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In June 2000, Q placed The Specials at number 38 on its list of the 100 greatest British albums ever. [18] Pitchfork featured The Specials at number 42 on its list of the 100 best albums of the 1970s. [19] Rolling Stone listed the album at number 68 on its list of the 100 best albums of the 1980s, as the album was not released in the US until ...
Their debut album "The Specials" (1979) and "More Specials" (1980) both achieved Gold status, while their 2019 album "Encore" hit number 1 on the UK chart. The band collaborated with Desmond Dekker on the album "King of Kings" (1993). Their work spans various formats and has seen chart success in multiple countries.
The Specials, also known as The Special AKA, were an English 2 tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. [4] After some early changes, the first stable lineup of the group consisted of Terry Hall and Neville Staple on vocals, Jerry Dammers on keyboards, Lynval Golding and Roddy Radiation on guitars, Horace Panter on bass, John Bradbury on drums, and Dick Cuthell and Rico Rodriguez ...
Tracks 14 through 16 were originally recorded under the "Special AKA" name, which the band used following the split of the original lineup in 1981. Some pressings of the album are missing track 16. Tracks listing for 'Singles' release
The Specials, in a different incarnation, previously released a cover of "Blam Blam Fever" on 2000's studio album Skinhead Girl. The track "10 Commandments" is a rebuttal to Prince Buster's "Ten Commandments", criticising the original's outdated representation of women.
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Too Much Too Young - The Special A.K.A. Live! is a live EP by the Specials with Rico Rodriguez, released on 11 January 1980. [1] On the original release, the front cover credited the performers as The Special A.K.A. featuring Rico, while the back cover mentions and the labels credited only The Specials.
Too Much Too Young: The Gold Collection is a compilation album by British Ska band The Specials.It features eight songs from their eponymous 1979 debut album Specials, along with seven songs from the subsequent More Specials album (1980), plus the track Rude Boys Outa Jail, originally only released as a double A-side single with Rat Race in 1980.