More Specials is a Reggae album by The Specials, originally released in 1980. On Gatefold: 101 pressings tracked, owned by 15 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Reggae
- Ska
- jangly
- playful
- groovy
About
More Specials is an October 1980 album from the ska band The Specials. The album was the band's second, after Specials, and expanded the group's 2 tone sound to include lounge music and other influences. It includes collaborations with The Go-Go's, Rhoda Dakar from The Bodysnatchers and Lee Jay Thompson from Madness. The lyrics, like the previous album, were often intensely political and expressed outrage over the perceived hypocrisies of the UK government. Although More Specials was a hit in the two-tone movement, a late-1970s revival of Jamaican ska from the 1960s, it is broadly considered as one of the .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)3:39
- A2Man At C & A3:36
- A3Hey, Little Rich Girl3:35
- A4Do Nothing3:43
- A5Pearl's Cafe3:07
- A6Sock It To 'Em J.B.2:56
Side B
- B1Stereotypes / Stereotypes Part 27:24
- B2Holiday Fortnight2:45
- B3I Can't Stand It4:01
- B4International Jet Set5:37
- B5Enjoy Yourself (Reprise)1:46
Side C
- CBraggin' & Tryin' Not To Lie3:21
Side D
- DRude Boys Outa Jail (Version)4:04
Credits
Performers
- Belinda CarlisleBACKING VOCALS
- Charlotte CaffeyBACKING VOCALS
- Jane WiedlinBACKING VOCALS
- Sir Horace GentlemanBASS
- Roddy RadiationGUITAR
- Lynval GoldingGUITAR BACKING VOCALS
- Jerry DammersORGAN PIANO
- Rico RodriguezTROMBONE
- Terry HallVOCALS
- Neville StapleVOCALS PERCUSSION
- Lee "Kix" ThompsonSAXOPHONE
- Paul HeskettSAXOPHONE FEATURING
- Rhoda DakarVOCALS
- John BradburyDRUMS
- Go-Go'sBACKING VOCALS
15 collectors on Gatefold own this · 101 pressings tracked on Gatefold