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Signing Off is the debut album by British band , released in the UK on 29 August 1980 by -based independent label Graduate Records. It was an immediate success in their home country, reaching number 2 on the , and made UB40 one of the many popular reggae bands in Britain, several years before the band found international fame. The politically-concerned lyrics struck a chord in a country with widespread public concerns about high unemployment, the policies of the recently elected under , and the rise of the racist party, while the record's -influenced rhythms reflected the late 1970s influence in British pop music of introduced by immigrants from the after the , particularly reggae and – this was typified by the movement, at that point at the height of its success and led by fellow act , with whom UB40 drew comparisons due to their band line-up and socialist views.
Still considered by many fans and music critics to be UB40's best album, Signing Off was reissued for its 30th anniversary in 2010 as a "collector's edition" containing bonus tracks and a DVD of the videos for the singles plus television footage of the band from the time of the album's release.