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Who You Fighting For

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For the last 25 years UB40 have given us reggae music that has made us dance and sit up and take notice of what has been going on in the world around us. I've spent the weekend listening to this album and for once there isn't a song on this album that I've umed and ahhed about. Every track on this album you can dance to. Every song tells a story of what is going on around us. The lyrics on the album are very politically charged, which is great beacuse the band seem to have truely returned to their roots and what brought them to the publics attention. Ali's voice sounds more mature and soulfull. The horn section sets the whole album alight in every tune and this gives the whole album an "old time Reggae feel". If you don't dance to tunes like 'Reasons', 'Who you fighting for?'and Sins of the father' then you truely have no rythum and you have no soul. This is an album that fans of the band will love and appreciate, it's full of up tempo reggae tunes that will brighten up your summer and put a smile on your face. The band have matured like a fine wine and as time goes on they get better and better.

Having loved UB40 since I first bought "Signing Off" in 1980, I have purchased all of their albums. They remain my favourite band still. My fave albums were always "Signing Off", "Present Arms" & UB44. Notice all older material. Although I like all their other albums they all seemed to lack that warmth and freshness of those early days, perhaps becoming too overproduced & electronic. But I am glad to say - THIS RANKS WITH MY EARLY FAVES. What a stunning return to form. Everyone song & performance a winner. They are at the best I have heard in decades. Buy with confidence & enjoy. p.s It is well worth getting the special with the added DVD as it is worth the price of the CD alone.

Ali and the band have done it again..!! They never cease to amaze me and I really think this sounds so true to their sound. The album flows nicely and the DVD is a real nice touch. If you`re into UB40 then you wont be dissappointed. Just Buy It and enjoy..!!

At the age of 20 i imagine i am quite a young UB40 fan. I have every studio album they have ever written, my favourite being either labour of love or guns in the gheto. I have to say i was very dissapointed with cover up and home grown. They just didnt sound like the ub40 i love. WHO YOU FIGHTING FOR is a return to form indeed. Every track is brilliant especially the title track WHO YOU FIGHTING FOR. Other standout tracks include AFTER TONIGHT and the extra track THINGS YOU SAY YOU LOVE.

LONG LIVE UB40

I received this cd one week ago. I took it, I observed the box, I opened the cd tray of my sound system, play and... it is brilliant!! When listening the first song I wondered if the rest would be that good, and they are it, all the tracks are very good.
The album is energetic, fantastic, with Ali Campbell's distinctive voice complemented with the beautiful sound of the rest of the band. It is like a return to the way in that the group made the music.
I have listened the UB40 music from 1989. I have their albums. In my opinion Who You Fighting For? is better than anyone of their last albums, Homegrown or Cover Up for example.
The sound of the group in this work is brilliant, refreshing. The ballads in this cd are beautiful. My favorite tracks: Who you fighting for, Plenty more, Good situation, Kiss and say goodbye (a version of the Manhattan's soft soul classic) and One woman man. Even if they were only these songs on the album, it is worth the price of the cd. But the rest are also excellent. Believe me, all the songs are very good.
When my friends listened some tracks and kiss and say goodbye from the album they said: ¡La música es buena, se escucha bien! In English: ¡It's nice!
If you like of the good reggae, you must have this cd. Buy it and you won't be disappointed. you will obtain something of quality, where in these times few good things come out in what concerns to the music.
UB40 celebrates its 25 anniversary, and with a great album. Enjoy it.

Well Done!

Have been a fan since the beginning. The last couple of albums left me wondering if they have passed their sell-by-date. My faith has now been restored! Got the album last week and have played it many times since - it gets better with every listen.

IReasons you should hear this 1: they're the band that bring you fun.
Reasons you should hear this 2: they'll make you bright, if you're feeling blue
Reasons you should hear this 3: the album's great, take it from me
The Reason we will stay with you, is UB40 - we love you......

JUST LOOK AT THESE BLOKES: surely we're now talking 25/6 years!! Come on, I can remember unwrapping my Signing Off album. This is the most brilliant album they've done for a good while (even though, yes, it's difficult to chose) but sometimes it seems only those of us in the secret club know about them. Ah well, let's enjoy ourselves while we can because we've always been onto a good thing ever since "Signing Off".

I love the way that bhangra and reggae have been mixed on "Reasons" and it is so lovely to see the DVD with the cool, chilled out Indian geezers just swaying side to side reggae style like Ali does and there's that bloke with the head-dress (obviously their dad just arrived) going bonkers. I love the way it is all integrated with reggae. Bhangra sounds much better that way. Just my opinion mind (don't want a load of objectors). Reasons is a brilliant song anyway and number one on our list.

"Plenty More" is a return to one you can sing tongue-in-cheek, at G Bush and Cronies(whilst watching the "Team America" DVD. Excellent work, geezers, couldn't have done better. And so true. Again, and this goes way back to the past UB40 we knew, many a political angle on this album - love it, about time someone who has a voice said something - "Who You Fighting For?", "Bling Bling" (that'll make you think twice next time you wanna buy fancy jewellery) and, you gotta listen to the words, "War Poem" - they're on my wavelength just like the first albums. I am now around the band members' age. UB40 shoves ANY band or singer into a deep lake as far as I'm concerned. Any concert they do, I'm at home.

This album also contains a few romantic covers, reggae and even the Beatles, and as usual they carry these off with great panache and tenderness, making them sound better than the original. (Here speaks someone who grew up around Queens Rd Market in Upton Park, London, where there was Soundville Records with listening booths as part of a normal Saturday experience - you just had to hear Hortense Ellis in the Top 20 on Gas label - also Pat Kelly and a Sam Cooke fan too).

Love the way they've all stuck together over the years, through the thick and thin that we go through. Bl**dy good luck to UB40 - all they've ever brought is joy through conscience and yes, that's a good thing. They've more morals than any of the people who may be out there now and have been my guidance at so many times and a comfort always.

BUY THIS ALBUM OR YOU ARE NOT A UB40 FAN. God, what do you have to say? Go to the Forest Tours in June and so on. They are so billiant live.

An absolutely brilliant album. At last, UB40 seem to have returned to their roots and wrote some great thought provoking, political songs, whilst throwing in some beautiful love songs too. This is an excellent album, I have been a fan from the beginning and this cd exceeds all expectations. Let's hope it is a taste of more to come! Very, very, highly recommended. Worth every penny!

What a cracking album, it's good to hear their new songs but even better to hear they haven't lost the feel of the old music, once you've listened to this album you won't take off the cd player

what more could you as from a group into there 25th year,UB40 have taken there music back to there early days and produced to me what one of there best albums to date.

Ali campbells lyrics are clear and to the point backed excellently by the rest of the group one track to look out for is Reasons which clearly if released is gonna be a summertime hit.

If you dont buy any other album this year this one is a must for all fans