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Good background music.
60/100: I’ll start this review off by saying my knowledge of reggae is very much limited. It’s a genre I don’t listen to much, and therefore I don’t really feel well equipped to judge how this album stacks up within its genre. This was an album I had to listen to twice, partly because of that fact. My first listen through, I only really paid attention to the music itself—the sound and notes and nothing else. On that first listen through, I found this album really disappointing. Each song blended into one another, the sound was essentially the same from one track to the next. Now I know this is a critique coming from a place of not listening to much reggae, so I’ve tried to not let it factor into my review. Instead of focusing on just the music, then, I decided to dive into the lyrical composition of the album, and wow did I find this album goes so much deeper than what I initially thought. It almost feels intentional that UB40 hid their scathing criticism of conservatism and Margaret Thatcher’s government within such an otherwise unassuming album. The lyrics go beyond just that, though. This album has everything from a song about how Martin Luther King, Jr. died in vain, his dream still a dream to this day, to critiques on British colonialism and even a cover of “Strange Fruit.” Having discovered all of this, I find it extremely interesting—and perhaps unsettling—that a majority of this group, to include their lead singer, are white. There are members in UB40 of Jamaican-decent, so perhaps they were the creative minds behind this album, but it should be their story to tell—emphasis on tell. Having a white man as their lead singer actually telling these stories, is an odd thought. I’d feel pretty uncomfortable listening to a white man song a reggae cover of Strange Fruit, and frankly I don’t know how they got/get away with it. All in all, at its face, this is a good album, but I wouldn’t listen to it again on my own volition and I certainly wouldn’t see them perform live. (Fun fact: Brett Kavanaugh did see them live and then got into a bar fight at Yale that same night along with future NBA star Chris Dudley—who famously got dunked on hard by Shaq and then threw a ball at him)
Lovely bit of reggae-dub to chill out to.
2.7 - Having long considered this band a joke, I was curious to see how they started out. Were they always putting out watered down reggae covers of famous songs? The album starts off well enough. I wasn’t expecting so much chill jamming, but there it is. I even like some of the echo-y vocals and husky saxophone riffs. From there it treads along, doom-chugga-chugga’ing for a long hour. By the time the 7-minute “Madam Medusa” rolls around with its meandering and pointless instrumental breakdowns, I’m about ready to call it quits. But then I see “Strange Fruit” coming up on the track list. Surely these guys won’t attempt a watered down reggae cover of the spellbinding Billie Holiday song? And…well, fuck me…they do it again, offering up another turd of a cover. I can excuse an album for being pleasant if boring, but such a lame cover is egregious. Fuck these guys.
More like, "UB white boys singing reggae," am I right?
Never really knew anything outside of "Red Red Wine" from this band but the whole album is pretty chill. I think I've always wrote off reggae as stoner music but I should give it another chance because I really liked the entire album.
It's a chill Reggae album, has some fine ass tunes. 4/5
It's just not for me
Bit repetitive, particularly the 13 minute long song, but parts alright.
Random thoughts: - fuckin sick of Dimery pushing the UK. - didn't know UB40 started out as one of those pom reggae bands - I hate pom reggae even more than regular reggae - an entire fucking HOUR of this shit? bugger me. - I'm giving out two 1s in a row! - I hate giving out low scores at the same time as the "omg white people doing x!!" losers, so lots of negativity this morning. 1/5.
Not the UB40 hits everyone is used to. Very mellow, relaxed album with some great instrumental breaks. Wish it got a little more progressive, but if you are looking for calm background reggae—this is it.
Recommended for: country club happy hour Boring reggae. If ub40 played for free at the park by my house I’d have a beer and hang out with friends. But wouldn’t go out of my way to see them.
I hate that someone said they don’t like this because they don’t like reggae. This is just garbage. And NOBODY likes garbage. JK a lot of people do just not me.
I was going to give this 2 stars because they tried, but then I remembered I gave The Band 2 stars and they are way better than this. 1/5
Maybe this is good reggae I don’t know. But everything sounded the exact same to me and I turned it off 6th song in. I kept imagining Barney from how I met your mother making fun of reggae and it made me mad at that show and then mad at reggae and then mad at the show again. So if you have any reggae that is interesting pass it along.
Decent english reggae, I thought they were more electronic but nope.
Pretty good, wasn't expecting to like this one.
