Present Arms in Dub
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Present Arms In Dub is a remix album
Remix album
A remix album is an album consisting mostly of remixes or re-recorded versions of a music artists' earlier released material.One of the earliest remix albums was 1971's Aerial Pandemonium Ballet by Harry Nilsson, which was released by Nilsson after the successes of Everybody's Talkin and The Point!...

 by UB40
UB40
UB40 are a British reggae/pop band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. The band has placed more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. One of the world's best-selling music artists, UB40 have sold over 70 million records.Their hit singles...

 released in October 1981. The album contains eight remixed instrumental versions of original tracks from Present Arms and its bonus 12" single; only the double-A side single tracks "Don't Let It Pass You By"/"Don't Slow Down" are not included. The album was the first dub music
Dub music
Dub is a genre of music which grew out of reggae music in the 1960s, and is commonly considered a subgenre, though it has developed to extend beyond the scope of reggae...

 album to hit the UK top 40. The dub style is characterized as a mainly instrumental version of an existing song, typically emphasizing the drums and bass.

Track listing

  1. "Present Arms in Dub" - 3:06
  2. "Smoke It" ("Dr X") - 3:23
  3. "B Line" ("Lamb's Bread") - 4:35
  4. "Kings Row" ("Sardonicus") - 5:02
  5. "Return of Dr X" ("Don't Walk on the Grass") - 5:23
  6. "Walk Out" ("Wildcat") - 3:13
  7. "One in Ten" - 4:15
  8. "Neon Haze" ("Silent Witness") - 4:03
  9. "Hidden track" - 0:15


The track listing shows that most of the dub versions have different song names to those used on Present Arms. Track 9 is a sample of industrial noise that closes the album
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