''For the Many'' is the nineteenth studio album by English
reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its Jamaican diaspora, diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay", was the first ...
band
UB40
UB40 are an English reggae band, formed in December 1978 in Birmingham, England. The band has had more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart and has also achieved considerable international success. They have been nominated for the Grammy ...
. It was released on 15 March 2019 on the Shoestring record label.
The album cover was designed by the band's saxophonist Brian Travers and depicts a silhouette of tower blocks, following the 2017
Grenfell Tower fire
On 14 June 2017, a List of fires in high-rise buildings, high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of Public housing in the United Kingdom, flats in North Kensington, West London, England, at 00:54 British Summer Time, BST ...
. The album's name has been associated with the
Labour Party and its leader
Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who has been Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North (UK Parliament constituency), Islington North since 1983. Now an Independent ...
's use of the slogan "For the many, not the few". Travers commented on the connection in an article published in a ''
Birmingham Live'' article, stating, "We're all socialists and Labour supporters".
''For the Many'' is the band's first album of original material to feature vocalist
Duncan Campbell and drummer Jimmy Brown said in an ''Anti-music'' interview, "It's our first original album with Duncan, and a true reflection of where the band are at right now. It gave us an opportunity to go back to our roots and draw on the 1970s-style reggae that inspired us to be in a band in the first place."
A limited edition 2-CD version of the album was also released, featuring the standard album and a second CD of
dub mixes of the album's tracks.
The album peaked at #29 on the official U.K. album charts.
Track listing
Personnel
UB40
* Jimmy Brown – drums
*
Duncan Campbell – lead vocals
* Robin Campbell – vocals, guitars, vocal arrangements; lead vocal on "The Keeper"
*
Earl Falconer
UB40 are an English reggae band, formed in December 1978 in Birmingham, England. The band has had more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart and has also achieved considerable international success. They have been nominated for the Grammy Aw ...
– bass; lead vocal on "What Happened to UB40?" and "Bulldozer"
*
Norman Lamont Hassan – percussion, vocals; lead vocal on "Broken Man", "Moonlight Lover" and "All We Do Is Cry"
* Brian Travers – alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, WKS, horn arrangements
* Laurence Parry – trumpet, trombone, flugelhorn
* Martin Meredith – alto saxophone, additional keyboards and programming
* Tony Mullings – keyboards
Additional personnel
* Gilly G – vocal on "Moonlight Lover"
*
Hunterz – vocal on "All We Do Is Cry"
* Kabaka Pyramid – vocal on "Broken Man"
* Pablo Rider – vocal on "I'm Alright Jack"
* Slinger – vocal on "Gravy Train"
Charts
References
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2019 albums
UB40 albums