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The Best of the Specials | 
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| Artist: The Specials
Label: Emd Int'l
Category: Music
Buy New: $17.98
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5099952039829
ASIN: B00133QSY0
Release Date: April 22, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
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| Tracks:
| • | Gangsters | | • | A Message to You Rudy - The Specials, Thompson, R. | | • | Nite Klub | | • | Concrete Jungle - The Specials, Radiation, R. | | • | Too Much Too Young | | • | Blank Expression | | • | Doesn't Make It Alright - The Specials, Goldberg, D. | | • | Rude Buoys Outa Jail - The Specials, Staples, N. | | • | Rat Race - The Specials, Radiation R. | | • | Man at C&A | | • | Do Nothing - The Specials, Golding, L. | | • | Stereotypes | | • | International Jet Set | | • | Friday Night, Saturday Morning - The Specials, Hall, T. | | • | Why? - The Specials, Golding, L. | | • | Ghost Town | | • | What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend | | • | Racist Friend | | • | War Crimes (The Crime Remains the Same) | | • | Nelson Mandela |
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Album Description
The Specials began ska revival in Britain, putting ska and rocksteady beats together with a level of energy and attitude taken from the punk movement. They also formed a more focused and informed political and social stance than their predecessors and peers. The band was originally formed in Coventry, in 1977, as the Coventry Automatics and later the Special A.K.A. by Jerry Dammers (songwriter/keyboardist), with Terry Hall (vocals), Lynval Golding (guitar, vocals), Neville Staples (vocals, percussion), Roddy Radiation (guitar), Sir Horace Gentleman (bass), and John Bradbury (drums). Dammers started his own label, '2-Tone' on which the Specials albums and singles were released it was named for it's multiracial outlook and also after the two-tone suits worn by the rude-boys. This CD/DVD 'Best Of' features all of the hits & videos from their first hit single 'Gangsters', 'Too Much Too Young' (a pro-contraception song which was banned by the BBC but still hit the no. 1 spot), 'Ghost Town' (released amid race-related unemployment riots), to the latter singles of 'Racist Friend' and 'Free Nelson Mandela'.
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