Labour of Love

This article is about the UB40 album. For the Hue and Cry song, see Labour of Love (song). For the stage play, see Labour of Love (play). For other uses, see Labor of Love.

Labour of Love
Studio album by
UB40
Released12 September 1983
Recorded1982–83
StudioThe Manor Mobile (on tour)
Genre
Length39:52
Label
Producer
UB40 chronology
UB44
(1982) 		Labour of Love
(1983) 		Geffery Morgan
(1984)
Singles from Labour of Love
  1. "Red Red Wine"
    Released: 8 August 1983
  2. "Please Don't Make Me Cry"
    Released: 3 October 1983
  3. "Many Rivers to Cross"
    Released: 28 November 1983
  4. "Cherry Oh Baby"
    Released: 27 February 1984

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,[2] 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,[3] 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.

Following the record's success, UB40 have since released three further albums of cover versions under the Labour of Love title.

  1. ^ Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "Back to the Future: Two Tone and Mod". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 494. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
  2. ^ "Record News". Melody Maker. 3 September 1983. p. 4.
  3. ^ "Top 200 Albums – 14 April 1984". Billboard. 14 April 1984. Retrieved 12 September 2017.