UB40 References

The reference sources are from major music trade publications and newspapers worldwide. You can sort the list by the article title or the publication date.

Reference Title Date
Caught In the Act. Melody Maker, 55:18. 1980-6-14
Signing On. J. Orme. Melody Maker, 55:19. 1980-7-19
Albums: Signing Off. Melody Maker, 55:18. 1980-9-6
Smiling Faces, Angry Words: the UB40 Paradox. Phil Sutcliffe. Sounds. 1980-9
Caught In the Act. Melody Maker, 55:35. 1980-11-8
The Russell Club, Manchester. Mick Middles. Sounds. 1980-4
Unfortunately We Were at the Woolwich. Andy Gill. NME. 1981-4
UB40 (Herdern Pavilion, Sydney). Variety, 304:110. 1981-9-30
Fortified Wine. Jack Barron. Sounds. 1983-9
1980-83. John Morthland. Creem. 1983-12
Talent In Action. Billboard, 95:69. 1983-12-24
New On the Charts (Labour Of Love). Billboard, 95:26. 1983-12-10
UB40. J. Walker, Trouser Press, 10:11. 1983-10
It's Alive. Melody Maker, 58:15. 1983-10-22
UB40 Refuse 'Slave Labour' Roadies. Melody Maker, 58:5. 1983-10-8
High Definition. D. Fox. Melody Maker, 58:12. 1983-10-1
Albums: Labour Of Love. Melody Maker, 58:23. 1983-9-17
Labour Parties. S. Scott. Melody Maker, 58:8-9. 1983-9-10
It's Alive. Melody Maker, 58:15. 1983-9-3
Talent In Action. Ethlie Ann Vare. Billboard, 95:32.
 1983-8-27
New Acts. Variety, 311:118. 1983-7-20
Lick: UB Top 40. J. Piccarella. Village Voice, 28:53. 1983-7-19
Pop Jazz. Robert Palmer. New York Times. 1983-7-8
Pure Vibes. M. Mehler. Record, 3:36-37. 1983-3
Albums: UB40 Live. Melody Maker, 58:18. 1983-2-19
UB40 Strikes Gold By Dredging Up Hits From Reggae's Past. Steve Pond. Rolling Stone, 420:36. 1984-4-26
It's Alive. Melody Maker, 59:37. 1984-4-28
Labours Of Love. B. Case. Melody Maker, 59:14-15. 1984-10-6
Albums: Geoffrey Morgan. Melody Maker, 59:28. 1984-10-13
Geoffrey Morgan (SP 5033) Review. Billboard.
 1984-10-20
High Definition. Melody Maker, 59:24. 1984-11-24
It's Alive. Melody Maker, 59:20. 1984-12-15
Labour Of Love (record reviews). Rolling Stone, 114. 1984-12-20
Honored In British Reggae Awards. Melody Maker, 59:3. 1984-2-18
It's Alive. Melody Maker, 59:18. 1984-3-31
UB40's Labour Paying Off. Ethlie Ann Vare. Billboard, 96:53. 1984-3-10
Concert Reviews. Variety, 314:98. 1984-2-29
UB40 (Palladium, Los Angeles). Variety, 314:98. 1984-2-28
Not a Bird, Not a Plane, UB40 Is Reggae's Hot New Sound. J. Jones, T. Smith. People Weekly, 21:86. 1984-2-27
Riffs: Many Rivers To Cross. R. J. Smith. Village Voice, 29:65. 1984-4-3
Labour Of Love (record reviews). People Weekly, 21:18. 1984-2-6
Labour Of Love (record reviews). People Weekly, 21:18. 1984-1-19
Reviews: Little Baggariddim (SP 5090).Billboard, 74.
 1985-8-3
UB40, Midnight Oil (Pier 84, New York). Variety, 320:68. 1985-8-7
Talent In Action. Jim Bessman. Billboard, 97:59.
