/albums/album/240010/review/5942193/little_baggariddim |archive-date=16 November 2007 |access-date=27 August 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} Steve Matteo for Spin highlighted the simplistic packaging and release, praising its affordability, and that "Little Baggariddim is a way for UB40 to stay true to their ideals while hoping for a bit more recognition". Matteo concluded that the songs "show the group's crossing into many different styles of music, though I hope their earliest fans and those who fancy themselves reggae purists won't be put off by their moving in more pop-oriented directions".{{cite magazine |date=October 1985 |title=Spins |magazine=Spin |page=32}} Billboard wrote that the group "could read a Stateside breakthrough" with "I Got You Babe", and that "both that track and its companions hew to the band's updated but faithful reggae sensibility".{{cite magazine |date=3 August 1985 |title=Reviews |magazine=Billboard |page=74}}
Track listing
{{track listing
|headline = Side one
|title1 = I Got You Babe
|note1 = with Chrissie Hynde
|writer1 = Sonny Bono
|length1 = 3:08
|title2 = Don't Break My Heart
|writer2 = {{hlist|UB40|Deborah Banks{{efn|group=upper-alpha|The lyrics were originally credited to Javid Khan, but a lawsuit was settled in 1995 instead giving the credit to Deborah Banks.}}}}
|length2 = 3:47
|title3 = One in Ten
|writer3 = UB40
|length3 = 4:19
}}
{{track listing
|headline = Side two
|title4 = Mi Spliff
|writer4 = UB40
|length4 = 3:58
|title5 = Hip Hop Lyrical Robot
|note5 = with Pato Banton
|writer5 = {{hlist|UB40|Banton}}
|length5 = 3:39
|title6 = I Got You Babe
|note6 = dub version
|writer6 = Bono
|length6 = 4:09
|total_length = 23:00
}}
Charts
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!Chart (1985) !Peak |
| {{album chart|Canada|26|chartid=0584|rowheader=true|refname=rpm}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|40|artist=UB40|rowheader=true|refname=billboard}} |
| scope="row"|US Cash Box Top 100 Albums{{cite magazine |date=5 October 1985 |title=Cash Box Top 100 Albums |magazine=Cash Box |page=24}}
|38 |
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References
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