Labour Of Love
by UB40
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UB40 bestography
Labour Of Love is ranked 2nd best out of 29 albums by UB40 on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by UB40 is Signing Off which is ranked number 3078 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 498.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Labour Of Love track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Labour Of Love rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/14/2026 20:37 | LittleM1971 | 5,994 | 81/100 |
| ! | 02/22/2026 00:14 | culwin | 1,562 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/17/2025 16:10 | Leginlists | 3,782 | 83/100 |
| ! | 11/20/2025 20:15 | Siromynian | 1,627 | 78/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 23:44 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.9/100, a mean average of 69.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
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Not a huge reggae buff but this was a lot better than I was expecting. Pleasantly surprised. Probably due to some tracks having a familiarity about them. Front half definitely the better.
It is a thing people do, from Nanci Griffith to the Rolling Stones, make albums of remakes of the songs that influenced them. Mor often than not, they turn out kind if flat or overblown, leaky even. Not so here-- this is really the best covers album I can name, too good to miss even if reggae is not your thing...
Droophus 01/10/2020 04:42 | #246657 | TOP COMMENT
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This was an interesting concept for a record, but they really went for it. I think the result is the best covers album ever.
I bought Labour Of Love by UB40 on 14/09/2004 from on CD for £2.69 The version I have is on the record label DEP catalogue number It entered the UK charts on 24/09/1983 and got to number 1 spending a total of 76 weeks on the chart.
Easy listening feel good music
I believe the "Labour of Love" albums are albums that consist entirely of covers. I think this is the best, but "Labour of Love II: is also worthy. On multiple occasions, UB40 took Motown hits and then turned them into great reggae cover versions.
This is their best album I love the way 'Please don't make me cry' comes in off the tail end of 'Keep On Moving' all covers but great versions 'Many Rivers To Cross'.
Forget "Wine". Check out "Please dont make me cry, Sweet sensation and guilty". Real emotion and this band at its best.
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