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Advantages: Great songs, great music, serious message
Disadvantages: Some of the songs have lost their context

...9. Little by Little 10. Signing Off 11. Madam Medusa 12. Strange Fruit 13. Reefer Madness On the original vinyl the last three tracks Madam Medusa, Strange Fruit and Reefer Madness were included as an additional 12 inch single bonus record, on the CD all the tracks are obviously on the same disc and to some extent this distorts the balance of the music and album. From the very start of the record the band leaves you in now doubt about the musical ...
..."Tyler is guilty the white judge has said so What right do we have to say it's not so" Although the themes of the song is the conviction of an innocent black man for murder by a racist court in Louisiana the sentiments that it was expressing tuned in to the feelings that existed in the UK too at the time. This was a period of police brutality, inflammatory 'Sus' laws, and increasingly oppressive race policies by the newly elected Tory government ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent covers of some old reggae standrads
Disadvantages: Sometimes a bit too slick

...it must have been a labour of love can be heard in the loving way the songs are crafted and every track reproduces the excellence of the original. As a lover of real reggae I do have to make one minor criticism and that is that the album is too good. There is far more added production and professionalism to Labour Of Love. The original Jamaican reggae artists of the 1960s were usually poor and often recorded their songs on old second hand recording ...
...limited time available in the recording studios so the songs were often recorded in one take and were little better than demo tracks. What they lacked in production excellence they more than made up for in the immediacy and the urgency of the presentation. So where the old originals will regularly feature bum notes and missed intros the remakes by UB40 are clean and slick. The album opens with the Eric Donaldson song Cherry Oh Baby which UB40 released ... Read review

Advantages: great music
Disadvantages: none

ub40 labour of love 1-3 the platinum collection is one of best albums i've brought. all three cds have the some of the best songs from ub40. there are thirty eight tracks on this album which mean theres a couple of hours of listening to one of the best bands in reggae.i listen to this album more than any of the other albums i have from the ub40 collection as i listen to this album at least every week.personally i think ub40 are one of the best reggae ... Read review

Advantages: must for your collection
Disadvantages: listening to "Red Red Wine"

...a fan ever since. The best of UB40 is a brilliant Album and i think their best one. It has some great tracks on it especially all the early stuff, which in my opinion is when they were at there best.. It has singles on it like "King",....."1 in 10"....."Food for Thought",... ..."Rat in my kitchen"......"..."Dont Break my Heart" and "Red Red Wine" which is the only UB40 record i really dont like, i think they sold out a bit when they made that ... Read review

Advantages: Really nice relaxing music
Disadvantages: None

...title says it is the very best of UB40 and the tracks included are most popular and very easy to humm :-) I recommend it to first time UB40 listeners Thanks to very helpful comments here's some information on the tracks and price 1 One In Ten 2 Red Red Wine 3 Kingston Town 4 Higher Ground 5 King 6 Cherry Oh Baby 7 I Got You Babe 8 Come Back Darling 9 Earth Dies Screaming 10 If It Happens Again 11 Don't Break My Heart 12 Can't Help Falling In Love ...
...Me Is It True 15 Rat In Mi Kitchen 16 Homely Girl 17 Light My Fire 18 Bring Me Your Cup 19 Food For Thought 20 Sing Our Own Song If you have time to browse the WWW you will find prices from £7.78 to £11.50. Just type the name of the albm into Google and start picking :-) I would recommend Amazon as being the best place to buy this Album and many more UB40 albums as they have a vast selection. ... Read review