Specials

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Tracklist

▶CD 1: The Album

▼CD 2: Extra Specials: Too Much Too Young EP - BBC in Concert: The Specials at the Paris Theatre (15.12.79)
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Too Much Too Young (live) live recording of: Too Much Too Young lyricist and composer: Jerry Dammers	The Special A.K.A.	3	2:07
2	Guns of Navarone (live) live cover recording of: The Guns of Navarone lyricist: Paul Francis Webster composer: Dimitri Tiomkin	The Special A.K.A.	3	2:20
3	Skinhead Symphony: Long Shot Kick the Bucket/Liquidator/Skinhead Moon Stomp (live)	The Special A.K.A.	4	6:38
4	(Dawning of a) New Era recording of: (Dawning of a) New Era lyricist and composer: Jerry Dammers	The Specials	4	2:37
5	Do the Dog	The Specials	3	1:54
6	Rat Race recording of: Rat Race composer: Roderick James Byers	The Specials	4	3:06
7	Blank Expression recording of: Blank Expression writer: John Bradbury (UK drummer for The Specials/General Public), Jerry Dammers, Lynval Golding, Terry Hall, Horace Panter, Roddy Radiation and Neville Staple publisher: Plangent Visions Music Ltd.	The Specials	3	1:58
8	Rude Buoys Outa Jail recording of: Rude Boys Outa Jail writer: Lynval Golding, Horace Panter and Neville Staple	The Specials	4	2:47
9	Concrete Jungle recording of: Concrete Jungle lyricist and composer: Roderick James Byers	The Specials	4	3:08
10	Too Much Too Young recording of: Too Much Too Young lyricist and composer: Jerry Dammers	The Specials	3	2:26
11	Guns of Navarone cover recording of: The Guns of Navarone lyricist: Paul Francis Webster composer: Dimitri Tiomkin	The Specials	3	2:24
12	Nite Klub recording of: Nite Klub writer: John Bradbury (UK drummer for The Specials/General Public), Roderick James Byers, Jerry Dammers, Lynval Golding, Terry Hall, Horace Panter and Neville Staple	The Specials	4	3:06
13	Gangsters recording of: Gangsters writer: John Bradbury (UK drummer for The Specials/General Public), Roderick James Byers, Jerry Dammers, Lynval Golding, Terry Hall, Horace Panter and Neville Staple arranger: Jerry Dammers version of: Al Capone	The Specials	4	4:39
14	Medley: Long Shot Kick the Bucket/Skinhead Moonstomp	The Specials	4	5:24

Credits

Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/6949485 [info]
ASIN:	UK: B00NX6HZAQ [info]

Release Group

included in:	2 Tone: The Albums by The Specials, The Selecter, Rico Rodriguez & Various Artists

part of:	Uncut: The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006) (number: 20) (order: 20) The Guardian 100 Best Albums Ever (number: 87) (order: 87)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/8179 [info]
reviews:	https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-specials-the-specials/ [info] https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/vxbd [info]
other databases:	http://www.musik-sammler.de/album/76409 [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-specials/specials-2/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000197002 [info]
Wikidata:	Q1090708 [info]

Release information

Barcode:: 0825646336081
Format:: 2×CD
Length:: 1:32:28

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: Digipak
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data Quality:: Normal

Labels

Two-Tone Records
CDLTTR 5001

Release events

United Kingdom
2015-03-31

Release group rating

3.65 (see all ratings)

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