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Description: Genre: Reggae / Artist: UB40 / Audio CD released 1988-02-29 at Dep / Disc #1 Tracklisting 1 Present Arms 2 Sardo ... more
Present Arms - UB40 ... Sardonicus
3 Don't Let It Pass You By
4 Wild Cat
5 One In Ten
6 Don't Slow Down
7 Silent Witness
8 Lambs Bread
9 Don't Walk On The Grass
10 Dr X

Newest Review: ... as if they could play it in their collective sleep. The musicianship is excellent without ever sounding inspired. The album ... more

 ... begins with a military drumming intro to the title track. This is unmistakably UB40 with a rolling beat interspersed with brass section chiming in. A pleasant opener about the submergence of individual will by military exposure it is pleasing and effective. It skips along before a long instrumental break. Sardonicus is next and this is a slower number featuring the chorus :- 'Sardonicus is everybodys friend, Sardonicus keeps smiling to the end'. The song features Ali Campbells typically laid back voice and his brother R...more

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Release Date: 1988 - 02 - 29, Audio CD, Dep
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polydeuces
Premium Review Present Arms - UB40: Present Arms (873 words)
by - written on 10/08/08 (Very useful, 3 readings)
Rating:

After the excellence of their debut album Signing Off UB40 faced the test of the tricky second album with the confidence to do it all again. Recorded in early 1981 the album featured only UB40 compositions and only utilising the production skills of Ray Falconer whose brother Earl played bass in the band. The overall quality of the songs improved over Signing Off but Present Arms saw UB40 move away from the simplicity of pure ska or bluebeat reggae to something which was altogether slicker. As a reggae purist I prefer my reggae warts and all in the style of the Jamaican bands which recorded their brilliance in one-take 3-minute masterpieces. They would find it difficult ...  Read the complete review

Mauri
Crowned Review FIGHTING TALK (1328 words)
by - written on 23/05/05 (Very useful, 198 readings)
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If you're a regular reader of my reviews you might have guessed that I've been going through my old record collection lately! After a previous review of UB40's debut album 'Signing Off' I thought I'd take a look at their second offering 'Present Arms'. After the huge critical and chart success of ‘Signing Off’ multiracial ‘Brummie’ Reggae outfit UB40 had a difficult task in producing a worthy second album. Coming from a an area of the country that had been decimated by unemployment and racial unrest caused or at least made worse by Tory government policy UB40 taking their name from the then unemployment form clearly nailed their political colours to the mast. ...  Read the complete review

 

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