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UB40 and the English ska band Madness share the record for the most weeks spent by a group in the UK singles chart during the 1980s, with 214 weeks each. [4] The band's line-up remained stable for nearly 29 years, from March 1979 until January 2008, when frontman Ali Campbell left the band, followed shortly thereafter by keyboardist Mickey ...
Signing Off is the debut album by British reggae band UB40, released in the UK on 29 August 1980 by Dudley-based independent label Graduate Records.It was an immediate success in their home country, reaching number 2 on the UK albums chart, and made UB40 one of the many popular reggae bands in Britain, several years before the band found international fame.
Labour of Love is the fourth studio album by British reggae band UB40, and their first album of cover versions.Released in the UK on 12 September 1983, [2] the album is best known for containing the song "Red Red Wine", a worldwide number-one single, but it also includes three further UK top 20 hits, "Please Don't Make Me Cry", "Many Rivers to Cross" and "Cherry Oh Baby".
The Very Best of UB40 1980–2000 is a greatest hits album of the British dub/reggae band UB40. There is another, later release with the similar title The Best Of UB40 Volume I & II , with different contents.
They record under the name 'UB40 featuring Ali, Astro and Mickey' after legal action preventing them from calling the band UB40. Their first release was The Hits of UB40 Live in 2015. In 2016, their Unplugged album reached number 17 on the UK Albums Chart .
UB40 is the eighth album by British reggae band UB40, released on the DEP International label in 11 July 1988. This album contained the hit single " Breakfast in Bed " with Chrissie Hynde , which reached No. 6 in the UK charts.
Homegrown is the sixteenth [nb 1] studio album by English reggae band UB40, released on 3 November 2003 through Virgin Records and DEP International.The follow-up to Cover Up (2001), the album was produced by UB40 at DEP International Studios in Birmingham.
Present Arms is the second album by UB40 and was released in 1981. It spent 38 weeks on the UK album charts, reaching number 2. It spent 38 weeks on the UK album charts, reaching number 2. An album of original songs, it spawned two top 20 hits in "One in Ten" (number 7) and "Don't Let It Pass You By/Don't Slow Down" (16).