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Labour of Love

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Reggae

Labour of Love is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Neil Diamond and Tony Tribe. Those roots explain a lot about how Labour of Love arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Bronski Beat, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 4 connections around Labour of Love, reaching back through Neil Diamond and forward to Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Labour of Love is the fourth studio album by British reggae band UB40, and their first album of cover versions. Released in the UK on 12 September 1983, the album is best known for containing the song "Red Red Wine", a worldwide number-one single, but it also includes three further UK top 20 hits, "Please Don't Make Me Cry", "Many Rivers to Cross" and "Cherry Oh Baby". The album reached number one in the UK, New Zealand and the Netherlands and the top five in Canada, but only reached number 39 in the US on its original release, before re-entering the Billboard 200 in 1988 and peaking at number 14 as a result of "Red Red Wine"'s delayed success in the US.

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Labour of Love grew out of Neil Diamond and Tony Tribe, went on to shape Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Bronski Beat. 4 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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