- reggae, dub, pop reggae
- 40 min
- 10 tracks
- A&M Records
Labour of Love is the fourth studio album by British reggae band UB40, and their first album of cover versions. Released in the UK on 12 September 1983, the album is best known for containing the song "Red Red Wine", a worldwide number-one single, but it also includes three further UK top 20 hits, "Please Don't Make Me Cry", "Many Rivers to Cross" and "Cherry Oh Baby".
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Classical in form, character-led, spare and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
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Tracks
- A1Cherry Oh Baby3:18
- A2Keep On Moving4:38
- A3Please Don't Make Me Cry3:25
- A4Sweet Sensation3:41
- A5Johnny Too Bad4:60
- B1Red Red Wine5:21
- B2Guilty3:17
- B3She Caught the Train3:17
- B4Version Girl3:27
- B5Many Rivers to Cross4:32
10 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- UB40
- Label
- A&M Records
- Released
- 1983
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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