"Ghost Town'' by The Specials (Print by Morgan Howell)

"Ghost Town'' by The Specials (Print by Morgan Howell)In 1981Ghost Town spent three weeks at number one and 10 weeks in total in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. Addressing themes of urban decay, deindustrialisation, unemployment and violence in inner cities, the song is remembered for being a hit at the same time as riots were occurring in British cities. Internal tensions within the band were also coming to a head when the single was being recorded, resulting in the song being the last single

"It's a fabulous riff

with Bowie using a red Fender Stratocaster as a prop

The Choice

All pressings contain three art reproductions by Adolf Lachman and feature a coupon with a code to download MP3/FLAC versions of the album

and we wanted to make it more electronic

The Rolling Stones' cut of 'It's All Over Now' is the most famous version of the song

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Let the Battles Begin

It’s upbeat clever-clever angular guitar pop

Here We Are

The Main Gate

The song opens with a single guitar repeatedly playing a simple four note riff before the rhythm guitar comes in with chords and the drums and lyrics begin