Ultraglide in Black
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{{Infobox album
| name = Ultraglide in Black
| type = Cover album
| artist = The Dirtbombs
| cover = Ultraglideinblack.jpg
| alt =
| released = May 21, 2001
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Garage punk
| length = 44:27
| label = In the Red
| producer =
| prev_title = Horndog Fest
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Dangerous Magical Noise
| next_year = 2003
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic |first=Douglas |last=Siwek |label=The Dirtbombs: Ultraglide in Black > Review |class=album |id=r533130 |tab=review |accessdate=20 July 2011 }}
| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book | last = Larkin| first = Colin| author-link = Colin Larkin| title = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music| url = https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0003unse_w1c2/page/16/mode/2up?q=dirtbombs+ultraglide| publisher = Oxford University Press| page = 16| isbn = 9780195313734 | year=2006}}
| rev3 = The Great Rock Discography
| rev3score = 8/10{{cite book | last = Strong| first = Martin| author-link = Martin C. Strong| title = The Great Rock Discography| url = https://archive.org/details/greatindiediscog0000stro/page/706/mode/2up?q=dirtbombs+ultraglide| publisher = Canongate Books| page = 706| isbn = 1841953350| year=2003}}
| rev4 = Metro Times
| rev5 = NME
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-5499-343260|title=Dirtbombs : Ultraglide In Black | NME|website=NME |date=September 12, 2005}}
| rev6 = Spin
|rev7 = Tom Hull – on the Web
|rev7Score = B+ ({{Rating-Christgau|hm3}}){{cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Hull (critic)|date=October 12, 2020|url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/blog/archives/2891-Music-Week.html|title=Music Week|website=Tom Hull – on the Web|access-date=October 14, 2020}}
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Ultraglide in Black is an album by the American rock music group The Dirtbombs.
The album is mostly covers of soul and funk songs. Band leader Mick Collins stated that this album was his tribute to the black music he grew up with. The only song that is not a cover is "Your Love Belongs Under a Rock."
The album cover pays homage to Stevie Wonder's 1967 album cover for I Was Made to Love Her.
Track listing
{{track listing
| extra_column = Original artist
| title1 = Chains of Love
| writer1 = J.J. Barnes, M. Davis, D. Davis
| extra1 = J.J. Barnes
| length1 = 2:21
| title2 = If You Can Want
| writer2 = Smokey Robinson
| extra2 = The Miracles
| length2 = 2:57
| title3 = Underdog
| writer3 = Sly Stone
| extra3 = Sly & the Family Stone
| length3 = 3:35
| title4 = Your Love Belongs Under a Rock
| writer4 = Mick Collins
| extra4 = The Dirtbombs
| length4 = 2:20
| title5 = I'll Wait
| writer5 = George Clinton
| extra5 = The Parliaments
| length5 = 3:00
| title6 = Living For the City
| writer6 = Stevie Wonder
| extra6 = Stevie Wonder
| length6 = 3:07
| title7 = The Thing
| writer7 = Larry Bright
| extra7 = Larry Bright
| length7 = 2:02
| title8 = Kung-Fu
| writer8 = Curtis Mayfield
| extra8 = Curtis Mayfield
| length8 = 5:42
| title9 = Ode to a Black Man
| writer9 = Phil Lynott
| extra9 = Phil Lynott
| length9 = 3:38
| title10 = Got to Give It Up
| writer10 = Marvin Gaye
| extra10 = Marvin Gaye
| length10 = 4:03
| title11 = Livin' For the Weekend
| writer11 = Kenny Gamble, Cary Gilbert, Leon Huff
| extra11 = The O'Jays
| length11 = 3:29
| title12 = I'm Qualified to Satisfy You
| writer12 = Barry White
| extra12 = Barry White
| length12 = 3:53
| title13 = Do You See My Love (For You Growing)
| writer13 = R. Beavers, Johnny Bristol
| extra13 = Junior Walker & the All-Stars
| length13 = 4:20
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References
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