Labi Siffre – Crying Laughing Loving Lying
Label:
Edsel Records – EDSA 5041
Format:
CD, Album, Reissue, Digipak
Country:
UK
Released:
31 Jul 2015
Genre:
Pop
Style:
Rhythm & Blues, Soul
Tracklist
1 Saved 2:04
2 Cannock Chase
Bass – Les Hurdle
Bassoon – Stephen Maw, Vanessa Poole
Conductor – Nick Ingman
Drums – Brian Bennett
Flute – Harry Cornet, Ray Warleigh
French Horn – Hugh Potts (2), Jeff Bryant, Martyn Ford
Piano – Labi Siffre
Strings, Leader – Richard Studt
4:00
3 Fool Me A Goodnight 3:40
4 It Must Be Love
Bass – Dave Richmond
Bassoon – Robin Thompson (2)
Celesta – Labi Siffre
Drums – Barry DeSouza*
Electric Piano – Francis Monkman
Flute – Alan Skidmore, Don Fay
Ukulele – Richard Tattersall
3:52
5 Gimme Some More
Bass – Dave Richmond
Drums – Brian Bennett
Electric Piano – Peter Robinson
2:49
6 Blue Lady
Bass – Dave Richmond
Celesta – Francis Monkman
Drums – Brian Bennett
Electric Piano – Labi Siffre
5:01
7 Love Oh Love Oh Love
Bass – Dave Richmond
Drums – Brian Bennett
Electric Piano – Labi Siffre
Organ – Francis Monkman
4:23
8 Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying
Bass, Organ, Electric Piano – Labi Siffre
Drums – Barry DeSouza*
2:59
9 Hotel Room Song
Bass – Les Hurdle
Celesta – Labi Siffre
2:49
10 My Song
Bass – Les Hurdle
Bassoon – Stephen Maw, Vanessa Poole
Conductor – Nick Ingman
Drums – Brian Bennett
Flute – Harry Cornet, Ray Warleigh
French Horn – Hugh Potts (2), Jeff Bryant, Martyn Ford
Piano – Labi Siffre
Strings, Leader – Richard Studt
4:39
11 Till Forever 1:12
12 Come On Michael
Electric Piano – Labi Siffre
2:54
13 To Find Love 1:59
14 Watch Me 3:31
15 You Make It Easy 4:07
16 Good Old Days 3:08
17 Pristine Verses 2:58
18 You"ll Let Me Know 3:46
19 Oh Me Oh My Mr. City Goodbye 3:47
20 For The Lovin’ 4:28
Companies, etc.
Licensed From – Labi Siffre
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Labi Siffre
Copyright (c) – Demon Music Group Ltd.
Marketed By – Edsel Records
Recorded At – Chappell Recording Studios
Designed At – Wildlife Art & Design
Mastered At – Alchemy Mastering
Credits
Coordinator – Val Jennings
Design – Tony Hodsoll
Engineer – Colin MacLeish*, Gordon Edge (2), John Luard Timperley*, Robert Golding
Mastered By – Phil Kinrade
Photography By – David Redfern, Hipgnosis (2)
Written By, Producer, Arranged By, Guitar, Voice – Labi Siffre
Notes
His third album and the first to be produced by Labi himself, who declares it to be “the one where it all came together…singing some of my best songs”.
Issued in 1972, it features the beautiful original version of “It Must Be Love”, a # 14 hit for Labi nine years before Madness took it to the top. Also featured is “My Song”, as sampled by Kanye West for “I Wonder”, and the # 11 hit title song, also covered by Rod Stewart and Olivia Newton-John.
This digipak reissue includes eight bonus tracks (including the hit “Watch Me”, and a b-side making its first appearance on CD), lyrics and new booklet notes by Alan Robinson based on a 2015 interview with Labi Siffre himself.
Two different hype stickers have been applied to the front.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 740155504137
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): Demon Music Group EDSA5041 AG22373-01
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): EDSA5041 01
Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L578
Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI LY33
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 9721
Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI AEW22
