Getting Over the Storm
Studio album by
UB40
Released2 September 2013
Genre
Length51:50
LabelVirgin/Universal
UB40 chronology
Labour of Love IV
(2010)		 Getting Over the Storm
(2013)		 For the Many
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic52/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim!6/10[2]
MusicOMH[3]

Getting Over the Storm is the eighteenth studio album by English reggae band UB40. It was released on 2 September 2013.[4] It is the final UB40 album to feature trumpet player and vocalist Astro, due to his departure in late 2013.

Background and release

Their first album since the 2010 album Labour of Love IV, it features cover versions of songs either written or recorded by country music artists together with five original UB40 songs.[4] The country music tracks include the Randy Travis song "On the Other Hand",' George Jones' "Getting Over the Storm", Willie Nelson's "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain", Buck Owens "Crying Time" and Jim Reeves' "He'll Have to Go". Upon the album's release UB40 singer Astro defended the inclusion of country music on a UB40 album, saying, "In the Caribbean, there are very few households that do not own a Jim Reeves album. I certainly had them in my house, as did all my West Indian friends when I was growing-up. When you'd go their houses you'd always see Jim Reeves staring back at you from the Blue Spot Gramophone! Country music and Jamaica are so finely entwined."[4] However, just two months later Astro had quit the band, citing the album's musical direction as a major factor in his decision: "My heart just isn't in the new album where my contribution has been reduced to a backing vocalist which, as our fans know, is not my role in the group. I'm a front man, a lead vocalist. While it may be true there is a long relationship with reggae musicians and country music, that doesn't mean that's what I want to play, far from it, and it's definitely not something I wish to be part of."[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by James Brown, Duncan Campbell, Robin Campbell, Earl Falconer, Norman Hassan, Brian Travers and Terence Wilson, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Midnight Rider"Gregg Allman, Robert Kim Payne4:09
2."I'm Pretty Sure That's Just What's Killing Me" 4:38
3."Getting Over the Storm"John Riggs3:27
4."Blue Bilet Doux" 3:27
5."If You Ever Have Forever in Mind"Vince Gill, Troy Seals4:25
6."Crying Time"Buck Owens3:15
7."How Will I Get Through This One" 4:11
8."He'll Have to Go"Audrey Allison, Joe Allison4:18
9."Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"Fred Rose3:26
10."I Did What I Did" 3:14
11."On the Other Hand"Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz3:51
12."How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?"Brown, D. Campbell, R. Campbell, Falconer, Hassan, Alfred Reed, Travers, Wilson4:44
13."I Didn't Know That I" 4:45

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom 2 September 2013 Virgin CD CDV3113
Europe Universal 00602537406173

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
2013 United Kingdom Albums Chart 29[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Getting Over the Storm Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  2. ↑ Patrick, Ryan (30 August 2013). "UB40 – Getting Over the Storm". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Marsh, Graeme (30 August 2013). "UB40 – Getting Over the Storm". Musicomh.com. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "Ub40 Release Album 'Getting Over the Storm' On 2nd September 2013". www.contactmusic.com. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  5. ↑ Jones, Rhian (22 November 2013). "UB40 singer Astro splits from band". Music Week. London, England: Intent Media.
  6. ↑ "Album charts 8 September 2013". BBC Radio 1. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
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