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UB40
UB40 is a reggae artist from Birmingham, England formed in 1978. 59 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Reggae · Birmingham, England · Best reggae albums
- 59
- Releases
- 1980–2024
- Active years
- 1978
- Formed
Discography
43
Most popular
Getting Over The Storm
2013 · 13 tracks
Promises and Lies
1993
Labour of Love
1983
Essential
2012
UB40
1988
Signing Off
1980
Labour of Love III
1998
Baggariddim
1985
Rat in the Kitchen
1986
Labour of Love IV
2010
Twentyfourseven
2008
Guns in the Ghetto
1997
Present Arms
1981
Geffery Morgan
1984
UB44
1982
The UB40 File
1986
Present Arms In Dub
1981
Greatest Hits
2008
Labour of Love II
1989
UB45
2014
For the Many
2019
Who You Fighting For?
2005
UB45 (Ultimate Edition)
2024
UB40 at 40 (Live in Birmingham)
2021
Bigga Baggariddim
2021
For the Many (Dub)
2019
5 Classic Albums
2015
5 Album Set
2012
Live in Birmingham
2010
Love Songs
2009
Live at Montreux
2009
The Best Of - Volumes 1 & 2
2005
Homegrown
2003
Live In Moscow
2003
UB40 Present The Fathers Of Reggae
2002
Cover Up
2001
The Very Best Of
2000
The Very Best of UB40 1980-2000
2000
The Dancehall Album
1998
20 of the Best
1994
UB40 Live
1994
The Best of UB40, Volume 1
1987
The Singles Album
1982
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Singles & EPs
16
Home
Single · 2024
Forever True
Single · 2024
Gimme Some Kinda Sign
Single · 2024
Champion (Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Official Anthem)
Single · 2022
Red Red Wine (Rerecorded)
Single · 2022
Rebel Love
Single · 2021
You Don't Call Anymore
Single · 2021
Message Of Love
Single · 2021
Roots Rock Reggae
Single · 2021
Moonlight Lover (Radio Edit)
Single · 2019
You Haven't Called
EP · 2019
Swing Low
Single · 2003
Until My Dying Day
Single · 1995
(I Can't Help) Falling in Love With You
Single · 1993
Kingston Town
Single · 1990
King / Food for Thought
Single · 1980
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About
UB40 are an English reggae and pop band, formed in December 1978 in Birmingham, England. The band has had more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. They have been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album four times, and in 1984 were nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Group. UB40 have sold more than 70 million records worldwide. The ethnic make-up of the band's original line-up was diverse, with musicians of English, Welsh, Irish, Jamaican, Scottish, and Yemeni parentage. Their hit singles include their debut "Food for Thought" and two Billboard Hot 100 number ones with "Red Red Wine" and "Can't Help Falling in Love". Both of these also topped the UK Singles Chart, as did the band's version of "I Got You Babe", recorded with Chrissie Hynde. Their two most successful albums, Labour of Love (1983) and Promises and Lies (1993), reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. UB40 and the English ska band Madness hold the record for most weeks spent by a group in the UK singles chart during the 1980s, with 214 weeks each.
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The band's line-up was stable for nearly 29 years, from March 1979 until January 2008, when frontman Ali Campbell left the band, followed shortly thereafter by keyboardist Mickey Virtue. Another member, Astro, remained with the band until November 2013, when he departed the original band to team up with Campbell and Virtue in a new version of UB40. In 2014, legal advice was sought by the original band (now consisting of remaining co-founding members drummer Jimmy Brown, guitarist Robin Campbell, bassist Earl Falconer, percussionist Norman Hassan, and saxophonist Brian Travers, along with new vocalist Duncan Campbell) who took action against the group containing Campbell, Virtue, and Astro over usage of the band name, due to it being used by both parties. On 5 July 2021, it was announced that Matt Doyle (formerly of the reggae band Kioko) would become the band's new vocalist, following Duncan Campbell's retirement due to ill health.
UB40 in brief
- How many UB40 releases are on Riffiter?
- 59 releases are catalogued, spanning 1980 to 2024.
- When was UB40 formed?
- UB40 formed in 1978, in Birmingham, England.
- What genre is UB40?
- UB40 is catalogued under Reggae.
- What is the most recent UB40 release on Riffiter?
- Home, released in 2024.