Ghost Town / Why? / Friday Night, Saturday Morning

by The Specials

Ghost Town / Why? / Friday Night, Saturday Morning cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: 12 June 1981
  • Label: 2 Tone
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 13:29
  • Community rating: 4.07/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: John Collins

Album Notes & Community Reviews

An eerie, diminished-chord reggae track that perfectly captured the bleak reality of urban decay and racial tension in Thatcherite Britain. Released concurrently with widespread rioting across the UK, 'Ghost Town' spent three weeks at number one, becoming an accidental national anthem of disenfranchisement. The band infamously broke up in the Top of the Pops dressing room shortly after performing the song.

Genres

Descriptors: conscious, protest, rhythmic, violence

Tracklist

  1. Ghost Town (Extended Version) (6:02)
  2. Why? (3:55)
  3. Friday Night, Saturday Morning (3:32)

Credits

  • The Specials - primary artist
  • John Dent - lacquer cut by
  • Jerry Dammers - written-by
  • Lynval Golding - written-by
  • Terry Hall - written-by

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