UB40 Signing Off

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An instant critical success, UB40's 1980 release Signing Off debuted at No. 2 on the UK album charts and was later certified Platinum by the BPI, with singles "Food For Thought" and "I Think it's Going To Rain Today" reaching the top ten of the UK singles charts. This colored vinyl 2LP reissue features all 10 original tracks, as well as three bonus tracks, "Madam Medusa", "Strange Fruit," and "Reefer Madness." The cover artwork memorably duplicated the UK's equivalent of an unemployment benefit card (a "UB40"), with the title Signing Off rubber-stamped in red, but it was the music that quickly worked its way into the musical collections of a young, mainly student crowd with its knowing lyrics, upbeat reggae rhythms and dubby, instrumental passages, offset by warm horn solos and Jamaican style scatting. An impactful debut, Signing Off signaled the entry of a formidable voice in British New Wave.