UB40
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Biography
[Edit]Named after a British unemployment benefit form, pop-reggae band UB40 were formed in a welfare line in 1978, and their multiracial lineup reflected the working-class community their members came from. The band consolidated its street credibility with political topics appealing to dissatisfied youth and got a boost from fans of the waning 2-Tone ska revival movement. Brothers Robin (lead guitar) and Ali Campbell (guitar, lead vocals) formed the centerpiece of the group, which also included bassist Earl Falconer, keyboardist Mickey Virtue, saxophonist Brian Travers, drummer Jim Brown, percussionist Norman Hassan, and toaster Terence "Astro" Wilson. The band purchased its first instruments with compensation money Ali Campbell received after a bar fight, even though few of the members knew how to play them.
But by the end of the year, the group was invited to tour with the Pretenders. Their "Food for Thought" single reached the U.K. Top Ten in 1980, beginning a long streak of chart appearances. Signing Off and Present Arms were big sellers in Britain, if not America, and addressed the political issues of the day in songs like "One in Ten," a Top Ten hit blasting Margaret Thatcher for the country's unemployment rate. Released in 1983, Labour of Love, an album of reggae cover songs, gave the group its first chart album in America and first number one U.K. hit with Neil Diamond's "Red Red Wine." Several albums of original material sold well in the U.K., but only respectably in the U.S., where the group's biggest hit was a Top 30 cover of Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe" featuring the Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde.
In 1988, the group performed "Red Red Wine" at a Nelson Mandela tribute concert, and a Phoenix radio station trotted the single out for a second go-round. Listener response was far more enthusiastic, and "Red Red Wine" reentered the charts and went all the way to the top. Finally having hit on a way to conquer the lucrative American market, UB40 responded with another covers album, Labour of Love II, which produced Top Ten singles with versions of the Temptations' "The Way You Do the Things You Do" and Al Green's "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)." The group scored a huge hit in America with Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling in Love," which was initially featured in the Sharon Stone film Sliver and spent seven weeks at number one. By this time, UB40 had largely abandoned their trademark left-wing politics and were concentrating more on perfecting their reggae oldies covers than their original material; however, the gimmick resulted in huge sales figures in both the U.S. and U.K., with Promises and Lies reaching number six in the States and number one in Britain.
In the spring of 1998, UB40 released Presents the Dancehall Album in the U.K. A third Labour of Love collection followed a year later. In fall 2002, UB40 bounced back with yet another collection. The Fathers of Reggae, which appeared on Virgin in November, highlighted the band's roots in reggae in a selection of classics. In 2003, the band scored a major hit in the U.K. when its version of the spiritual "Swing Low" with the multicultural choir United Colours of Sound became the official anthem for the 2003 English Rugby team. The song was featured on the 2003 album Homegrown. As their 2005 album, Who You Fighting For?, was being released, an announcement was made that the band would be working with Birmingham's Repertory Theatre to stage a new musical in the spring of 2006. Two years later their album Twentyfourseven became their last with vocalist Ali Campbell and keyboardist Michael Virtue. Their 2010 release Labour of Love IV introduced Ali’s brother Duncan as the group’s new lead singer. They also released a remastered 2CD & DVD version of Signing Off as a 30th Anniversary Special, which the band also toured across America and Europe. In 2011, five founder members -Robin Campbell, Brian Travers, Terence Wilson, Norman Hassan and James Brown - started bankruptcy proceedings against the existing group over debts accrued by their label, DEP International. Alongside former singer Ali Campbell, they were declared bankrupt that year. In 2013, they announced their details of their eighteenth studio album. Entitled Getting Over The Storm, it featured covers of country music songs by the likes of Willie Nelson, George Jones,Randy Travis and many more.
