Labour Of Love

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Nonetheless, the initial Labour of Love, released in 1983, is the point at which UB40 surrendered their anti-establishment kudos. The film featured songs from the album as its soundtrack, and the music videos for the singles "Red Red Wine", "Please Don't Make Me Cry" and "Cherry Oh Baby" were lifted directly from the film. We did Madam Medusa about Thatcher and got it played on the radio because DJs didn’t know what we were talking about,” says Ali. Labour of Love is UB40’s 4th studio album, containing covers (a form they would follow with additional Labour of Love albums down the road).

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The band defended their decision to make an album of cover versions, stating that they had always wanted to make reggae for a wide audience.With the inclusion of the new version of “Red, Red Wine,” the album regained popularity in 1988 and climbed to No. Labour of Love is the fourth studio album by British reggae band UB40, and their first album of cover versions.

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He was fairly disappointed in us starting a reggae band, but he was happy that we were writing lyrics that said something.Although he had a hand in writing the lyrics to Food for Thought and Madam Medusa, Campbell Sr was not a UB40 fan. The album was accompanied by a 30-minute film shot in black and white, also entitled Labour of Love and released on VHS video. Despite being “the biggest party band of the 80s”, Ali Campbell acknowledges that they often came off as a dour, slightly intimidating bunch.

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It peaked at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart, making it the highest-charting UB40 album since Promises and Lies, which reached number-one in 1993. P) 2009 The copyright in this compilation is owned by Reflex Recordings Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd. The album consists of cover versions of ten of the group's favourite songs by reggae artists from the period 1969 to 1972. We were eight people who had been unemployed since school, trying to wade through Thatcher’s quagmire of shit and then sing about it. In an attempt to revive some of the old renegade spirit, Ali Campbell and Astro will perform a live stream of Signing Off next month.He said of his brother Duncan's singing, "I sat back for five years and watched my brother Duncan murdering my songs. The entire album consists of cover versions of songs originally released by the group's musical idols. The album's cover art was created by Ken Ansell of the Design Clinic and featured two collages of images that illustrated each of the songs on the album (the five songs on side one were illustrated on the front cover, and the five songs on side two on the back cover). Richard Cook of NME was more reserved, feeling that UB40's versions didn't always have the impact of the originals: "I think the Campbells' memories might be deceiving them.