Earth Crisis (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Earth Crisis
Type = Album
Artist = Steel Pulse


Released = January, 1984
Recorded = Horizon Studio, Coventry, England, 1983
Genre = Reggae
Length = 38:44
Label = Elektra
Producer = Jimmy Haynes & Steel Pulse
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ei6xlf3egcqu]
* Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jnfixqlsldae (Bonus)] |
Last album = "True Democracy"
(1982)
This album = "Earth Crisis"
(1984)
Next album = "Babylon The Bandit"
(1986)

"Earth Crisis" is a roots reggae album released by Steel Pulse in January, 1984. It is Steel Pulse's fifth studio album. On the album, are pictures of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, the late Pope John Paul II, a Ku Klux Klansman, a Vietnamese refugee, and other historical pictures.

"Earth Crisis" peaked at #154 on The Billboard 200 chart in 1984.

Track listing

All tracks written by David Hinds.

#"Steppin' Out" – 4:02
#"Tightrope" – 4:10
#"Throne of Gold" – 4:25
#"Roller Skates" – 4:54
#"Earth Crisis" – 4:55
#"Bodyguard" – 4:26
#"Grab Education" – 6:12
#"Wild Goose Chase" – 5:40

Songs

Wild Goose Chase

"Wild Goose Chase" is the eighth song on this album. The song's lyrics are critical of the misuse of technology. The musicians who perform this song, however, make extensive use of electronic synthesizers, vocoders and talk boxes, which exemplify a harmless form of advanced tecnhnology, while contributing to the song's message and unique sound.

This song laments the misguided use of technology for purposes which the song's author, David Hinds, views as unnatural, such as in vitro fertilization.

Personnel

*Steve "Grizzly" Nesbitt - drums & percussion
*Selwyn "Bumbo" Brown - Keyboards & vocals
*David Hinds - Lead vox, rhythm, & Lead Guitar
*Alphonso Martin - percussion & vocals
*Ronald "Stepper" McQueen - Bass
*Jimmy Haynes - Bass & Lead Guitar
*Carl Atkins - Sax solo