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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: ... soldiers on the lead in to the first track “You got no job you got no pay Join the military, sign today They'll take you off ... more

 ... to fight on foreign shores” The lyrics leave you in no doubt that they are talking about the army of unemployed mostly young men that existed at the time. One popular suggestion among right wing commentators at the time that a possible ‘solution’ to the employed problem rather creating jobs was to bring back national service! The song also resonated even more with event when the Falklands war started in 1982 when many thought that conscription of troops might be needed if the conflict escalated. ‘Present Arm...more

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DEP International, September 27, 1993, UPC: 0077778627128
Present Arms in Dub
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Crowned Review Present Arms - UB40: FIGHTING TALK (1327 words)
by Mauri - written on 23.05.05 (Very useful, 196 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. ...

 
 
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