Take London

Take London
Studio album by The Herbaliser
Released	31 May 2005
Genre	Jazz, hip hop
Length	60:41 (ZENCD098) 77:59 (ZENCD098X)
Label	Ninja Tune
The Herbaliser chronology
Solid Steel Presents Herbal Blend (2003) Take London (2005) FabricLive.26 (2006)

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Take London is the 7th album released by The Herbaliser, released in 2005 (Cat. no: ZENCD098). A second version was also released which contained a second disc (Cat. no: ZENCD098X) containing 5 bonus tracks.

Disc one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Take London (Intro)"	0:32
2.	"Nah' Mean, Nah'm Sayin'" (Jake Wherry, Ollie Teeba, Tsidi Ibrahim, Trout; featuring Jean Grae)	4:01
3.	"Song for Mary" (Wherry, Teeba, Trout)	5:16
4.	"Generals" (Wherry, Teeba, Ibrahim, Rodney Smith, O'Callaghan, Jenkin Jr. II, Kain, Ramirez^[note 1])	3:55
5.	"Gadget Funk" (Wherry, Teeba)	4:07
6.	"Failure's No Option" (Wherry, Teeba, Adey; featuring Cappo)	3:01
7.	"Lord Lord" (Wherry, Teeba, Smith; featuring Roots Manuva)	4:08
8.	"The Man Who Knows" (Interlude)	0:21
9.	"Kittyknapper" (Wherry, Kaidi Tatham, Andrew Ross, Teeba)	2:37
10.	"Geddim'!!" (Wherry, Teeba)	4:56
11.	"If You Close Your Eyes" (Wherry, Teeba, Ibrahim, Ralph Lamb, Ross; featuring Jean Grae)	4:25
12.	"Sonofanothamutha" (Wherry, Teeba, Cuba, Lamb, Ross)	8:17
13.	"Twice Around" (Wherry, Teeba, Lamb, Ross; featuring Jean Grae)	3:56
14.	"I Know a Bloke" (Interlude)	0:21
15.	"8 Men Strong" (Wherry, Teeba)	5:14
16.	"Serge" (Wherry, Teeba, Katherine; featuring Katerine)	5:34

Notes

^[note 1] First verse: Trap Clappa; Second verse: Cheech Marina; Third verse: Daddy Mills; Fourth verse: A.K.; Fifth verse: MacGuyver - Private E1; Sixth verse: Jean Grae

Disc two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"More Tea, More Beer" (featuring Jean Grae)	2:37
2.	"Meteroic" (featuring Cappo)	2:50
3.	"I Am" (featuring Wildflower)	4:06
4.	"How To Keep a Girlfriend" (featuring Jean Grae)	4:15
5.	"None Other" (featuring Cappo)	3:30

Samples

• "Take London (Intro)" features samples from the film The Long Good Friday (1980).
• "Song For Mary" contains a sample from Mina's "Un bacio è troppo poco".