Album Title
UB40
Homegrown (2003)
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Track List
01) So Destructive
02) I Knew You
03) Drop On By
04) Someone Like Me
05) Freestyler
06) Everything Is Better Now
07) Just Be Good (Bushman dub)
08) Young Guns
09) Hand That Rocks the Cradle
10) Nothing Without You
11) Nothing Without You (dub)
12) Swing Low

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First Released

2003

Genre

Reggae

Mood

Carefree

Style

Reggae

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Medium

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After a series of disappointingly bland albums, Homegrown marks a slight return to form for UB40. While not as edgy and organic as longtime fans may have hoped, Homegrown has some great songs while avoiding the band's limp adult contemporary tendencies. Vocalist Ali Campbell sleepwalks through a couple love songs but the numerous political numbers find him coming alive and inspiring the band to push the groove a little harder. With dubby horns echoing and a lyrical and ominous warning to gun-carrying rappers, "Young Guns" is the kind of husky, slow groove that brings back the good old days. Ragamuffin vocalizing on "Freestyler" and a dub version of "Nothing Without You" are solid reggae moments, and the traditional "Sweet Chariot" (a track recorded for the Rugby World Cup featuring United Colours of Sound) makes for an excellent, uplifting closer. A little more energy and a little less filler and this could have been volume two of Rat in the Kitchen, but Homegrown at least points UB40 in the right direction while adding some worthwhile material to the band's repertoire.



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