The Specials Specials [Special Edition] (2-CD)
Q: Included in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever"
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CD Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Released: April 7, 2015
- Originally Released: 1979
- Label: Chrysalis
Entertainment Reviews:
Spin - 6/02, p.107
"...A top-to-bottom classic..."Entertainment Weekly - 5/24/02, p.95
"...They took a curatorial approach, lacing their ska workouts with punkish vitriol...Those pining for skinny ties can view videos too..." - Rating: BQ - 1/03, p.64
Included in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever"Q - 6/00, p.74
Ranked #38 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "...Fused the energy, aggression and politics of punk with an electrified speed-addled version of ska...on a frantic musical merry-go-round..."CMJ - 1/5/04, p.6
Ranked #6 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1980".Vibe - 12/99, p.164
Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century - "...the greatest record of Britain's ska rage....they break into a creative dimension that eluded all their imitators."Tracks on Disc 1:
- 1.Gangsters
- 2.A Message To You Rudy
- 3.Do The Dog
- 4.It's Up To You
- 5.Nite Klub
- 6.Doesn't Make It Alright
- 7.Concrete Jungle
- 8.Too Hot
- 9.Monkey Man
- 10.(Dawning of A) New Era
- 11.Blank Expression
- 12.Stupid Marriage
- 13.Too Much Too Young
- 14.Little Bitch
- 15.You're Wondering Now
Tracks on Disc 2:
- 1.Too Much Too Young (Live)
- 2.Guns of Navarone (Live)
- 3.Skinhead Symphony (Live)
- 4.(Dawning of A) New Era (BBC In Concert At The Paris Theatre 15/12/79)
- 5.Do The Dog (BBC In Concert At The Paris Theatre 15/12/79)
- 6.Rat Race (BBC In Concert At The Paris Theatre 15/12/79)
- 7.Blank Expression (BBC In Concert At The Paris Theatre 15/12/79)
- 8.Rude Buoys Outa Jail (BBC In Concert At The Paris Theatre 15/12/79)
- 9.Concrete Jungle (BBC In Concert At The Paris Theatre 15/12/79)
- 10.Too Much Too Young (BBC In Concert At The Paris Theatre 15/12/79)
- 11.Guns of Navarone (BBC In Concert At The Paris Theatre 15/12/79)
- 12.Nite Klub (BBC In Concert At The Paris Theatre 15/12/79)
- 13.Gangsters (BBC In Concert At The Paris Theatre 15/12/79)
- 14.Long Shot Kick De Bucket (BBC In Concert At The Paris Theatre 15/12/79)
Product Info
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- UPC: 825646336081
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