Crying Laughing Loving Lying

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Crying Laughing Loving Lying
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Studio album by
Labi Siffre
Released1972 (1972)
StudioChappell, London
Genre
Length39:29
Label Pye International
Producer Labi Siffre
Labi Siffre chronology
The Singer and the Song
(1971)		Crying Laughing Loving Lying
(1972)		For the Children
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork 9.0/10 [1]

Crying Laughing Loving Lying is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Labi Siffre, released in 1972, by Pye International.

Contents

All songs were written, performed and produced by Siffre, and the album was recorded at Chappell Studios in London.

The record contains two of Labi's best known songs: "It Must Be Love" (No. 14, 1971; later covered by and a No. 4 hit for Madness, for which Siffre himself appeared in the video) and "Crying Laughing Loving Lying" (No. 11, 1972).

Both "It Must Be Love" and "Crying Laughing Loving Lying" were released as singles in the US by Bell Records but failed to chart. The album was never released in the US. Siffre had his first US singles success as a songwriter when, in 1983, the cover version of "It Must Be Love" by Madness peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at No. 33.

Olivia Newton-John covered "Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying" on her 1975 album, Clearly Love , and Whitney covered "Crying Laughing Loving Lying" on their 2020 album Candid. [3] Kanye West sampled "My Song" on his track "I Wonder".

The remastered album was released on CD in 2006 by EMI, featuring six bonus tracks and liner notes by Siffre.

"Gimme Some More" was used in a 2020 Hershey's commercial. [4]

The song was prominently featured in Alexander Payne's 2023 film The Holdovers, starring Paul Giamatti.

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Labi Siffre

  1. "Saved" – 2:11
  2. "Cannock Chase" – 4:07
  3. "Fool Me a Goodnight" – 3:45
  4. "It Must Be Love" – 3:57
  5. "Gimme Some More" – 2:55
  6. "Blue Lady" – 5:06
  7. "Love Oh Love Oh Love" – 4:27
  8. "Crying Laughing Loving Lying" – 3:03
  9. "Hotel Room Song" – 2:54
  10. "My Song" – 4:44
  11. "Till Forever" – 1:15
  12. "Come On Michael" – 2:58

Bonus tracks on 2006 CD reissue

  2. "You Make It Easy" – 4:12
  3. "Good Old Days" – 3:12
  4. "Pristine Verses" – 3:03
  5. "You'll Let Me Know" – 3:50
  6. "Oh Me Oh My Mr City Goodbye" – 3:52
  7. "For the Lovin'" – 4:30

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Torres, Eric (11 June 2023). "Labi Siffre: Crying Laughing Loving Lying Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  2. ↑ Mitchell, Matt (25 September 2023). "Stepping Into the Museum of Slaughter Beach, Dog". Paste . Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Whitney open up with new covers album Candid: Stream". Consequence . 14 August 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Hershey's TV Spot, 'Enjoy the Backyard' Song by Labi Siffre". Ispot.tv.


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