Ub40 - Very Best of
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Artist: Ub40Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-09-18
Music Label: Virgin Records Us
Soundtracks:
- I Got You Babe
- Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
- Bring Me Your Cup [7 Version]
- One in Ten
- Red, Red Wine
- Kingston Town
- If It Happens Again
- Don't Break My Heart
- Cherry Oh Baby
- Can't Help Falling in Love
- Higher Ground
- Tell Me Is It True
- Rat in Mi Kitchen
- Until My Dying Day
- The Way You Do the Things You Do
- Light My Fire
- Food for Thought
- Sing Our Own Song
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Free Music Review: Great UB40 value with added sound quality
Hit: 5 Stars
UB40 have been a constant within the music scene for almost 3 decades by now. The first 15 years they were constant hit makers with consistent album sales. It seems that after that period, all of a sudden their time as a big selling artist was up as if the public had had enough.
This CD covers that period in a thorough manner. Another version, a double Best of Vol. 1 & 2 CD from the UK does have a more thorough selection of their songs. This one has, however, the main hit songs. With the exception of the remake of Light My Fire, there is not a single song on this collection that is not classic UB40. One could go on and on about which other songs should have been included but then it would have been just as difficult choosing songs being left out instead.
Their music has aged very well and many songs are becoming standard classics, even ones that were standards in other versions. In short, if you like casually UB40, this is the set to buy.
The sound has been re-vamped which can be heard very well on some tracks. Compared to the UK Best of Vol. 1 & 2 version, the bass on Here I Am, which is prominent in the mix, is much more vibrant and the whole sound staging has audibly more depth then on the US version, whilst on Kingston Town the synthesizers are clearer and the slight echo in the singing channel more natural, giving the song more of its special aura. These songs and other newer tracks have an added edge on the US version over the Best of Vol. 1&2 which is in a way analogous to the difference of a brand new LP verses a worn one.
On older tracks the difference is more audible, since the recording technology during the later period is more similar to what is used today. 1 in 10 has a significantly lower and more muddled sound and their first single, Food For Thought, is so vastly different sonic wise it is as if a blanket has been put over the speakers on the Best of Vol. 1&2 version (incidentally, the Left-Right channelling is reverse on the Food For Thought mixes).
To summarize, this is an immaculate collection of the hits of UB40. Sure, I would have like a few extra tracks but keeping to a single CD, this collection is very close to perfect.
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