Labour Of Love Vol.1 - UB40

...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 ...

polydeuces 24.09.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Labour Of Love Vol.1 - UB40

I brought this on holiday in devon with my parents in 1984. Part of the reason I brought it was boy I was going out with loved UB40 and it was a present for him. When I got back from devon, he was with someone else, so I kept it. The best decision ever made thanks David lol Well I listened to it, and loved it. I have since replaced my old vinyl with a newer CD. I still listen to it now, and still love every song on it. I am not a huge reggae ...
...in love with Ali C even now although a few years older he is still cute! Red Red Wine has to be my favourte track on here, memories of summers past. in order of best tracks red red wine johnny too bad sweet sensation (robin and ali brothers together!) please dont make me cry version girl guilty many rivers to cross cherry oh baby she caught the train This album will and has stood the test of time, classic. ...

alleykatz 30.07.2000 · Read full review
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Review of Labour Of Love Vol.1 - UB40