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...them to be just another one hit wonder band from the 80s (their 1983 single "Red Red Wine" is lost somewhere in my dusty cassette collection but is still alive on my MP3 player), UB40 has not died, and neither has reggae. While hints of '90s pop and European disco influences surface throughout Labour of Love III, rich, warm harmonies and gentle, rocking beats transport listeners once again to those light hippie days of the '70s. Still, it's hard not to smile at lyric eloquence like "I love you. I love you. I love you. I really...

Author: By By SARAH D. redmond, | Title: Album Review: Labour of Love III by UB40 | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

...your age or disposition keeps you from club hopping, here's a tip: two of the hottest songs the kids are dancing to are spoken-word texts with a disco beat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 5, 1999 | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

...splash in the film and music worlds in 1997 with her persuasive portrayal of Selena. An early listen to her yet untitled June album shows she has an inviting, sultry voice, with plenty of poise. Produced by Puff Daddy, among others, the CD hedges its bets by blending disco-influenced R. and B. with a traditional Spanish flavor. "It's a mix of urban and Latin influences," says Lopez, "stuff that makes me dance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Spicing The Mix: Latin pop prepares to take on America | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

Versace, Ray-Bans, Michael Milken, Duran Duran, Odeon, Christie Brinkley. Partying all night through downtown Manhattan's glam disco scene. Sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll--and a guy who discovers that he really loved his mother too. If you can get past the notion that Bright Lights, Big City, Jay McInerney's 1984 novel about a Manhattan yuppie on a downward spiral, is a time capsule whose time has passed, it's actually not a bad idea for a musical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: The Last Days of Disco | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

...wife, with whom he's still obsessed, and his mother, whose death a year earlier he still hasn't come to terms with. Greif's production has a sleek, metallic-fluorescent look (with a catwalk above the stage for the band and occasional actors) that transforms smoothly from disco floor to subway train to magazine office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: The Last Days of Disco | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

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