Pues me gustó tanto como me puede gustar el reggae. Buena instrumentación, buenas canciones. Mi único problema es que no he encontrado un reggae que me vuele la cabeza pero seguro es mi tema con el género. La mejor es Burden of Shame.
En mi radar UB40 era solo una banda de Reggae que había hecho covers famosos. No estoy totalmente lejos de la realidad, pero siento que tienen mucha legitimidad como la banda que hizo y ha hecho el reggae británico desde que empezó a sonar y no lo ha soltado. Eso no quita que el género no me encanta, pero sí sentí mucho más gusto por el disco de lo que imaginaba inicialmente. En especial me gusto Tyler, la que abre el disco, que habla de un negro víctima de un juez blanco. Me parece interesante por la época y porque la mitad de la banda son hombres blancos, pero aparentemente muy conscientes de cómo estaba (y sigue estando) el pedo.
A great sound.
Just-right reggae, with squeaky clean beats and perfectly balanced tempos, nary a note goes wrong.
This album as a whole is much better than the one ‘Red, Red Wine’ song of theirs that I know.
Super chill reggae sounds, love it! Don't think I'd have checked this one out without this, so I'm really glad!
huh, I didn't know there was a pre Red Red Wine UB40. Not bad. Some chill, reggae vibes. Socially conscious lyrics about being ashamed to be British. Ok UB40, you're alright...
I was never a UB40 fan. I don’t know that this changed my mind, but it was better than I expected.
I want to say 2.5 /3 ish on this... I have never been big on UB40...but always loved English Beat...maybe I am too frivolous for UB40 who always has something to say.
It's reggae, I like reggae
Une voix sublime à la texture R'n'B gâchée par des instrumentales reggae (?!).
Robert vient donc nous proposer un album de 1h pleine de reggae. Il n'a donc surement pas lu nos multiples critiques à l'encontre de ce style musical absolument minable. Comme pour chaque album de reggae, la proposition artistique s'adresse uniquement aux adolescents déscolarisés, souhaitant mener une vie "à la cool". On ne cautionne pas et appliquons donc un 3/5 cher payé.
C’est cool et c’est bien fait. Je me tanne rapidement par contre. Les tounes se ressemblent trop.
Pas mon genre habituel, mais j'aime bien les pièces dub. Ça s'écoute bien, mais encore une fois, c'est un peu trop long. Je préfère cet album aux reprises qui ont faites le succès du groupe. Pièces préférées: Signing Off et 25%
Well that took me back ! No, not the music, the UB40 form ! That was very familiar when I worked for the UBO. At the time I wasn’t keen on Two-Tone but I enjoyed this. High 3*
A little dour (which I understand is the story around the music). I'd expected better...
Better than expected!
Better than expected, some nice dub reggae. Always like a bit of melodica so this went down well.
There's only so much reggae I can listen to before it begins to blur. This is more than that amount.
It is an interesting take on reggae for sure. Much more spacey and jazzy than the usual style which I enjoyed. The lyrics are potent political sentiments, but a bit too simple (often just a few lines over and over). 6/10
Helt ok reggae. Finnes bedre der ute.
Einaste reggaen eg anerkjenne e Gry Jannicke Jarlum
Reggae za picke? Malo mi je dosadan album al je okej za pozadinsku glazbu.
Album je dobar kad ga slušaš u pozadini onak, tako mi se sviđa. Međutim vjerujem da je dost dugačak za ovaj žanr, a i ovakih ima slučajeva kolko ti polje široko.
Nope. One of my most hated bands, and they still are. The world does not need Brummies (doing cod reggae). An album so bad it is practically a hate crime! Listen to the music they claim to love, not this piss poor facsimile. 0 🌟. Seriously, not even the 1 I had to give it.
Pretty well put together but that sax got a bit droning at times, hit the high note every once in a while son!
I do enjoy me sociopolitical songs and this is a great debut. So much to unpack here. Faves: Tyler, Reefer Madness
Decent music, I will give them another listen and check out their other albums to make a long term judgement whether i like it or not.
Certainly average reggae.
Spoko, ale zrobiło się nudne po jakimś czasie
Meh
Not as gritty as Burning Spear or Marley, but a bit more listenable.
A nice representation of UB40's music during their serious One in Ten era, before they went commercial. However, as far as reggae music from that era is concerned, I much prefer The Police's interpretation from Reggatta de Blanc.
