UB40 featuring Ali Campbell & Astro, “Unprecedented.” Before Terence “Astro” Wilson passed away suddenly last fall at 64, the cofounder of UB40 recorded one final album with Ali Campbell. The duo, sometimes with Micky Virtue, constituted one of two active variations of the classic ’80s and ’90s pop-reggae band…

When a band gets to the level of entrenchment that England’s UB40 has achieved, it can make the album it wants. Referenced by jam-champions Phish and still a serviceable dad-joke punchline, UB40 has now logged more than 40 years as a band. Helped along by big hits in the…