Truth be told, the only two Labi Siffre songs I knew until fairly recently were the original of 'It Must Be Love' (a hit for Madness over a decade later) and the heartfelt, albeit a bit too saccharine for me 'Something Inside So Strong'. However, listening to Mark Ronson's 'Here Comes The Fuzz' album (his debut before 'Versions' and 'Back To Black' made him a far more household name) a while back, I was struck by the River Cuomo sung 'I Suck' which appeared to be heavily based on a sample I needed to find out more about. A couple of Google clicks later led me to 'Too Late', the first track of Siffre's debut album from 1970 and an excellent slice of R&B-inflected acoustic pop.
Bonus clips: Here's Ronson's 'I Suck' - with a cute 'made for a college course' video...
... and Siffre's original version of 'It Must Be Love'.
