Digitally remastered and expanded two CD edition. Ghost Dance were a Goth Rock band founded in 1985 by ex-Sisters of Mercy guitarist Gary Marx and ex-Skeletal Family vocalist Anne Marie Hurst. Long deleted on CD, Stop the World was their second album, issued on Chrysalis in 1989 (their first LP, Gathering Dust, was a compilation of their first three EPs). Anne Marie Hurst and other band members are involved in this deluxe, which mops up lots of non-album material, from exclusive B-sides to various live tracks which were only available on a limited edition bonus 12" single..Includes the singles 'Celebrate' (a re-recording of the album version) and 'Down to the Wire' (which reached the UK Top 75). After a tour supporting the Ramones. Ghost Dance broke up soon after the release of Stop the World but Anne Marie and Gary Marx both remain active as performers to this day. Cherry Red.