#AlternateFridayMusic
March 3, 2023
The word is "Earth"

#UB40, “The Earth Dies Screaming” 7", 12" singles and 7" included with some versions of #LP "Signing Off"

Before UB40 hit upon the formulaic license to print money that their Labour of Love covers albums became (a far cry from the unemployment benefits form that gave them their name), they were an earnest #PostPunk #reggae band from the same interracial UK milieu that birthed their spikier #TwoTone #ska contemporaries, heard in the States only on college radio. (Shoutout to #wrtcfm in #Hartford.)

The sophisticated yet biting “The Earth Dies Screaming” epitomizes the band’s purity at the time of their debut.

#80s #80sMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWl69ZOINfE