Serious Business (Third World album)
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| Serious Business | ||||
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| Released | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Reggae | |||
| Label | Mercury[1] | |||
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Serious Business is an album by the Jamaican band Third World, released in 1989.[2][3] "Forbidden Love" was the first single.[4] Third World supported the album with a North American tour.[5]
The album peaked at No. 107 on the Billboard 200.[6] It was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Reggae Recording".[7]
The album contains covers of "It's the Same Old Song" and "Keep Your Head to the Sky".[8][9] Daddy-O rapped on "Forbidden Love".[10] Kenny Gamble coproduced "Take This Song", which features singers from the musical Sarafina![11][12] The Brecker Brothers appeared on several tracks.[13] The title track is, in part, about apartheid in South Africa.[14]
