Tracks
Side A
- 11989Dutch Top 40: peak position 8 in week 11 of 1990, 8 weeks in the chartHere I Am / Small Axe (Come And Take Me)4:17D♯ minor
- 21989Dutch Top 40: peak position 15 in week 18 of 1991, 6 weeks in the chartTears From My Eyes3:51B major
- 31989Dutch Top 40: peak position 18 in week 3 of 1991, 6 weeks in the chartGroovin' (Out On Life)3:50C minor
- 41989Dutch Top 40: peak position 11 in week 35 of 1990, 7 weeks in the chartThe Way You Do The Things You Do3:03G♯ minor
- 51989Wear You To The Ball3:31C major
- 61989Singer Man3:54D minor
- 71989Dutch Top 40: peak position 1 in week 19 of 1990, 14 weeks in the chartKingston Town3:52
Side B
- 11989Baby3:21A♯ major
- 21989Wedding Day3:12A major
- 31989Sweet Cherrie3:18F minor
- 41989Stick By Me3:44G♯ major
- 51989Just Another Girl3:35C♯ minor
- 61989Dutch Top 40: peak position 2 in week 1 of 1990, 13 weeks in the chartHomely Girl3:25D major
- 71989Impossible Love5:12D♯ minor
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of Labour Of Love II
Labour Of Love II sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 131 bpm.
Quietest track: Groovin' (Out On Life) · most energetic: Stick By Me
Across 14 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
The eight members of UB40 around the time of Labour Of Love II, with the years they belonged to the group. This is the band line-up around that time, not necessarily who is heard on the album. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
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Brian Travers
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Frequently asked questions
When was Labour Of Love II by UB40 released?
Labour Of Love II came out in 1989.
How many tracks are on Labour Of Love II?
Labour Of Love II has 14 tracks, 53 minutes in total, spread over two vinyl sides.
Which tracks from Labour Of Love II made the Dutch Top 40?
Six tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Here I Am / Small Axe (Come And Take Me), Tears From My Eyes, Groovin' (Out On Life), The Way You Do The Things You Do, Kingston Town and Homely Girl. The highest was Kingston Town, at number 1 in week 19 of 1990.
Which category is Labour Of Love II in?
Labour Of Love II is filed under studio albums. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by UB40.
Which other albums by UB40 are in the collection?
The collection holds four more albums by UB40: Signing Off (1980), Labour Of Love (1983), Rat In The Kitchen (1986) and Collected (2013).
Who was in UB40 when Labour Of Love II came out?
In 1989, UB40 consisted of Ali Campbell, Robin Campbell, Earl Falconer, Jim Brown, Norman Hassan, Brian Travers, Michael Virtue and Astro. That is the line-up of the group in that year, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of Labour Of Love II mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play Labour Of Love II?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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