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The Best Of
by: The Specials

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 5099952039829
Label: EMI
Manufacturer: EMI
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: EMI
Release Date: March 31, 2008
Studio: EMI
Sales Rank: 1625




Disc 1:
  1. Gangsters
  2. Message To You Rudy
  3. Nite Klub
  4. Concrete Jungle
  5. Too Much Too Young
  6. Blank Expression
  7. Doesn't Make It Alright
  8. Rude Buoys Outta Jail
  9. Rat Race
  10. Man At C And A
  11. Do Nothing
  12. Stereotypes
  13. International Jet Set
  14. Friday Night Saturday Morning
  15. Why
  16. Ghost Town
  17. What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend
  18. Racist Friend
  19. War Crimes (The Crime Remains The Same)
  20. Nelson Mandela
Disc 2:
  1. Gangsters
  2. Message To You Rudy
  3. Too Much Too Young
  4. Rat Race
  5. Do Nothing
  6. Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)
  7. Ghost Town
  8. Bright Lights
  9. Lonely Crowd
  10. Housebound
  11. Alcohol
  12. Racist Friend
  13. War Crimes (The Crime Remains The Same)
  14. Nelson Mandela
  15. Break Down The Door
  16. What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend
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Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Essential Compilation
Comprising an excellent greatest hits collection with a dvd of live performances and promo videos, this compilation is essential. Unless you're a big fan or completist this package contains everything you could want from The Specials' enduring legacy. Much of their music still sounds vital and contemporary. Along with The Beat's recent 2 cd compilation, You Just Can't Beat It (and maybe The Selecter's greatest hits), you have a capsule history of the late 70s/early 80s ska revival. Recommended.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Essential Listening
The Specials (or The Special AKA as they were known occasionally) were arguably the most influential band of the late 70s/early 80s. Formed in 1977, two years prior to Thatcher's government, it was the bands ability to mix diverse musical styles (ska, punk, reggae, rockabilly) and turn them into something immesely enjoyable which endeared them to their legions of fans, couple this together with a message of racial harmony and anti-establishment sentiments and you are just scraping the surface of the power this band had.
The Specials were the brainchild of Jerry Dammers, who formed his own record label and managed to recruit other, like minded bands (such as Madness, The Beat, The Bodysnatchers, The Selecter) with a view to forming a 'collective' ... Read More:

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