Labour of Love

UB 40 | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 11, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1983
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B000000WIW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,998 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Media Type: CD
Artist: UB40
Title: LABOUR OF LOVE
Street Release Date: 03/11/1997
Domestic
Genre: REGGAE

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST OF THEIR CAREER, November 2, 2000

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[e-mail] (BOLTON, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Labour of Love (Audio CD)

Out of all three albums in UB40s' Labour Of Love series this very first one is most defintley the very best with a complete run of classic sounding reggae tracks. RED RED WINE is perharps the most instantly memroable song on the album but running closley behind that is the excellent JOHNNY TOO BAD. That song has to be one of the very best in their career to date. A real gem! Ali Campells vocals are crystal clear and strong on every track and the highlights also include MANY RIVERS TO CROSS, SWEET SENSATION, PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME CRY and SHE CAUGHT THE TRAIN. Possibly the greatest album of their career to date. Its certainly a delight to listen to. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Highly underrated and unappreciated album!, June 22, 2010

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Gary Anderson (Spokane Washington) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Labour Of Love (MP3 Download)

Back in 1983 when this came out I was 8 years old. I went to the store with my Dad and he let me pick out three albums (all on vinyl), and one of those was this album. There's something about this album that just picks me up when I'm down. Anytime I'm stressed or anything I can put this on and it'll have this "cheering up" effect on me.

Now, the big knock on this is it's simply an album of cover songs. Songs that were made famous by other people. This IS true, however I think that simply relegating this into a category of "covers" is really doing the album a disservice.

Yes, it's covers, but we've all heard cover songs of famous songs that were horrible. That you wouldn't listen to more than once. This is not an album like that.

Featuring mostly reggae classics such as "Many Rivers to Cross" by Jimmy Cliff, "Cherry Oh Baby" by Eric Donaldson, and of course their smash hit, their version of "Red Red Wine" originally by Neil Diamond.

One of the standout tracks, however, is a song called "Guilty" a reggae track originally by Tiger, which details the singer's feelings of guilt as it pertains to a failed relationship.

In 1989, Rolling Stone released their list of the top 100 albums of the entire decade of the 80's, and this album clocked in at #98.

I knock a star off because, as I said, this IS an album of cover songs, and there were no original music by the band, however it's impossible for me to take any more off, and there's very little to find fault with in this album.

A near perfect masterpiece from this UK band. Buy with confidence

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Unpretentious reggae covers., September 27, 2008

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Philip Bradshaw (toronto canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Labour of Love (Audio CD)

The negative reviewers have it all wrong. This LP is simply a collection of reggae covers by a bunch of guys who love reggae. The songs are done enthusiastically and without any pretense. These songs derive from a time when reggae was dance music - before it was politicized. Enjoy it for what it is.