If it is not Bob Marley, the appeal to reggae is hard to feel. While the songs and styling are certainly reggae, this foray into pop puts a clear line of demarcation between pop reggae and reggae as a culture. The positive and well-earned critique is that UB40 does reggae really well as a song and musical style. The sounds and pop infused elements make for a different yet acceptable take. However, and perhaps this is the differentiator of what Bob Marley gave us vs. what other reggae artists have done is that there is a measure of heart and soul in the cultural significance of Bob Marley that we truthfully need to consider not holding other reggae artists accountable to. As objectively as possible, UB40's "Signing Off" is a good, well executed reggae pop album if the listener is into it for the sake of reggae... and pop. The sounds are clean and the groovy elements are all the signature expectations that one might have listening to reggae, but with more pop. For this review however, the premise is based on whether or not this album is a prerequisite to the afterlife, and that is difficult to really justify here.
Very cool. I would describe this style as the prog-rock of whatever umbrella genre this album belongs to.
Sunny days on the beach kinda vibe
Just meh. I don't get this style of dub. Not offensive, but would never seek it out.
That initial rumbling bass in the first track made me think I was going to get some gnarly ass sludge of sorts, then all I got was this unbelievably boring reggae. Absolutely hoodwinked. I really don't enjoy reggae in almost any way, so this was tough for me to sit through.
I don't get reggae, never did. But at least with Marley, I get that he's the real deal and a pioneer. UB40 just sound fake and lame. This is what I imagine my personal hell sounds like. F
Eh, reggae is not my thing, though I fucking LOVE Red Red Wine. FOR THAT ALONE I GIVE THIS A FIVE. jk 2
Could be better. Could be Worse. Favorite tracks: 12bar, 25%
An interesting trip to mediocre funky town. Some fun synth stuff mixed in here
Great melodies, loved the way they incorporated jazz ska and reggae a reggae classic! Main Critism was it was two long :(
It is reggae music but with some synthesizers. It did not really move the dial one way or the other. I didn't hate it. I didn't love it. It was just ok. I am not going revisit the album or really any songs on the album. It is not a 3 but it is better than a 2. I will round down.
Aside from being too long, there wasn’t anything particularly wrong with this album I just don’t think it’s for me
Liked a few of them probaby a 3.5 if i could give it that
White guy reggea.
Really liked this album! I don't listen to enough reggae so I'm glad to know of this band
Later UB40 is very annoying. Early UB40 as seen here has a few decent songs but is mostly forgettable.
Allt í lagi plata. Setur tóninn fyrir framtíðina hjá UB40.
Pas mauvais comme album. Pas mon style, mais le côté Dub est intéressant et je préfère cet album à leurs mégas succès qui sont des reprises. Pièces préférées: Signing Off et 25%
So boring
Top albumpje met een paar klassiekertjes erop
Not too bad. Reggae is meh for me right now, but the instrumentals were cool. Wasn't a huge fan of the vocals personally.
Nada especial
Better than expected- good tunes good politics
UB3star
Well, this was not what I was expecting. I grew up with the pop UB40 of the 90s. It's weird to hear them as an actual reggae band, not doing uninspired covers of Elvis songs. I've never disliked this band, but this album gave me newfound respect for them. There's much more authenticity about this album than the later stuff that I was aware of. I'm not much of a reggae fan, but it's enjoyable when it's done well, instead of being the same handful of Bob Marley songs being blasted out the window of some frat boy's car. 3/5 It's a fine listen, but ultimately uninspiring.
baš chill ugođaj, neka pozitiva
Dobar đir
Jako opuštajuće, zrači nekom srećom
This was a snooze fest for me. Fine as background "muzak" but so repetitive and lackluster and WAY too long
I think there were some songs on here that I liked but the album was so long I forgot about them before it was over. Way too long. Like, way way way too long. I wouldn't mind hearing a couple of these songs again but I'll never listen to this whole thing through again.
I loved the sax added to the reggae vibe. I thought that was cool and unique. Otherwise it was awfully redundant. I could have Listened to the first 30 seconds of each song and still gotten the same experience musically
Wanted to like it more. Too slow.
Every song sounds 'the same'.
I don't really know any other reggae than the stuff Bob Marley and his sons put out which I hate with passion (seriously, how can anyone stand any of that ***?). Turns out it's not all that horrible. This album was a lot jazzier than what I'd think of as typical reggae and with a much stronger focus on instrumentation, rather than on sluggishly delivered vocal hooks. It's still not something I'd actively seek out and listen to, but it was perfectly fine in the background and even enjoyable at times. Definitely a good experience to listen to this one, as it was the first time I've ever heard any reggae without instantly thinking "wow, this sucks so much". The one song that stood out for being horrible was Madam Medusa though, that one really sucked. All the rest of the album was fine though.
