''Crying Laughing Loving Lying'' is a 1972 release by

Labi Siffre Claudius Afolabi Siffre (born 25 June 1945) is a British singer, songwriter and poet. Siffre released six albums between 1970 and 1975, and four between 1988 and 1998. His best known compositions include " It Must Be Love" which reached number 1 ...

. All songs were written, performed and produced by

. 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 U.S. by Bell Records but failed to chart. The album was never released in the U.S. Siffre had his first U.S. singles success as a songwriter when, in 1983, the cover version of "It Must Be Love" by Madness peaked in the

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chart at #33.

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covered the song on her 1975 album '' Clearly Love''.

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sampled "My Song" on his track " I Wonder". The remastered album was released on CD in 2006 by

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featuring 6 bonus tracks and liner notes by

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

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covered "Crying Laughing Loving Lying" on their 2020 album Candid.

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Labi Siffre # "Saved" – 2:11 # "Cannock Chase" – 4:07 # "Fool Me a Goodnight" – 3:45 # " It Must Be Love" – 3:57 # "Gimme Some More" – 2:55 # "Blue Lady" – 5:06 # "Love Oh Love Oh Love" – 4:27 # "Crying Laughing Loving Lying" – 3:03 # "Hotel Room Song" – 2:54 # "My Song" – 4:44 # "Till Forever" – 1:15 # "Come On Michael" - 2:58

Bonus Tracks on 2006 CD Reissue

# "You Make It Easy" - 4:12 # "Good Old Days" - 3:12 # "Pristine Verses" - 3:03 # "You'll Let Me Know" - 3:50 # "Oh Me Oh My Mr City Goodbye" - 3:52 # "For The Lovin'" - 4:30

Personnel

*Labi Siffre - vocals, guitar, bass, piano, electric piano, organ, celesta *Les Hurdle,

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- bass *Brian Bennett, Barry De Souza - drums *

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, Peter Robinson - electric piano *Richard Tattersall - ukulele *Harry Cornet, Ray Warleigh, Alan Skidmore, Don Fay - flute *Hugh Potts, Jeff Bryant, Martyn Ford - French horn *Stephen Maw, Vanessa Poole, Robin Thompson - bassoon *Richard Studt - string leader *

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- conductor

References

External links

Labi Siffre's own website
1972 albums Labi Siffre albums Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis {{1970s-pop-album-stub