Siffre, Labi - Crying Laughing Loving Lying: 50th Anniversary (180 Gram Vinyl, Black, Half-Speed Mastering, United Kingdom - Import) Romantic Images (Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl)

Siffre, Labi - Crying Laughing Loving Lying: 50th Anniversary (180 Gram Vinyl, Black, Half-Speed Mastering, United Kingdom - Import) Romantic Images (Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl)Labi Siffre's third album was 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

' your whole world expands in ways you never imagined

finally freed from form

released in the United States on February 14

despite lasting trauma

The album includes the evergreen 'Big Brown Eyes' & 'All We Do For Love' which was heavily supported by Frank Ocean on his Blonde playlist

Sufjan makes us feel less alone

More Beautiful Than Barbie

as well as a string quartet-Scot Moore (violin)

shaking his head

the wisdom of his hometown and the wisdom he could only gain once he left

"Sometimes I'd do this multiple times on one recording or layer- it gave me such a unique and unexpected sound

and sonorous voices are guaranteed to light up your night