Not bad, but I wouldn't listen again. I'm just not a fan of their style of reggae.
Very samey felt like one long song
Enjoyed Tyler.
Boring. Extra star awarded for hating Tories
It's alright. Each song drags and is a bit repititive. The album is long and drags.
I don’t always go sniffing for reggae, but this was very relaxing
this is nice pure fucking vibes mm mm mmmmm a very long album but i listened gradually throughout the day and it was so lovely i can’t really fault it
Nothing special...background reggae music. Really surprised by the inclusion on this list at it doesn't seem that important in music history either. 2/5
boring ska - couldn't hardly listen to the whole thing.
Reggae goodness
J'adore le reggae, j'ai un djembé à la maison.
1h06 de reggae tue le reggae. Individuellement, les tracks sont cool, mais en écoutant l'album complet, j'ai passé autant de temps à avoir hâte qu'il se finisse qu'à en profiter.
c'était long j'ai pas vibé
One of the best things about @1001_albums_gen is reading the backstory of the albums - because this is a fabulous, non-covers debut album i'd never heard. They locked themselves away for a year learning instruments to play - and it's fab!
This is just not my style.. made it through half the album. "You be 40 - I'll be leaving now..."
Good working music, good music for smokin da ganjaaa monnnnn Long live Jah in Babylonia 🟢🟡🔴 3/5
Perfectly acceptable light reggae
An hour of white bloke reggae ffs
Super horn section, classy reggae riffs, such a great group, I loved it.
Red, Red Wine really, really sucks, but this is not that, so it turned out to be better than I expected. However, it's still reggae made by white guys from Birmingham (lol). The instrumentals are the best parts. Best track: Adella
Decent. Didn’t make a huge impression of me, but I enjoyed it.
Love the message, music just isn't for me
Kinda dull and samey, all just blurs into one reggae mush
4.5/5. Very cool sound effects and backstory behind album + band name. 👍
I got through disc one, which is not bad for me! I would say probably my favorite reggae album to date, but I truly do not like this genre in any way.
Alright, some good bits, some a bit off
Good, I don't perhaps have the historical context to really enjoy this to the fullest, but I never wanted to turn it off. Enjoyable listen.
Good background music.
A bit dull.
Not really my thing
it was fine
I like how this group brings forward political statements especially songs about truth during the time this was written.
Epic raggae background
Nice hearing their early stuff, actually, rather than the hits that have been crammed down my ears since childhood! Plus one star out of Brummie pride... Fave track - "Tyler" was a great opening. "Reefer Madness" was fun, too.
UB40 is probably one of those bands who are judged solely on their radio hit(s). In this case, I think it's not entirely fair to do so, to be honest.
Super white boy reggae from the Campbell Bros et al. Highlights are "King" a great reggae version of "Strange Fruit" (I wonder what Billie Holliday would have thought?) and "Food For Thought" Lovely time educing sounds
Excelente disco de reggae para ambientar y para disfrutar.
Pretty solid. I really enjoyed it. More of a traditional reggae sound than most of their hits that I'm familiar with. I was really excited when they first song had more of a modern reggae dub sound but it seems like that was the only one. A bit repetitive and long at times but a solid 3.5 for me.
3 I guess, but two hours of this is too much. I'll listen to disc two some other time.
Amazing songs, great production, a little long
Hard pass
Classic reggae album
this took a 80s turn. 3 stars solid. very classic rasta vid.
Bah, un poco rollo patatero. 2.Venga, no, un 3. Pero es bastante rollo. No, un 2, porque, intencionadamente, no lo volvería a escuchar.
Just a great feel to it, and a few good songs. Would have been a 4 at the time but a 3 now.
October 12, 2021 God I hate reggae
Some solid reggae songs but others sound like they shouldn't even be played in a grocery store.
Debut album of the most successfull reggae band in the world. Perfect! Must be listened.
Not like their later releases where they become more authentic. The debut is simply too similar to other raggae from the time.
Reggae album that fails to leave a lasting impression as all the songs sound very much the same and fade into ambience very quickly
this is easily the worst album on this entire website. It's too long and there's nothing interesting about it, just bad reggae, but I don't even know if it's reggae, it's too hard to tell couldn't finish the back half
Its very chill reggae but not really very interesting 2.5
Ps si mucho reage ... Pero muy sin chiste o muy igual
Bueno pero largo.
