Promises And Lies
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 3122 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 490.
(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 71 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Promises And Lies rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q magazine Recordings Of The Year 1993 | 9/50 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum artists Pt 3 | 100/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 36/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1993 | 24/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1993 | 21/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1990s Pt 3 | 19/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1990s Pt 2 | 97/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Artists Pt 4 | 82/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum Zone 12 Europe British Isles 2 | 65/100 | - |
| 2026 | Rivera | Best Of Rest 4 | 32/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 29 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 30 | |||
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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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| ! | 10/04/2026 08:04 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/10/2026 11:11 |  MetalMan67 | 6,250 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/21/2025 03:19 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,315 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.7/100, a mean average of 64.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.9.
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Romanelli 01/10/2021 22:02 in Albums You Added To Your Collection Today
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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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