Originally released in 1983, Labour of Love was the band’s fourth LP release and is made up entirely of UB40’s cover versions of songs by some of their favourite musical idols. It includes the hits, Red, Red Wine (UK #1); Cherry, Oh Baby (UK #12), Many Rivers To Cross (UK #16) and Please Don’t Make Me Cry (UK #10). The album reached number 1 in the UK and number 8 in the U.S. and, in 1989, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it at number 98 in their list of The 100 Greatest Albums of the ‘80s.
Tracklist
- Cherry Oh Baby
- Keep On Moving
- Please Don't Make Me Cry
- Sweet Sensation
- Johnny Too Bad
- Red Red Wine
- Guilty
- She Caught The Train
- Version Girl
- Many Rivers To Cross
- Red Red Wine
- Sufferin'
- Many Rivers To Cross
- Johnny Too Bad
- Cherry Oh Baby
- Frilla
- I've Got Mine
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