Essential - UB40

Essential

Compilation by UB40

Released 9 October 2020

Tracklist

CD 1
1
Red Red Wine
5:22
4.0 ★
2
Food for Thought
4:09
5.0 ★
3
One in Ten
4:36
3.6 ★
4
Kingston Town
3:49
4.5 ★
5
Breakfast in Bed
UB40 with Chrissie Hynde
3:16
6
Dream a Lie
2:57
7
Sing Our Own Song
4:01
8
If It Happens Again
3:44
3.4 ★
9
Please Don't Make Me Cry
3:24
4.0 ★
10
Maybe Tomorrow
3:24
11
Swing Low
UB40 with United Colours of Sound
3:28
12
Where Did I Go Wrong
3:51
13
Tell Me Is It True? (Fugees remix)
6:04
14
Holly Holy
3:36
15
Tyler
5:51
16
The Train Is Coming
4:17
3.0 ★
17
The Way You Do the Things You Do
3:03
5.0 ★
18
Many Rivers to Cross
4:34
5.0 ★
CD 2
1
(I Can't Help) Falling in Love With You
3:27
3.2 ★
2
Don't Break My Heart
3:50
3.0 ★
3
My Way of Thinking
3:23
4
I Think It's Going to Rain Today
3:43
4.0 ★
5
The Earth Dies Screaming
4:37
6
Don't Let It Pass You By
7:45
7
Come Back Darling
3:28
2.0 ★
8
Kiss and Say Goodbye
3:12
9
So Here I Am
3:55
10
C'Est La Vie
4:30
11
Riddle Me
3:58
12
Reggae Music
4:04
13
Wear You to the Ball
3:31
3.0 ★
14
Watchdogs
4:16
15
I Would Do for You
5:35
16
Promises and Lies (live in the UK, 1993)
4:10
CD 3
1
I Got You Babe
UB40 with Chrissie Hynde
3:08
2.8 ★
2
King
4:34
3.4 ★
3
Cherry Oh Baby
3:17
3.4 ★
4
Homely Girl
3:24
5.0 ★
5
Higher Ground
4:20
3.0 ★
6
Rat in Mi Kitchen
3:04
3.0 ★
7
Don't Slow Down
4:29
8
Until My Dying Day
3:54
9
Bring Me Your Cup
4:09
10
All I Want to Do
5:30
11
Always There
3:38
12
Here I Am (Come and take Me)
4:03
13
Dance With the Devil
5:46
14
I Won't Close My Eyes (remix)
3:46
15
I've Got Mine
6:03
16
Love Is All Is Right (remix)
4:57
17
Impossible Love
4:01
18
Since I Met You Lady
UB40 with Lady Saw
3:15

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The Very Best of UB40: 1980–2000

The Very Best of UB40: 1980–2000 2000

Tell Me Is It True

Tell Me Is It True 1997

The Best Of, Volume Two

The Best Of, Volume Two 1995

Bring Me Your Cup

Bring Me Your Cup 1993

Higher Ground

Higher Ground 1993

(I Can’t Help) Falling in Love With You

(I Can’t Help) Falling in Love With You 1993

Release credits

Ali Campbell
guitar [2.4, 3.2-3, 1.1-2, 1.9, 1.18], lead vocals [1.2, 3.2, 2.4], vocal [3.3, 1.1, 1.8-9, 1.18, 2.11]
Astro
other vocals [3.3, 1.1, 1.9, 1.18], percussion [3.3, 1.1, 1.9, 1.18], spoken vocals [3.2, 1.2, 2.4], trumpet [1.8, 2.11]
Bob Lamb
engineer [2.4, 3.2, 1.2], producer [2.4, 3.2, 1.2]
Brian Travers
melodica [3.2, 2.4, 1.2], saxophone [3.3, 1.1, 1.9, 1.18], tenor saxophone [2.4, 1.2, 3.2]
Chrissie Hynde
guest [1], performer [1.5, 3.1]
Dan Armstrong
co [2.7, 1.14, 1.16]
Danny Canaan
co [2.7, 1.14, 1.16]
Earl Falconer
bass [2.4, 3.2-3, 1.1-2, 1.9, 1.18], bass guitar [1.8, 2.11]
Herb Alpert
guest [6], trumpet [6]
Howard Gray
engineer [1.1, 1.8-9, 1.18, 2.11, 3.3], producer [8]
Jackie Mittoo
additional [18], keyboard [18]
Jaki Graham
additional [18]
Jim Brown
drum machine [3.3, 1.1, 1.9, 1.18], drums (drum set) [3.2-3, 2.4, 2.11, 1.1-2, 1.8-9, 1.18], electronic drum set [1.8, 2.11]
John Shaw
engineer [14]
John Thirkell
guest [17], trumpet [17]
Michael Virtue
keyboard [1.1-2, 1.8-9, 1.18, 2.4, 2.11, 3.2-3], organ [1.2, 3.2, 2.4], strings [2.4, 1.2, 3.2]
Mo Birch
additional [18]
Norman Hassan
congas [1.2, 2.4, 3.2], percussion [2.4, 1.1-2, 1.9, 1.18, 3.2-3], vocal [1.1, 1.9, 1.18, 3.3]
Ray “Pablo” Falconer
producer [3.1, 3.3, 3.7, 1.1, 1.3, 1.9, 1.18, 2.6]
Robin Campbell
guitar [2.4, 2.11, 3.2-3, 1.1-2, 1.8-9, 1.18], vocal [2.4, 1.1-2, 1.9, 1.18, 3.2-3]
Ruby Turner
additional [18]
UB40
arranger [1.1, 1.10, 1.14, 1.16, 2.7], performer [3.1, 2.7, 1.14, 1.16], producer [2.4, 2.6-7, 2.14, 1.1-3, 1.5, 1.7-9, 1.14, 1.16, 1.18, 3.1-3, 3.6-7]
United Colours of Sound
guest [11]

Issues

E
Essential
3x CD
9 October 2020