Promises And Lies (studio album)
by UB40
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UB40 bestography
Promises And Lies is ranked 7th best out of 29 albums by UB40 on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by UB40 is Signing Off which is ranked number 2948 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 513.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Promises And Lies track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 72 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Promises And Lies rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | fabm0 | Decade 1990s Pt 3 | 19/100 | - |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | 1990s 65rating (62-61.82), #001-100* | 14/83 | - |
| 2025 | Rivera | Best Of Rest 4 | 12/100 | - |
| 2025 | Rivera | Top 36 Music Albums of 1993 | 25/36 | 2 |
| 2025 | byuzak | Top 60 Music Albums of 1993 | 24/60 | 3 |
| 2025 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 59/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1993 | 21/100 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | List 1993 | 24/100 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | top 65r albums (62), #0001-0100* | 95/98 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1990s Pt 2 | 97/100 | - |
| 2025 | Siromynian | Top 22 Music Albums of 1993 | 19/22 | 1 |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Artists Pt 4 | 61/100 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Platinum artists Pt 3 | 90/100 | - |
| 2024 |  Helios | Top 90 Music Albums of 1993 | 33/90 | 3 |
| 2024 |  desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2020 |  TheDude85 | Undocumented Elsewhere | 75/100 | - |
| 2017 | Drzozzy | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1990s | 67/99 | 7 |
| 2017 |  letty | UB40 | 7/17 | - |
| 2016 |  Eastwood | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2016 | Toxic | Top 24 Music Albums of 1993 | 10/24 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 27 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 31 | |||
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Promises And Lies ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago | Siromynian | 1,576 | 79/100 |
| ! | 11/21/2025 03:19 | Exist-en-ciel | 2,526 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/31/2025 18:33 | Vitetia | 377 | 100/100 |
| ! | 08/09/2024 06:46 | Cyrax | 1,761 | 61/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2023 12:22 | fabm0 | 6,505 | 59/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.0/100, a mean average of 64.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.8.
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Eastwood 11/29/2014 23:54 | #128287
Very good reggae album. Best 10 songs average is 87,5/100 and the album can get very good 90/100. I never would have guessed, that a reggae album could be a favorite of mine. But this pop-based one is quite good. Best songs are "Higher ground" and coversong "Can't help falling in love" both 95/100, followed by "Promises and lies", "Bring me your cup", Things ain't like..." and "Sorry" all 85/100. I find that the song "Reggae music" is a low.
All sounds the same. Perhaps I would like this more if I was a fan of the sound they were going for.
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