Present Arms
by UB40
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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 3108 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 492.
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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).
Present Arms rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 36 Music Albums of 1981 | 15/36 | 3 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 91 Music Albums of 1981 | 19/91 | 4 |
| 2026 | djirons | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 89/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 24 Music Albums of 1981 | 14/24 | 2 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 51 Music Albums of 1981 | 46/51 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 59/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top albums of the ‘80’s (201 - 300) | 55/68 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 56 Music Albums of 1981 | 44/56 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 29 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 88 | |||
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Present Arms ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/30/2026 13:31 | Siromynian | 1,785 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/25/2026 18:44 | LittleM1971 | 6,005 | 81/100 |
| ! | 03/21/2026 23:38 | djirons | 748 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 74.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.6.
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pedro1976 07/05/2023 19:28 in What album are you listening to right now?Present Arms comments
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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.
OK, this isn’t quite signing off but it knocks spots off of labour of love! (Edited)
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