 1985-8-31
Albums: Little Baggariddim. Melody Maker, 60:33. 1985-9-7
Little Baggariddim (record reviews). Variety, 320:78. 1985-9-11
Little Baggariddim (record reviews). Rob Tannenbaum. Rolling Stone, 456:80. 1985-9-12
Little Baggariddim (record reviews). David Hiltbrand. People Weekly, 24:22. 1985-9-23
Live! Melody Maker, 60:22. 1985-11-9
The Band With No Face. A. Sweeting. Melody Maker, 60:14-15. 1985-11-9
Geoffrey Morgan (record reviews). Fred Schruers. Rolling Stone, 463-464:165. 1985-12-19
Little Baggariddim (phonotape reviews). Mark Peel. Stereo Review, 50:117. 1985-12
Record Reviews: Geoffrey Morgan. S. Isler. Musician, 76:110. 1985-2
Record Reviews: UB40. Down Beat, 52:34. 1985-2
UB40. Gene Santoro. Down Beat, 52:26. 1985-6
UB40 Single Ban. Melody Maker, 60:3. 1985-1-5
Geoffrey Morgan (record reviews). Ira Robbins. Rolling Stone, 441:46. 1985-2-14
Geoffrey Morgan (record reviews). Peter Kostakis. Down Beat, 52:34. 1985-2
Records: Geoffrey Morgan. R. Mitchell. Record, 4:51. 1985-2
UB40. Don Snowden. Los Angeles Times. 1985-2
Talent In Action. Ethlie Ann Vare. Billboard, 97:49.
 1985-3-9
Geoffrey Morgan (record reviews). Mark Peel. Stereo Review, 50:74. 1985-3
UB40 and Pablo Moses (Beacon Theater, New York). Variety, 318:218. 1985-4-17
Live! Melody Maker, 60:21. 1985-4-27
Geoffrey Morgan (record reviews). Kate Walter. High Fidelity, 35:81. 1985-5
Rat In the Kitchen (record reviews). Rolling Stone, 484:108. 1986-10-9
Salt of the Earth. Sean O'Hagen. NME. 1986-12
Rat In the Kitchen (record reviews). Stereo Review, 51:173. 1986-12
UB40 In the U.S.S.R.; Soviet Authorities Try to Cope With a Real Rock Tour. Michael R. Benson. Rolling Stone, 488:29. 1986-12-4
Live! Melody Maker, 61:16. 1986-11-15
Reviews: Rat In the Kitchen (SP 5137). Billboard, 80.
 1986-8-23
Reviews: Rat In the Kitchen (SP 5137). Billboard, 98:80.
 1986-8-23
Enter the Rat Race. W. Smith. Melody Maker, 61:10-11. 1986-8-23
Albums: Rat In the Kitchen. Melody Maker, 61:28. 1986-7-26
Reviews: Rat in the Kitchen. Billboard, 80. 1986-4-27
Reviews: Sing Our Own Song (2858). Billboard, 81.
 1986-8-23
Labour Of Love (the 100 Best Albums of the Eighties). M. Azerrad et al.. Rolling Stone, 146. 1987-11-16
CCCP--the Video Mix (video disc reviews). Stereo Review, 52:209. 1987-11
Maybe Tomorrow. Billboard, 34.
 1987-10-17
CCCP--Live In Moscow (record reviews). Variety, 328:106. 1987-8-26
Reviews: Live in Moscow (SP 5168). Billboard, 74.
 1987-8-15
Reviews: Cherry Oh Baby. Billboard, 73.
 1987-7-25
UB40 (SP 5213) review. Billboard, 82.
 1988-8-13
McFerrin's On Two Top 10 Albums; for UB40, Second Time's a Charm. Paul Grein. Billboard, 100:6. 1988-10-1
Reggae's Bulgarian Acrobats; UB40 Eases Into the Chart Tops With an Old Hit. Jay Cocks. Time, 132:92. 1988-10-31
Oldies As Radio Goodies Worry Diskeries Selling Latest Songs. Jean Rosenbluth. Variety, 333:67. 1988-11-16
UB40's Ship Finally Comes In: the Reggae Band Tops the Charts With a Five-Year-Old Single. Parke Puterbaugh. Rolling Stone, 20. 1988-12-1
Labour Of Love II (record reviews). David Hiltbrand. People Weekly, 33:21. 1990-1-22
Labour Of Love 2. David Kissinger. Rolling Stone, 105. 1990-3-8
UB40 (Beacon Theater, New York). Variety, 339:64. 1990-6-27