Labour of Love
UB40
Engineer: Dan Armstrong,
Producer: UB40
Virgin Records (USA), 2003
3 CD
Catalogue #: 84724
EAN: 0724358472424
UPC: 724358472424
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UB40: Ali Campbell, Robin Campbell (vocals, guitar); Norman Lamont Hassan (vocals, harmonica, percussion); Earl Falconer (vocals, bass); Astro (vocals); Brian Travers (saxophone); Michael Virtue (keyboards); James Brown (drums).
Additional personnel: Martin Meredith (alto saxophone); Laurence Parry (trumpet, flugal horn, trombone); Patrick Tenyue, Henry Tenyue (trumpet); Henry Tenyue (trombone); Dan Armstrong, Danny Canaan (keyboards).
Recorded at Dep International Studios, Birmingham, England. Includes liner notes by Doctor X.
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UB40
Coming to prominence in the '80s, reggae ambassadors UB40 were not only the first British reggae band to achieve mainstream pop crossover success, but essentially the only reggae artists since the Wailers to ever break through to the US in a major way. Though their later work was softened a bit with pop production, they've always paid homage to their roots; their seminal album LABOUR OF LOVE is strictly covers of reggae classics, whose original performers they'd later collaborate with on new recordings.
