UB40 COLLECTED (180 GRAM) – LP

UPC: 602557107425
Label: MUSIC ON VINYL
Format: LP
Release Date: April 28, 2017
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Early 1980,UB40scored their first success with “Food For Thought”, reaching high positions in the charts. By the time they released their first album they were already so successful that they had signed off on unemployment benefit, leading to the stampedSigning Offfeatured on form 40, for the sleeve of their debut album. UB40.Collectedhas captured all the different phases of the band in one complete album, from classic hits combined with the new!

The members of UB40 chose their name after a piece of paper most of them were all too familiar with: Unemployment Benefit form 40, in short: UB40. The name was put on posters and the band was promoted even before each member fully understood his instrument. With “Present Arms In Dub”, they managed to make first dub album ever to reach the album charts in the U.K., with the poignant songs “One In Ten” and “Don’t Slow Down”. In 1983 the band put on a new project, Labour Of Love, boasting ten cover versions of Jamaican hits, which became a huge worldwide hit and the band’s first number one album.

Besides original UB40 songs likeFood For ThoughtandRat In Mi Kitchen, Labour Of Love tracksRed Red Wine,Cherry Oh BabyandPlease Don’t Make Me Cry, there are collaborations with Chrissie Hynde (I Got You Babe, Breakfast In Bed”), Afrika Bambaataa (Reckless) and Robert Palmer (I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight) on Collected.

UB40 Collectedis available on double black vinyl.

TRACK LIST:

A1 Tyler
A2 Burden Of Shame
A3 I Think It’s Going To Rain Today
A4 Food For Thought
A5 Don’t Do The Crime
B1 One In Ten
B2 Sardonicus
B3 Please Don’t Make Me Cry
B4 Cherry Oh Baby
B5 Red Red Wine
B6 If It Happens Again
B7 Don’t Slow Down
C1 I Got You Babe
C2 Don’t Break My Heart
C3 Sing Our Own Song
C4 Rat In Mi Kitchen
C5 All I Want To Do
C6 Maybe Tomorrow
C7 Reckless
D1 Breakfast In Bed
D2 Homely Girl
D3 Kingston Town
D4 I’ll be your Baby Tonight
D5 Tears From My Eyes
D6 Here I Am (Come And Take Me)
D7 (I Can’t Help) Falling In Love With You