Title: 5 Album Set (Signing Off/Present Arms/UB44/Labour of Love/Geffery Morgan)
Artist: UB40
Genre: Reggae
Title: One In Ten (Remixes)
Genre: Electronica, House, Techno, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Collections
Title: NOW Love Classics 2020
Title: Home Sweet Rock 2020 (CD2)
Title: I Heart 80s (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, New Wave, Disco, Synth Pop, Alternative, Funk
Title: 100% Best Rock Pop Live (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Reggae, World Music, Pop, Pop Rock, Alternative, Folk
Title: 90s Music
Genre: Post Disco, Dance Rock, Grunge, Power Pop, Ska Punk, Reggae, Disco, Pop, Alternative
Title: NOW 80s Generation Hits
Title: The Hits: The # 1s (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, New Wave, Power Pop, Reggae, Roots Reggae, World Music, Country, Alternative
Title: The Best 80s In The World... Ever! (CD1)
Genre: Hard NRG, Post Disco, Rock, New Wave, Punk, World Music, Disco, Pop, Synth Pop, Ska, Indie, Classical, Folk
Title: NOW 80's Generation Hits 2020
Genre: Pop
Title: 80s And 90s Hits (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Hard Rock, Punk, Heavy Metal, Reggae, Pop, Alternative, Funk
Title: All Out 90s 2020 (CD1)
Genre:
Title: NOW Thats What I Call Music! 6
Genre: New Wave, Reggae, Italo Disco, Synth Pop, Funk, Indie, Classical
Title: 80s & 90s Super Hits (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Top 40 Hitdossier Zomer (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Punk Rock, Disco, Pop, Synth Pop
Title: Beach Cocktail Party 2020
Genre: Electro, Hip Hop/R&B, Dancefloor, World Music, Dance Pop, Synth Pop, Funk, Indie, Folk
Title: 100 Greatest 80s Number 1s (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: 100 Greatest 90s Number 1s (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: 80s & 90s (CD1)
Title: 205 DJ Loaded Get It Right Sound (CD4)
Genre: House, Dancehall, Reggaeton, World Music, Latin
Title: 205 DJ Loaded Get It Right Sound (CD5)
Genre: House, Dancehall, Reggaeton, World Music, Latin
Title: Love Songs Best 100 (CD1)
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Rock, Dancefloor, Reggae, Pop, Classical, Easy Listening
Title: Backpack Australia (CD2)
Title: Magic 90s: The Songs You Love (CD3)
Genre: Rock, Post Grunge, World Music, Latin, Country, Synth Pop, Alternative, Classical, Folk
Title: NOW 100 Hits 90s No. 1s (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Now 100 Hits The Legends (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, New Wave, Rock & Roll, Punk, Disco, Acoustic
Title: Now 100 Hits The Legends 2020 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: The Sing-A-Long Lip-Sync Album (CD1)
Genre: Electropop, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Disco, Theatre/Soundtrack, Funk
Title: The Sing-A-Long Lip-Sync Album
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Disco, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Funk
Title: Platinum 80s (CD2)
Genre: Hard NRG, New Wave, Disco, Synth Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: NOW Thats What I Call Music 7 (1986-2020) (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, New Wave, Reggae, Dub, Pop, Synth Pop, Funk
Title: The # 1 Album: Popcorn (CD1)
Genre: Hard NRG, Soul, Blues, World Music, Country, Eurodisco, Synth Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Top 2000 - The 80's Numbered Limited Edition
Genre: Soul, New Wave, Reggae, Dub, Italo Disco, Pop, Synth Pop, Funk
Title: 100 Greatest Songs From The Movies (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Rock, Punk Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: The Best 80s Car Songs In The World Ever (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Dancefloor, Reggae, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: The Best Love Songs In The World... Ever! (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Love Romantic Pop Songs (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Best Of 90s
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Grunge, Reggae, Dub, Disco, Teen Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: 80s & 90s UMG Recordings 2020 (CD1)
Genre: Hard Rock, New Wave, Power Pop, Punk, Heavy Metal, Country, Pop, Alternative
Title: Best Of 80s 2021
Genre: Soul, Blues, Rock, New Wave, World Music, Country, Disco, Synth Pop, Folk
Title: 80s Forces Illumination
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Post Punk, Punk Rock, Reggae, Alternative, Smooth Jazz
Title: Greatest Covers Ever 2021
Genre: Pop
Title: The Best Mother's Day In The World... Ever! 2021 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Indie Pop, World Music, Pop Rap, Classical, Folk
Title: 1-2-3: The 80s (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Dancefloor, Pop
Title: 2-3: The 80s (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: NOW Yearbook 1983 (CD1)
Genre: Post Disco, Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Rock, New Wave, World Music, Country, Disco, Synth Pop, Funk, Indie, Folk
Title: The Best 80s In The World... Ever! (CD2)
Genre: Post Disco, Rock, New Wave, Punk, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal, Country, Disco, Synth Pop, Alternative, Indie, Classical
Title: 100 Greatest 80s Classics (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Dance Rock, New Wave, World Music, Country, Ska, Folk
Title: Mastermix DJ Beats Volume 103
Genre: Downtempo, Trip Hop, Garage, Eurodance, Hip Hop/R&B, Disco, Synth Pop, Alternative, Funk
Title: NOW That's What I Call 90s 2021 (CD2)
Genre: Euro House, Soul, Acid Jazz, Rock, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop, Teen Pop, Alternative, Funk
Featuring albums
Title: Bringing Out The Dead - Music From The Motion Picture
Artist: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Genre: Pop
Title: Ed TV (Music From The Motion Picture)
Artist: Ed TV Soundtrack
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Nostalgie Love Volume 3 (CD1)
Artist: The Young Professionals
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop
Title: Grand 12-Inches 15
Artist: Ben Liebrand
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Synth Pop, Funk
Title: The Real Summer Classics (CD3)
Artist: Fetenhits
Genre: Eurodance, Reggaeton, World Music, Latin, Synth Pop
Title: Throwback Reggae Dancehall
Artist: Ministry Of Sound
Genre: Reggae, Lovers Rock, Dancehall, Reggae Fusion
Title: Rights Tracks Massive 2CD (CD1 - Redrums Distance Tracks)
Artist: Coming Soon
Genre: Trip Hop, House, Electro, Dancefloor, Latin, Country, Dance Pop, Trap
Title: Mastermix DJ Beats: Summer Volume 2
Artist: DJ Beats
Genre: Eurodance, Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, New Wave, Reggae Fusion, Disco, Synth Pop