Description
Now not just an admired iconic and influential artist and writer of incredible timeless classic songs, Lab Siffre in 2025 became a TikTok sensation and as part of a wider catalogue reappraisal and promotion his breakthrough album from 1972 ‘Crying Laughing Loving Lying’ is reissued as the beginning of this new campaign the album features the beautiful original version of “it must be love”, a # 14 hit for labi nine years before madness took it to the top, the album title track as featured in the 2023 cult film ‘the holdovers’, ‘cannock chase’ and “my song”, as sampled by kanye west for “i wonder”.
labi’s profile has exploded in the us and beyond as the streaming, tiktok and insta generation have responded in their millions to his music and with artists as diverse as miley cyrus, greta van fleet, lady blackbird, celeste, the courteeners and whitney all covering and performing labi siffre songs, his influence continues to build and he continues to be discovered by waves of new generations every year
Tracklist
SIDE ONE
Saved
Cannock Chase
Fool Me A Goodnight
It Must Be Love
Gimme Some More
Blue Lady
SIDE TWO
Love Oh Love Oh Love
Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying
Hotel Room Song
My Song
Till Forever
Come On Michael
SIDE THREE
Watch Me
You Make It Easy
Just A Face
Good Old Days
SIDE FOUR
Pristine Verses
You’ll Let Me Know
Oh Me Oh My Mr City Goodbye
For The Lovin’
