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Labour of Love 1983
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Labour of Love

UB40 released *Labour of Love* in September 1983. They recorded the album in The Manor Mobile studio while on tour. The album consists of covers of songs by other artists, a feature that gave it a distinctive sound. Among them, the most famous is “Red Red Wine,” a Neil Diamond song that became a global hit.

Year
1983
Songs
10
Duration
39 min 56 seg

About the album

Labour of Love, according to DoReSol

The album also includes "Please Don't Make Me Cry," "Many Rivers to Cross," and "Cherry Oh Baby," which reached the top 20 in the UK. Labour of Love reached number one in the UK, New Zealand, and the Netherlands, but in the United States it took a little longer to find its place, entering the Billboard 200 in 1988 thanks to the success of "Red Red Wine."

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