''Baby, Come Back'' is an album by British group The Equals, which was released in the U.S. by

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, who had obtained the rights to manufacture and distribute the album in all of the

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from the band's British label, President Records. The record contains tracks culled from their first three UK albums, ''Unequalled Equals'' (1967), ''Explosion'' (1968), and ''Sensational Equals'' (1968). Two of the tracks were taken from ''Unequalled'': the UK chart-topping single " Baby, Come Back", and "Hold Me Closer". Three tracks came from ''Explosion'': "Police On My Back", "Teardrops", and "Leaving You Is Hard To Do". The remaining six tracks came from the band's third British album, ''Sensational''. Because it was built around the group's biggest hit, "Baby, Come Back", this was the group's most commercially successful album in the U.S. The album has never been available on CD. The only other known alternate configuration for the album was as an 8-track

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cartridge – RCA catalog number P8S 1388.

Track listing

Side One

# "Baby, Come Back" ( Eddy Grant) # "Reincarnation" (Derv Gordon, Grant) # "Police on My Back" (Grant) # "Teardrops" (Grant, Derv Gordon, Lincoln Gordon) # "The Guy Who Made Her a Star" ( Tony Clarke)

Side Two

# "Laurel and Hardy" (Grant) # "Soul Groovin'" (Grant) # "Good Times Are Gone Forever" (Grant, Patrick Lloyd) # "Leaving You Is Hard to Do" (Derv Gordon, Lincoln Gordon) # "The Skies Above" (Grant) # "Hold Me Closer" (Grant, Lincoln Gordon)

Personnel

;The Equals * Eddy Grant - lead guitar, vocals *Derv Gordon - lead vocals *Lincoln Gordon - bass guitar, vocals *Patrick Lloyd - rhythm guitar *John Hall - drums All song and personnel information gathered from the liner notes of the album ''Baby, Come Back'' (Copyright © 1968 by RCA Records)

Cover versions of songs

"Police on My Back" was covered by The Clash on the '' Sandinista!'' album, in 1980. The Clash version was sampled by Lethal Bizzle for his version of the song, which was released as a single and included on his 2007 album '' Back to Bizznizz''. His version reached number 37 on the UK Singles Chart. Other covers of the song include a Spanish-language version recorded by

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titled "La semana", released on her debut album ''El Poder de Machin'', and a version performed as a collaboration between Asian Dub Foundation and Zebda for the French TV programme ''Music Planet 2Nite'' in February 2003 which was included as a bonus track on ADF's 2003 album '' Enemy of the Enemy''. "Baby, Come Back" was successfully covered by Pato Banton; his re-make of the song saw it top the UK Singles chart for a second time, in October 1994.

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