"There was a moment at the dawn of the day when UB40 were a genuinely exciting proposition, carving their way through a barbed and barbarous mix of political protest, social comment, and seething frustration. And that's the band that takes the stage here, a July 1981 performance for German TV's Rockpalast series that opens with the militant "Present Arms" and then romps on through "Tyler," "The Earth Dies Screaming," and "One in Ten." If anyone needed a snapshot of just how grim life was at the sticky end of early-'80s England, with Margaret Thatcher sinking her teeth into the rump of young and poor alike, UB40 painted it with brutal brushstrokes, and then set it to such an absurdly compulsively danceable soundtrack that it's no surprise how huge they eventually became. Still, "Food For Thought" is the well-titled reminder of just how powerful UB40 were at the outset, an 81-minute digest of their first two albums, presented with the electricity sparking and the boiler in overload." (Dave Thompson, Allmusic)
