U2: Bono (vocals); The Edge (guitar, lap steel, piano, background vocals); Adam Clayton (bass); Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums, percussion). Additional personnel: Steve Wickham (electric violin); Kenny Fradley (trumpet); Cheryl Poirier, Adriana Kaegi, Taryn Hagey, Jessica Felton (background vocals). Recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Irel&. WAR, U2's first gold album, established them as one of the great cutting edge bands in all of contemporary music. From the insularity & ruminative sple ...

U2: Bono (vocals); The Edge (guitar, lap steel, piano, background vocals); Adam Clayton (bass); Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums, percussion). Additional personnel: Steve Wickham (electric violin); Kenny Fradley (trumpet); Cheryl Poirier, Adriana Kaegi, Taryn Hagey, Jessica Felton (background vocals). Recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Irel&. WAR, U2's first gold album, established them as one of the great cutting edge bands in all of contemporary music. From the insularity & ruminative sple ...

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Includes:: live recordings & out-takes from the " Unforgettable Fire" tour & album, 1984-85.U2: Bono

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' Best Of Labour Of Love' collects tracks from UB40's three previously released ' Labour Of Love' albums which feature cover versions of songs that have inspired the band throughout their career. The album also

Includes:: two songs specially recorded for the release ' Don't Want To See You Cry' & a version of Sam Cooke's ' Bring It On Home To Me' which is taken from the band's 2010 release ' Labour Of Love IV'.

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UB40's ' Labour Of Love IV', is their first Labour of Love album since 1998's ' Labour of Love III', & coming just in time for Valentines Day! Literally millions of people from across the globe have developed a love for Jamaican music after hearing UB40, & the band's commitment to their early influences is as strong as ever. The Labour of Love series began in 1983, with a number one album & number one single (' Red, Red Wine)'. This was followed in 1989 by LOL II, which spawned a no.4 sin ...

Remarkably holding together without a single lineup change ever since their debut in 1980, at the time of the release of this album in 2008, UB40 had suddenly lost two of their eight founding members. Singer Ali Campbell announced he was leaving in January & keyboardist Michael Virtue followed soon after. What exactly caused the split remained in dispute between the band & its ex-members, but there remains the fact that UB40 would now have to master this new situation. Coincidence or not, th ...

UB40 was the first indication that the band was abandoning the political inclinations of their earlier work & concentrating solely on pop-reggae. Of course, pop informed all of their albums since Labour of Love, but on UB40, the group concentrates solely on the grooves, from the instrumental " Dance with the Devil" to a sultry cover of " Breakfast in Bed, featuring Chrissie Hynde on vocals. Even though the album & all of its mellow grooves are thoroughly enjoyable, it's hard not to long for s ...