The Very Best of UB40

Fine selection althought ALL UB40 music is great.This CD is a mix of almost all albums from this great band. You will noticed how they mastered their style ( Labor of love II is a good example) Good driving music you will not be bored when you are stucked in traffic anymore with this selection .I love UB40 since "Rat In The Kitchen". Go for it buy it and dont forget to thank UB40 for 20 something years of great music! Love from Minneapolis, Minnesota USA

I only had one favorite song by the group then i saw them in concert at chumash casino and heard alot of good songs and got hooked on them so I ordered this album to get more songs to check out

A must have cd if you are a fan or love the music of this great band! It's good chilling music and make your mind travel to a peaceful environment! Makes you want to be in a tropical place like an island and imagine a nice beautiful beach etc! It's relaxing and very cool! Nice!

In perusing this review thread for "The Very Best of UB40 1980-2000", it appears there may be some confusion over two versions of this outstanding album. If you run a music search on Amazon for UB40, you'll find a number of UB40 albums including two versions of this particular album (each has the same identical album cover and album name.. on the surface, they appear identical in all respects.. but are not). My speculation is that a some reviewers unwittingly received the import version, whereas most of these reviews relate to the US version. Each has a somewhat different song mix. The differences are as follows:US Version: released Sept 2001 (orig. Nov 2000) $11 New ($10 used)contains 18 songs beginning with I Got You Babe. It has two songs not included on the British Import version (both very good songs IMHO):1. Here I Am (Come and Take Me)2. The Way You Do the Things You DoUnfortunately, the US release has "short" versions of four songs (all key songs IMHO and noted as short in several reviews with a degree of frustration) whereas I think (I'm not sure) the Import has "full" versions of these songs:1. Bring Me Your Cup2. Red, Red Wine (can you believe they shorted us on this one)3. Rat In Mi Kitchen4. Sing Our Own SongUK Import version: released Mar 2007 (orig. Oct 2000) $17 new ($7 Used) contains 20 songs (2 more than the US version). It starts with the full version of Red Red Wine and includes four songs not found on the US version:1. King2. The Earth Dies Screaming3. Watchdogs4. Many Rivers to Cross (great song IMHO)The other 16 songs are the same on both versions, except for the four "short" songs noted above on the US version. So it's a mixed bag, both excellent choices, but I'm sure preferences will vary.Of greater concern to me, I noticed reviews elsewhere that report the sound quality to be notably better on the US version across the entire album, and most apparent with the older songs (Kingston Town, Cant Help Falling in Love, I Got You Babe to name a few). This is highly peculiar given the 2007 release date on the import vs 2001 on the US version. I'm not sure of this myself, but some differences do indeed seem apparent (in favor of the US version) just using Amazon's Music Sampler (admittedly a dubious comparison method.. especially given my low-end PC speakers)I'm hoping someone may have more direct knowledge of an A/B comparison and will post a comment here to better clear this up. I hope this was helpful to those who were confused about varied song mixes noted throughout this review thread.By the way, I also feel if you have but one UB40 album in your collection, this is a hands down slam dunk best single CD to own. I also prefer the US version song mix. I just can't see sacrificing "Here I Am" and "The Way You Do the Things You Do" for those other four songs; if only it had the long version of Red Red Wine (ouch.. hence 4.5 stars). Otherwise, I love this album! Highly recommended. Peace to all :)

I love this CD and I'm playing it to death! It makes me feel like I'm dancing on the beach in the Caribbean with the sun slowly slipping into the ocean. I can feel the sand between my toes as my body sways to the sensual, sexy and fun loving reggae beat. I just can't get enough. I always want more!From a caribbean jenie! Wink, wink!!!

Very easy to love

This is great summer fun music. Open up the sun roof and cruise down the highway with these tunes. As well as we all know Red Red Wine, it is only the appetizer to whet your appetite for the rest. By the way, the sound quality is excellent, complementing these tunes.

Fantastic album! UB40 is so much more then the couple of hits on American radio. Solid tracks all the way through.