Name: Signing Off - 30th Anniversary Collector's 2cd / Dvd Limited Edition
Brand: UB40

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

gradcd2

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

CD & DVD

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2010-11-08

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

UB40

Genre GB

Reggae / Dub

Label GB

the classic platinium selling album remastered and reissued with a bonus cd and dvd. extra tracks include the 12" versions and john peel and kid jensen radio one sessions plus a bonus dvd featuring promo videos, top of the pops performances and the 1981 rock goes to college concert film. although ub40's later records were much more conventionally pop-oriented, even the group's 1980 debut, 'signing off', doesn't fit neatly in the roots-reggae tradition. the album does feature the expected bass-heavy rhythms and socially conscious lyrics of songs like 'food for thought' (which condemns the ethiopian famine a full four years before band aid brought it to attention) and the gospel-tinged 'king.' however, lead singer ali campbell also essays a left-field cover of the early randy newman chestnut 'i think it's going to rain today,' a mopey ballad more closely associated with the likes of dusty springfield than bob marley. like many classic-era reggae albums, 'signing off' also includes deep, heavy dub mixes - in this case, the fiery 'tyler' (which becomes '25%') and 'adella' (which is turned into '12 bar').

Signing Off - 30th Anniversary Collector's 2cd / Dvd Limited Edition

Music GB