Performer: UB40
Title: Signing Off
Country: UK
Style: Reggae, Dub
Rating: 4.6
Votes: 572
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Signing Off is the debut album by British reggae band UB40, released in the UK on 29 August 1980 by Dudley-based independent label Graduate Records. It was an immediate success in their home country, reaching number 2 on the UK albums chart, and made UB40 one of the many popular reggae bands in Britain, several years before the band found international fame
Signing Off (LP, Album + 12"). Graduate Records, Graduate Records. GRADLP 2, GRAD LP2. UK. 1980. 0777 7 88261 2 5, CDOVD439. Signing Off (CD, Album, RE).
By rights, the second 45 should have acted as a taster for their album (it didn't, coming several months too soon), while the third should have been a spinoff (it wasn't, boasting two new songs entirely). Regardless, both sides of their debut single - the roots-rocking indictment of politicians' refusal to relieve famine on "Food for Thought" and the dreamy tribute to Martin Luther "King" - were included, as well as their phenomenal cover of Randy Newman's "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" off their second single
reggae group UB40 had its first international success in Aotearoa. The band went on to have five number one singles here and has regularly played sell-out concerts across the country. We caught up them to discuss their legacy, on the 30th anniversary of their debut album Signing Off. UB40 members Brian Travers (sax) Robin Campbell (guitar) and Jim Brown (drums). Photo: Ellie Gibbons. Listen duration 26′ :16″. UB40 Signing Off Photo: Supplied
BPM Profile Signing Off. Album starts at 133BPM, ends at 100BPM (-33), with tempos within the -BPM range. Try refreshing the page if dots are missing). Recent albums by UB40.
Signing Off is now a Platinum album UB40 at the Rock AM Ring, Nürburgring, Germany in 1987. After great success in the UK, UB40's popularity in the US was established when they released Labour of Love, an album of cover songs, in 1983.
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A1 | Tyler | 5:50 |
A2 | King | 4:35 |
A3 | 12 Bar | 4:21 |
A4 | Burden Of Shame | 6:28 |
A5 | Adella | 3:24 |
A6 | I Think Its Going To Rain TodayWritten-By – R. Newman* |
3:40 |
A7 | 25% | 3:31 |
B1 | Food For Thought | 4:09 |
B2 | Little By Little | 3:42 |
B3 | Signing Off | 4:25 |
B4 | Madam Medusa | 12:50 |
B5 | Strange FruitWritten-By – L. Allan* |
4:03 |
B6 | Reefer Madness | 5:08 |
Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
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GRADLP 2, GRAD LP2 | UB40 | Signing Off (LP, Album + 12") | Graduate Records, Graduate Records | GRADLP 2, GRAD LP2 | UK | 1980 |
0777 7 88261 2 5, CDOVD439 | UB40 | Signing Off (CD, Album, RE) | Virgin, Virgin, DEP International, DEP International | 0777 7 88261 2 5, CDOVD439 | UK | 1994 |
0777 7 88261 2 5 | UB40 | Signing Off (CD, Album, RE) | Virgin Records America, Inc., Graduate Records | 0777 7 88261 2 5 | US | Unknown |
GRK 76000 | UB40 | Signing Off (Cass) | Graduate Records | GRK 76000 | Italy | 1980 |
AW-1054 | UB40 | Signing Off (LP, Album) | Trio Records | AW-1054 | Japan | 1980 |