Specials [Special Edition] (2-CD)

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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: B

Q - 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)