File Under Rock

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = File Under Rock | type = Album | artist = [[Eddy Grant]] | cover = File Under Rock.jpg|border=yes | alt = | released = 1988 | recorded = Blue Wave Studios | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Rock (music)|Rock]], [[Reggae music|reggae]] | length = 38:29 | label = [[Parlophone]], Blue Wave | producer = [[Eddy Grant]] | prev_title = Born Tuff | prev_year = 1986 | next_title = Barefoot Soldier | next_year = 1990 }}

'''''File Under Rock''''' is a 1988 album by Guyanese-British musician [[Eddy Grant]]. The album includes the song "[[Gimme Hope Jo'anna]]" which was a hit in Switzerland<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/song/Eddy-Grant/Gimme-Hope-Jo'anna-1788|title=Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'anna|website=hitparade.ch|accessdate=September 11, 2020}}</ref> and New Zealand<ref>{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Eddy+Grant&titel=Gimme+Hope+Jo%27anna&cat=s|title=Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'anna|website=charts.nz|accessdate=September 11, 2020}}</ref> as well as "Harmless Piece of Fun" which was a minor hit in the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Eddy+Grant&titel=Harmless+Piece+Of+Fun&cat=s|title=Eddy Grant - Harmless Piece of Fun (in Dutch)|website=dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=September 11, 2020}}</ref> The album was titled ''File Under Rock'' after years of Eddy Grant being incorrectly described as a reggae artist.<ref name=Allmusic>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/file-under-rock-mw0000652512|title=File Under Rock - Eddy Grant: Allmusic|website=[[Allmusic|Allmusic.com]]|accessdate=September 11, 2020}}</ref> In Germany, the album charted for 10 weeks reaching number 48 in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-32465|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Eddy Grant, File Under Rock (in German)|website=offiziellecharts.de|accessdate=September 11, 2020}}</ref> The album was a larger success in New Zealand where it reached number 24 on the charts and charted for 13 weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Eddy+Grant&titel=File+Under+Rock&cat=a|title=Eddy Grant - File Under Rock|website=charts.nz|accessdate=September 11, 2020}}</ref> In the Netherlands the album reached number 36, but was only on the charts for 4 weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Eddy+Grant&titel=File+Under+Rock&cat=a|title=Eddy Grant - File Under Rock (in Dutch)|website=dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=September 11, 2020}}</ref> [[Allmusic|Allmusic's]] Alex Henderson described the album as being mostly [[pop rock]] with slight [[Reggae music|reggae]] influences.<ref name=Allmusic/>

==Track listing== # "Harmless Piece of Fun" 4:19 # "Don't Talk to Strangers" 4:05 # "Hostile Country" 4:23 # "Win or Lose" 4:20 # "[[Gimme Hope Jo'anna]]" 4:04 # "Another Riot" 4:49 # "Say Hello to Fidel" 4:42 # "Chuck (Is the King)" 4:26 # "Long As I'm Wanted By You" 4:35 # "Put a Hold On It" 4:00

==Sales and certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''File Under Rock''}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Eddy Grant|title=File Under Rock|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1988|certyear=1988|certref=<ref>{{cite book |last=Salaverrie |first=Fernando |url=http://www.mediafire.com/file/x263f6daopkswo8/Spanish_certifications_for_1979-1990.pdf |title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |language=es |edition=1st |location=Madrid |publisher=[[Sociedad General de Autores y Editores|Fundación Autor/SGAE]] |date=September 2005 |page=923 |isbn=84-8048-639-2 |access-date=July 22, 2022}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

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==External links== * [https://www.discogs.com/Eddy-Grant-File-Under-Rock/master/156378 List of releases] on [[Discogs]]

[[Category:1988 albums]] [[Category:Eddy Grant albums]]