Present Arms (studio album)
by UB40
UB40 bestography
Present Arms is ranked 3rd best out of 29 albums by UB40 on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by UB40 is Signing Off which is ranked number 2958 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 510.
(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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Present Arms track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/05/2025 15:39 | Siromynian | 1,594 | 79/100 |
| ! | 07/06/2025 19:30 | Rugon | 30 | 88/100 |
| ! | 04/18/2025 08:52 | bigbeans | 263 | 80/100 |
| ! | 01/13/2025 23:11 | Johnnyo | 9,530 | 77/100 |
| ! | 01/20/2024 01:43 | matterhornrider | 4,783 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.4.
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OK, this isn’t quite signing off but it knocks spots off of labour of love!
UB40's second album is a great follow up to, signing off. Present arms, is similar to it's predecessor, it has great songs from when the band still had an edge including killer single, one in ten. Underrated are their first two records, (although, signing off, is definitely the stronger of the two), probably because they became a safe pop band not long after this, but at this time, they still had it.
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