Labor of Love (Sammy Kershaw album)

Labor of Love
Studio album by
Sammy Kershaw
ReleasedNovember 4, 1997 (1997-11-04)
StudioCompass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas. Cayman Moon Recorders, Berry Hill, TN, The Castle, Franklin, TN, Sound Stage Studios, Wedgewood Studios, Nashville, TN
GenreCountry
Length36:39
LabelMercury Nashville
ProducerKeith Stegall
Sammy Kershaw chronology
Politics, Religion and Her
(1996) 		Labor of Love
(1997) 		Maybe Not Tonight
(1999)
Singles from Labor of Love
  1. "Love of My Life"
    Released: October 20, 1997
  2. "Matches"
    Released: March 23, 1998
  3. "Honky Tonk America"
    Released: June 27, 1998
  4. "One Day Left to Live"
    Released: October 10, 1998
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Labor of Love is the fifth studio album by the American country music artist Sammy Kershaw. It was released in 1997 (see 1997 in country music) on Mercury Records. It was his third album to achieve RIAA platinum certification and his highest-charting album on the Top Country Albums charts, where it peaked at #5.

In order of release, this album's singles were "Love of My Life", "Matches", "Honky Tonk America" and "One Day Left to Live", which respectively reached #2, #22, #31 and #35 on the Hot Country Songs charts. "Little Did I Know" was co-written by Dave Gibson (formerly of the Gibson/Miller Band) and Bill McCorvey, lead vocalist of Pirates of the Mississippi.