The Very Best of UB40 1980-2000
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UB40
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Oct 23 2000

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50525
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  • Nov 21 2000 in United States

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5 stars The Best "Best Of" Available
If your reggae collection is going to include only one UB40 album, this one wins out over all the others hands down. Virgin released two 10-track "best ofs" in the mid-90s, but this 2000 release duplicates 15 of those tracks and adds "Cherry Oh Baby" from 1983's landmark LABOUR OF LOVE album, "Tell Me Is It True" from 1997's GUNS IN THE GHETTO, and the previously unreleased cover of the Door's "Light My Fire."

While most American listeners only recognize UB40 for their covers of songs that hit t…
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Written by Steve Vrana
3 stars Incorrect Song List!
The song list preview that amazon has for this cd is INCORRECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This particular cd does not have "The way you do the things you do" or "Here I am".

Okay,here is the exact songlist for this cd:

1 Red Red Wine

2 Kingston Town

3 Higher Ground

4 King

5 Cherry Oh Baby

6 I Got You Babe

7 Come Back Darling

8 One In Ten

9 The Earth Dies Sreaming

10 Watchdogs

11 Don't Break My Heart

12 Can't Help Falling In Love

13 Sing Our own Song

14 Tell Me It's True

15 Rat In My Kitchen

16 Bring Me Yo…
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Written by jamz330

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The Very Best of UB40 1980-2000 20 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: EMI Europe Generic
release dates: Oct 27 2000
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The Very Best of UB40 1980-2000 20 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: Oct 23 2000 in United Kingdom
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The Very Best of UB40 1980-2000 18 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Virgin Records US
catalog number: 50525
release dates: Sep 18 2001
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