Greatest Hits (UB40 album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
UB40
Released30 September 2008
Recorded1980–2003
GenreReggae, rock
Length1:15:34
LabelVirgin Records
ProducerRay Falconer, Bob Lamb, UB40, Howard Gray, Dan Armstrong, Danny Canaan
UB40 chronology
TwentyFourSeven'
(2008) 		Greatest Hits
(2008) 		Love Songs
(2009)

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by English reggae group UB40, released in 2008.[1] The album includes all 21 tracks from 11 studio albums and the compilation The Best of UB40: Volume Two.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

David Jeffries from AllMusic says the two sides of UB40's career is represented in Greatest Hits from "the ultra-slick, easy to swallow side of the band" with tracks like "(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You" mixed in with "the underdog with roots reggae attitude and dubby production" numbers like "One in Ten". He calls it a "one-disc, nonjudgmental document of UB40 done right."[2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."(I Can't) Help Falling in Love with You"George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi CreatorePromises and Lies, 19933:26
2."One In Ten"UB40Present Arms, 19804:33
3."Red Red Wine"Neil DiamondLabour of Love, 19833:04
4."If It Happens Again"UB40Geffery Morgan, 19843:43
5."Here I Am (Come and Take Me)"Al Green, Teenie HodgesLabour of Love II, 19894:04
6."Sing Our Own Song"UB40Rat in the Kitchen, 19864:00
7."I Got You Babe" (featuring Chrissie Hynde)Sonny BonoBaggariddim, 19853:09
8."Groovin' (Out On Life)"Byron LeeLabour of Love II, 19893:41
9."My Way Of Thinking"UB40Signing Off, 19803:23
10."The Way You Do the Things You Do"Smokey Robinson, Robert RogersLabour of Love II, 19893:02
11."Higher Ground"UB40Promises and Lies, 19934:21
12."Please Don't Make Me Cry"Winston GroovyLabour of Love, 19833:26
13."Kingston Town"Kentrick PatrickLabour of Love II, 19893:50
14."Come Back Darling"Johnny OsbourneLabour of Love III, 19983:28
15."Don't Break My Heart"UB40Baggariddim, 19853:50
16."Cherry Oh Baby"Eric DonaldsonLabour of Love, 19833:17
17."Breakfast in Bed" (featuring Chrissie Hynde)Eddie Hinton, Donnie FrittsUB40, 19883:20
18."Rat in Mi Kitchen"UB40Rat in the Kitchen, 19863:06
19."Homely Girl"Eugene Record, Stan McKennyLabour of Love II, 19893:25
20."Until My Dying Day"UB40The Best of UB40 – Volume Two, 19953:53
21."Swing Low" (featuring The United Colours Of Sound)Charlie Skarbek, Wallace WillisHomegrown, 20033:26
Total length:1:15:34

Personnel

  • Ali Campbell - guitar, vocals
  • Mickey Virtue - keyboards
  • Astro - percussion, trumpet, vocals
  • Jimmy Brown - drums
  • Robin Campbell - guitar, vocals
  • Earl Falconer - bass guitar
  • Brian Travers - saxophone
  • Chrissie Hynde - Vocals (I Got You, Babe and Breakfast In Bed)
Production
  • Dan Armstrong - Producer
  • Danny Canaan - Producer
  • Frank Collura - Compilation Producer
  • Ray Falconer - Producer
  • Howard Gray - Producer
  • Susan Lavoie - Art Direction
  • Sam Nelson - Compilation Producer
  • Gerry Parchment - Producer
  • Will Ragland - Design
  • Charlie Skarbek - Producer

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalog
United States 2008 Virgin Records[3] CD 509992/ 37509 20

References

  1. ^ UB40 - Greatest Hits at LastFM
  2. ^ a b UB40 – Greatest Hits: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  3. ^ UB40 - Greatest Hits at Discogs