Guns in the Ghetto

1997 studio album by UB40

Guns in the Ghetto

Studio album by

UB40

Released

30 June 1997^[1]

Genre

Pop^[2]
reggae^[3]

Length

38:38

Label

DEP International

Producer

UB40

UB40 chronology

Promises and Lies
(1993)

Guns in the Ghetto
(1997)

Labour of Love III
(1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Chicago Tribune	^[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[5]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	^[6]
NME	5/10^[3]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[7]

Guns in the Ghetto is a studio album by UB40.^[8] It was released in 1997 on the DEP International label.

Critical reception

NME wrote that the band "play reggae with the edges filed off, made anodyne and palatable for people who aren't that interested in music any more."^[3] The New Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that the album "has good instincts and solid playing but generally weak material."^[7]

Track listing

All tracks composed by UB40

"Always There"
"Hurry Come Up"
"I Love It When You Smile"
"I've Been Missing You"
"Oracabessa Moonshine"
"Guns in the Ghetto"
"Tell Me Is It True"
"Friendly Fire"
"I Really Can't Say"
"Lisa"

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[9]	20
French Albums (SNEP)^[10]	36
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[11]	75
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[12]	16
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[13]	16
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[14]	20
US Billboard 200^[15]	176
US Top Reggae Albums^[15]	1

References

^ "Ad Focus" (PDF). Music Week. 28 June 1997. p. 23. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "UB40 – Guns in the Ghetto". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Udo, Tommy (5 July 1997). "UB40 – Guns in the Ghetto". NME. Archived from the original on 5 May 1998.
^ Knopper, Steve (18 July 1997). "UB40 Guns In the Ghetto (Virgin) (star) (star..." Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. Muze. p. 332.
^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. p. 1178.
^ ^a ^b Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). "UB40". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Fireside (Simon & Schuster). p. 835. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
^ Grant, Matthew (2003). "UB40". In Buckley, Peter (ed.). The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). Rough Guides. pp. 1114–1115. ISBN 1-85828-457-0.
^ "Austriancharts.at – UB40 – Guns in the Ghetto" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
^ "Lescharts.com – UB40 – Guns in the Ghetto". Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – UB40 – Guns in the Ghetto" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – UB40 – Guns in the Ghetto" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
^ "Charts.nz – UB40 – Guns in the Ghetto". Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
^ "Swisscharts.com – UB40 – Guns in the Ghetto". Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Guns in the Ghetto – Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 May 2014.