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Released
  
26 October 1987

Length
  
36:22

Artist
  
UB40

Label
  
Virgin Records

Recorded
  
1980–1986

The Best of UB40 - Volume One (1987)
  
UB40 (1988)

Release date
  
26 October 1987

Genre
  
Reggae

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Similar
  
UB40 albums, Reggae albums

The Best of UB40 – Volume One is a compilation album by the British reggae band UB40. It was issued in 1987 and includes all the chart topping hits from 1980 to 1986. The album includes 13 solo tracks as well as a track that the band performed with Chrissie Hynde from The Pretenders.

Contents

The pub on the cover is the Eagle and Tun, frequented by UB40 as it is close to DEP International in Digbeth, Birmingham. The Best of UB40 - Volume One was re-released in July 1995 along with the release of Volume Two.

Side 1

  1. Food for Thought – 4:09 from Signing Off
  2. King – 4:35 from Signing Off
  3. My Way of Thinking - 4:31 from The Singles Album
  4. One in Ten – 4:32 from Present Arms
  5. Red Red Wine – 5:21 from Labour of Love
  6. Please Don't Make Me Cry – 3:26 from Labour of Love
  7. Many Rivers To Cross - 4:31 from Labour of Love

Side 2

  1. Cherry Oh Baby – 3:18 from Labour Of Love
  2. If It Happens Again – 3:44 from Geffery Morgan
  3. I Got You Babe – 3:09 from Baggariddim
  4. Don't Break My Heart – 3:49 from Baggariddim
  5. Sing Our Own Song – 3:59 from Rat in the Kitchen
  6. Rat in Mi Kitchen – 6:56 from Rat in the Kitchem
  7. Maybe Tomorrow - 3:23 Previously unreleased

CD Version

  1. Food for Thought – 4:11 from Signing Off
  2. King – 4:34 from Signing Off
  3. My Way of Thinking – 3:24 from The Singles Album
  4. The Earth Dies Screaming – 4:38 from The Singles Album
  5. Dream A Lie – 3:38 from The Singles Album
  6. Don't Let It Pass You By – 7:45 from Present Arms
  7. Don't Slow Down – 4:28 from Present Arms
  8. One in Ten – 4:32 from Present Arms
  9. Red Red Wine – 3:03 from Labour of Love
  10. Please Don't Make Me Cry – 3:26 from Labour of Love
  11. Many Rivers To Cross – 4:31 from Labour of Love
  12. Cherry Oh Baby – 3:18 from Labour of Love
  13. If It Happens Again – 3:44 from Geffery Morgan
  14. I Got You Babe – 3:09 from Baggariddim
  15. Don't Break My Heart – 3:49 from Baggariddim
  16. Sing Our Own Song – 4:08 from Rat in the Kitchen
  17. Rat in Me Kitchen – 3:08 from Rat in the Kitchem
  18. Maybe Tomorrow – 3:23 Previously unreleased

The duet with Chrissie Hynde is a cover version of the 1960s song "I Got You Babe" Originally performed by Sonny and Cher.

Songs

Food for Thought4:11
King4:35
My Way of Thinking3:24

References

The Best of UB40 – Volume One Wikipedia
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