We Work the Black Seam

"We Work the Black Seam"
"We Work the Black Seam"
Single by Sting
from The Dream of the Blue Turtles"
B-side	"The Dream of the Blue Turtles"
Released	June 17, 1985
Recorded	November 1984 – March 1985
Studio	Blue Wave Studio, Saint Philip, Barbados and Le Studio, Morin-Heights, Quebec, Canada
Genre	Pop rock; jazz rock;
Length	5:42
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Sting
Producer(s)	Sting and Pete Smith
Sting singles chronology

"We Work the Black Seam" is a 1986 song by Sting and is the sixth single from his debut studio album The Dream of the Blue Turtles. It was released as a single in Germany, New Zealand and Australia. The song expresses about the miners strike in the United Kingdom in 1984 and 1985.

We Work The Black Seam Media

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher during a working luncheon with President Ronald Reagan at Camp David
March in support of striking miners
Sting at Paris-Bercy May 3, 1986.
The Hartlepool nuclear reactor, during construction in 1983
"We tunneled deep inside the nation's soul .."
"Grimy faces were never seen ..."

References

↑ Pareles, John (17 June 1997). "The Dream of the Blue Turtles". Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/the-dream-of-the-blue-turtles-19970617. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
↑ Larkin, Colin (1999). All-Time Top 1000 Albums. Virgin Books. p. 101. ISBN 0-7535-0354-9. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021.

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[1] Pareles, John (17 June 1997). "The Dream of the Blue Turtles". Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/the-dream-of-the-blue-turtles-19970617. Retrieved 24 June 2014.

[Larkin_1999-2] Larkin, Colin (1999). All-Time Top 1000 Albums. Virgin Books. p. 101. ISBN 0-7535-0354-9. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021.

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