Present Arms
by UB40

Present Arms by UB40
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 13,894th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 27 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (197th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,879th)
Award Best albums of all time (13,894th)

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UB40 - Present Arms(180g Vinyl 2LP), 2015 Virgin Records
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UB 40 PRESENT ARMS (UK) DEP, LP (33rpm) + 12"(45 rpm) orig 1981. Free ship to US
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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 3047 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 503.

UB40 album bestography « Higher ranked (5,534th)
Labour Of Love
This album (13,894th)
Present Arms
Lower ranked (13,894th) »
Present Arms

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Overall rank: 13,894th | 1980s rank: 1,879th | 1981 rank: 197th

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74/100 (from 27 votes)
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03/21/2026 23:38 djirons  Ratings distribution  74872/100
 
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12/05/2025 15:39 Siromynian  Ratings distribution  1,62878/100
 
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07/06/2025 19:30 Rugon  Ratings distribution  3188/100
 
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04/18/2025 08:52 bigbeans  Ratings distribution  27079/100
 
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01/13/2025 23:11 Johnnyo  Ratings distribution  9,84177/100

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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.4.

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From 07/06/2025 19:31 | #309938
OK, this isn’t quite signing off but it knocks spots off of labour of love!
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From 06/11/2016 14:51 | #168446
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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