Presents the Dancehall Album

AMG Review of Presents the Dancehall Album

Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All Music Guide

Shaking up their self-consciously mature pop-reggae formula, UB40 hired several of Jamaica's top vocalists to toast on UB40 Presents the Dancehall Album. It's as legit as any other dancehall albums, and in many ways, it's even more enjoyable, since this showcases a number of fine vocalists on one record. UB40 fades into the background, offering sympathetic, supple support for the toasters. The result is their most authentic reggae album in years, and possibly their best album of the '90s.