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Favorite Songs of All Time: 1982-1983
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UB40 are not great innovators, but they are great imitators, and, in a sense, Labour of Love made them the Pat Boone of reggae. Featuring a handsome and clean-cut (by reggae standards) white singer, Ali Campbell, UB40 covered Jamaican standards and turned millions of Americans and Europeans on to another form of black music. Interestingly enough, the album's smash hit, "Red Red Wine," was a cover of a rocksteady cover of a Neil Diamond track. Being that UB40 had the pick of the reggae litter, Labour of Love is chock full of stellar material. From Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers to Cross" to the Melodians' &q
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Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
Release date: 11 March 1997
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0077778641223 UPC: 077778641223
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Release date: 11 March 1997
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0077778641223 UPC: 077778641223
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Favorite Songs of All Time: 1982-1983