Love Songs (UB40 Album)
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Love Songs is a compilation album by the British
reggae
band UB40
. It was issued in 2009 and includes all the love songs from the band. The album includes 17 solo tracks as well as the 2 tracks that the band performed with Chrissie Hynde
from The Pretenders and the Robert Palmer track "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight."
The album was released in time for Valentine's Day
. Upon entering the UK albums chart at #3, it had become the band's highest charting album since 1993.
United Kingdom
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reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
band UB40
UB40
UB40 are a British reggae/pop band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. The band has placed more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. One of the world's best-selling music artists, UB40 have sold over 70 million records.Their hit singles...
. It was issued in 2009 and includes all the love songs from the band. The album includes 17 solo tracks as well as the 2 tracks that the band performed with Chrissie Hynde
Chrissie Hynde
Christine Ellen "Chrissie" Hynde is an US musician best known as the leader of the rock/new wave band the Pretenders. She is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, and has been the only constant member of the band throughout its history.-Early life and career:Hynde is the daughter of a part-time...
from The Pretenders and the Robert Palmer track "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight."
The album was released in time for Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day
Saint Valentine's Day, commonly shortened to Valentine's Day, is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. The day is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine, and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496...
. Upon entering the UK albums chart at #3, it had become the band's highest charting album since 1993.
Track list
- (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You
- I Got You BabeI Got You Babe"I Got You Babe" is a 1965 #1 single by American pop music duo Sonny & Cher.-Background and composition:Sonny Bono, a songwriter and record producer for Phil Spector, wrote the lyrics to and composed the music of the song for himself and his then-wife, Cher, late at night in their basement. Session...
(Featuring Chrissie HyndeChrissie HyndeChristine Ellen "Chrissie" Hynde is an US musician best known as the leader of the rock/new wave band the Pretenders. She is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, and has been the only constant member of the band throughout its history.-Early life and career:Hynde is the daughter of a part-time...
) - Kiss And Say Goodbye
- You're Always Pulling Me Down
- Don't Break My Heart
- Please Don't Make Me CryPlease Don't Make Me Cry"Please Don't Make Me Cry" is the follow-up single to reggae group UB40's chart-topping cover of Neil Diamond's "Red Red Wine". Both singles were taken from the group's 1983 album Labour of Love. This single peaked at #10 on the singles chart in the UK, becoming their second consecutive Top 10 hit...
- I Love It When You Smile
- Homely GirlHomely Girl"Homely Girl" is a 1989 single by the band UB40. It is a cover-version of a 1974 single by The Chi-Lites which reached number 5 in the UK singles chart, number 3 in the US R&B chart, and number 54 in the Billboard Hot 100....
- Where Did I Go Wrong
- Come Back Darling
- Impossible Love
- Dream a Lie
- Tears From My Eyes
- Breakfast in Bed (UB40 And Chrissie Hynde)
- I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Robert Palmer Featuring UB40)
- Bring Me Your Cup
- I'll Be There
- Gotta Tell Someone
- Here I Am (Come And Take Me)
- I Would Do for You