Unbelievable… had know idea these cats pumped out such great dub. I’ll be revisiting this album 100%
I’m at a loss for words. This simply is not good.
I like reggae, but this is bad reggae. I did not enjoy this album at all...
Some quality tunes on this album.
Pitkä kuin nälkävuosi. En oikein ymmärrä mikä tässä levyssä oli niin hienoa, että on nostettu tälle listalle?
Yks saatanan pitkä reggaebiisi? Tekis mieli antaa yks tähti ihan vaan ykstoikkosuudesta, mut kyllä sen sieti läpi kuunnella.
Not my genre of music
It's reggae, don't really dig that.
Great album and one I will play again. Way ahead of their time.
Not bad, just not my style. Reminded me of a Jimmy Buffet album. The songs sounded too similar from track to track for my taste
Perfectly fine background music
Ever song sounded the same
Reggae is nice but the overuse of reverb and echo effects tires my ears in the long run. Burden of shame is basically reggae moondance. I understand the value this album had on the british scene back when it was released but I value this only as background music.
Good Reggea i guess, but I got bored after a few songs.
Boring
It’s alright. Not my jam really, but it’s nice to chill out to I guess.
Not great
Cool instrumental reggae. Very chill.
Nice chilled reggae, good background music
Nope. Can’t stand UB40. Won’t be listening to this.
Even though I used to like their hit songs I was not in the mood for this. I might revisit it at a later time.
Of course I remember a couple of popular songs from UB40 from the late 80s. It was good to hear this album, because my primary exposure to UB40 was through their cover songs. The album was good enough. I think I liked the instrumentals the most ("12 bar" and "25%"), but there wasn't anything that I disliked. There was at least one cover song on this album, which was probably my least favorite track ("Strange Fruit"). (3 stars) [I listened to the Cassette version of this album which has ¿3? more tracks than the LP -- "Strange Fruit" wasn't on the LP.]
I do not enjoy this very much. Normally I would blame it on the weather, but its a beautiful sunny day out, so I think it's just bad. 4 reggae was a mistake, ska forever
An amazing album, both musically and production-wise.
This is fantastic, had always written off UB40 as a pop-reggae group but this is very roots/dub orientated.
UB40, political motivated lyrics influenced by their folk singing families. Formed whilst signing on, Ali Campbell was glassed in the face and his eye popped out, with the compensation he bought a drum kit for the band. They drank the rest of the cash in the local pub. Now split due to disagreements about money Ali and Astro tour signing the hits whilst Robin Campbell his brother is suing Ali, what a shambles. Great songs that tell a story of the social struggles of the 80s in reggae.
You can't beat a bit of Brummie Reggae. A throw back to early 1980s black inequality, three million unemployed and on the dole in Thatcher's inner city Britain. A classic album, and a great document of that era. Used millions of times, usually accompanied with grainy news footage of inner city squaller, queues at the job centre, inner city riots, burnt out cars and striking industrial union members.
Canny
i can only imagine that in the 80s the united kingdoms was resplendent with reggae norm macdonalds putting unique and terrible white boy flows on reggae
Didn't hate it but nothing special. We only need red red wine
Eh, it's ok. White guys singing reggae always makes me laugh. +1 stars for being from Birmingham
Gut hörbar, aber Reggae ist einfach nicht meins!
Ich weiß nicht, in meiner Erinnerung war die immer Schwung. Davon habe ich bei dem Album nichts bemerkt
had to listen on utube
Expected to hate it, really liked the first track and nothing after offended me but the album could do with being shorter.
I detest the band and the sound - garbage
Bonito disco de reggae y, sobre todo, de dub. Tranquilísimo y muy escuchable. Sin ningún tema que predomine.
Enjoyed listening to this one 👍
i like this one! some of the songs aren't that notable but it's still fun to listen to the album lol
brilliant.
more enjoyable than I expected from the "red, red wine" band. "food for thought" was a high point for me. listening to reggae brought me back to high school days
My Mum likes this band. I'm not a fan of reggae at the best of times but Brummie reggae? Ugh. BT: King, I Think It's Going To Rain Today, Food For Thought
The first song was named after me. 5 stars, naturally.
