Labour of Love

by Mass

Labour of Love cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: 4 May 1981
  • Label: 4AD
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 42:10
  • Community rating: 3.76/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Mass released 'Labour of Love' through 4AD before members moved into later projects connected to the label's early gothic and post-punk orbit. The record's short, tense format emphasizes heavy atmosphere, abrasive guitars, and ritualistic rhythmic pressure.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, rhythmic, scary, noisy, abrasive

Tracklist

  1. Mass (9:43)
  2. Why (1:09)
  3. Ill (5:27)
  4. Why (1:22)
  5. Isn't Life Nice (2:26)
  6. Elephant Talk (3:59)
  7. F.A.H.T.C.F. (7:21)
  8. Cross Purposes (4:31)
  9. Innocence (6:12)

Credits

  • Jack Adams - lacquer cut by
  • Danny Briottet - performer [uncredited]
  • Gary Asquith - performer [uncredited]
  • Mark Cox - performer [uncredited]
  • Michael Allen - performer [uncredited]

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