SIDE A
1. Tyler
2. Burden Of Shame
3. I Think It’s Going To Rain Today
4. Food For Thought
5. Don’t Do The Crime
SIDE B
1. One In Ten
2. Sardonicus
3. Please Don’t Make Me Cry
4. Cherry Oh Baby
5. Red Red Wine
6. If It Happens Again
7. Don’t Slow Down
SIDE C
1. I Got You Babe (Ft. Chrissie Hynde)
2. Don’t Break My Heart
3. Sing Our Own Song
4. Rat In Mi Kitchen
5. All I Want To Do
6. Maybe Tomorrow
7. Reckless (Ft. Afrika Bambaataa and Family)
SIDE D
1. Breakfast In Bed (Ft. Chrissie Hynde)
2. Homely Girl
3. Kingston Town
4. Robert Palmer ft. UB40 - I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight
5. Tears From My Eyes
6. Here I Am (Come And Take Me)
7. (I Can’t Help) Falling In Love With You
Early 1980, UB40 scored 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
stamped Signing Off featured on form 40, for the sleeve of their debut album. UB40
Collected has captured all the different phases of the band in one complete album,
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. The first dub album ever to reach the album charts in
the U.K. included “One In Ten” and “Don’t Slow Down”. In 1983 the band put on
a new project, boasting ten cover versions of Jamaican hits and, contrary to low
expectations, it became a huge hit and the band’s first number one album. Tracks
included are “Cherry Oh Baby”, “Please Don’t Make Me Cry”, and “Red Red Wine”.
The latter was a rather poppy song and became the band’s biggest-selling single
ever, entailing their definitive worldwide breakthrough.
There have been lots of collaborations through the years and most of these became
huge hit songs. Together with Chrissie Hynde, UB40 recorded two singles: “I Got You
Babe” (1985) and “Breakfast In Bed” (1988). They teamed up with Afrika Bambaataa
for “Reckless” (1988) and with Robert Palmer the band released “I’ll Be Your Baby
Tonight” (1990), just to name a few.
UB40 Collected is available as a limited edition of 1500 individually numbered copies
on transparent vinyl. |