Wow. Creo que este ha sido la mayor sorpresa hasta el momento. Yo tenía la impresión de una banda de reggae que hacía cosas pegajosas, no tenía idea que tenían semejante declaración de principios y tremendos rolones. Hasta voy a conseguir el vinil, está verguísima esto.
8/10 nice music
Nice and chill! It's the anti- Margaret Thatcher message for me. 9
Great!
I really liked this, though I found some of the songs to be a bit too long/repetitive (which is generally what I don't like about reggae). Overall though it had good vibes, and I liked the cool 80s elements you could hear in it as well.
Awesome, a classic imo and so chill Didn't know they were british but knowing this list it checks out
7/10. Might even have been a bit higher, it felt a little bit more interesting than some of the other Reggae albums we've had.
Pachecón, que así describirlo, tratandose de reggae, es una redundancia. Me gustó el toque de sax. Canción favorita: Madam Medusa, porque sí está mareadora. Mood: hiperfrito
Muy reggae, rumboso. Buenos acordes. Tranquilo de escuchar
It was less bad than I was expecting. A lot of the songs were somewhat groovy and I liked some of the messages in the songs. Still, it was over an hour of reggae so I’ll toss it a 6
As a first release, this was really good. However, I'd probably not listen to this more than once a quarter.
All reggae music sounds the same but this is okay
No, pues no, me doy cuenta una vez más de que el reggae no es para mí. Si bien, de pronto tiene una vibras muy chill, muy buenaonda, me parece un bucle y espero en algún momento una variación o algo que "explote". Es personal, pero bueno, supongo que para los fans del género, debe ser un gran disco (espero). 7/10
J’aimbien aime le regea . Un bon vibe et de bon musiciens !4.25
GOOD REGGAE!
Reggae. Bien, pero demasiado largo.
A true classic of British reggae, before they went the pop-reggae route (which wasn't that bad, IMHO).
Not bad I guess... lots of dub tracks. I listened to it while running errands and found it inoffensive but at no point really clicked with this.
I’ve never listened to their music aside from red red wine. So we’ll see, I’m not the biggest reggae fan. So far it’s actually been quite enjoyable. Very groovy. I wish red red wine was on this album
good, but not really my kind of music. i can appreciate what they were doing tho.
I really like the UB40 vibe. There are some good songs in the mix, and the tail end of the album really fines a nice groove. In the middle there is a slight sameness... i'll still round up a little bit since i like the sound.
It's reggae, but it's easy listening reggae. Not a big fan. And BTW Burden of Shame is a blatant ripoff of Moondance by Van Morrison - almost identical melody. I wonder if they got sued. 2 stars.
This is pretty enjoyable, actually. I hadn’t ever heard of them, but I do like reggae.
Had not heard of this band but I think I liked them by the end. Where it got weird for me is when the onligitory 80's synths combined with the soulful reggae grooves.
Very enjoyable reggae
Loved it.
For me this just kept fading into background reggae. Good but not engaging. My regard for political lyrics is not what it once was.
Chill
I tend to like the more dubby instrumental tracks/passages here. Always a fan of deep prominent basslines. It's okay but wouldn't be my first choice for reggae, etc.
Did not realize UB40 sang political messaging, so a bit more respect to them. I'm not a huuuge fan of Reggae but as this goes it's pretty good. Reggae is kind of nice background music for me. It all is groovy and easy listening.
There is much better raggae than this lol
4
nice to listen to
Cool beats, good vibes. Nice background music to work to.
raggaeee
Love the vibes of the album. Need to throw it into my reggae and ska rotation.
Red red wine, mon
I think I could go my entire life without listening to this album. Music quality wasn't bad, many songs blended together.
Look, we've talked about this before. Reggae is something for which I really need to be in the mood. Generally, I like UB40. This album, however, just didn't do it for me. 2 stars.
pretty decent reggae but doesn't seem to be my vibe.
I went into this kind of dreading it. I hate "Red Red Wine", so I was expecting more of the same. While I did get a bunch of it, I did also get some interesting dub parts. Inoffensive enough background music, not for me. Favorite track: "Burden of Shame"
Yikes
reggae isnt really my thing but solid album
pretty good dub record!
No Be Forty
not my genre, disc 1 lang nakayanan kong tapusin, every song seems the same im sorry
Not my style of music, but I get why people like it. The rhythms are hypnotic, but this album is repetitive to me. Every song sounded very similar to the preceding track. However, I really dug the longest song, Madam Medusa, but that was really the only highlight for me. 2.5/5.