Union Jacks
Studio album by
the Babys
Released8 January 1980
Recorded1979
StudioSound City, Los Angeles, California
GenreHard rock
Length35:08
LabelChrysalis
ProducerKeith Olsen
The Babys chronology
Head First
(1978)		 Union Jacks
(1980)		 On the Edge
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Record Mirror[2]

Union Jacks is the Babys' fourth album, which peaked at number 42 on the Billboard 200 in 1980. The lead single "True Love True Confession" failed to chart and was succeeded by the minor hit "Midnight Rendezvous," and finally the hit single "Back on My Feet Again", which was their last Top 40 hit, reaching #33. The band recorded a fifth album, On the Edge, then split. Union Jacks was reissued on 26 May 2009 under Rock Candy Records after being out of print for many years. There are no bonus tracks, but all of the tracks have been remastered. This was the first Babys album to feature keyboardist Jonathan Cain and bassist Ricky Phillips.

Track listing

  1. "Back on My Feet Again" (John Waite, Dominic Bugatti, Frank Musker) - 3:18
  2. "True Love True Confession" (Waite, Jonathan Cain) - 4:07
  3. "Midnight Rendezvous" (Waite, Cain) - 3:36
  4. "Union Jack" (Waite, Ricky Phillips) - 5:42
  5. "In Your Eyes" (Waite, Phillips) - 4:05
  6. "Anytime" (Waite, Tony Brock, Phillips, Wally Stocker, Cain) - 3:21
  7. "Jesus, Are You There?" (Waite, Stocker, Cain) - 3:34
  8. "Turn Around in Tokyo" (Cain) Lead vocals - Jonathan Cain - 3:53
  9. "Love Is Just a Mystery" (Waite, Brock, Stocker) - 3:32

Personnel

Band

with:

  • Anne Marie Leclerc - backing vocals on "True Love True Confession"

Charts

Album

Chart Peak
position
The Billboard 200 42
Australia 58[3]

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1979 "Back On My Feet Again" Billboard Hot 100 33
1980 "Midnight Rendezvous" Billboard Hot 100 72

References

  1. ↑ Union Jacks at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Smith, Robin (23 February 1980). "The Babys: Union Jacks". Record Mirror. p. 14.
  3. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 23. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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