Album
More Specials
1980 · Reggae
30 collectors on Gatefold own this
More Specials is a Reggae album by The Specials, originally released in 1980. On Gatefold: 101 pressings tracked, owned by 30 collectors.
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 first 'lounge music' albums with far less emphasis on ska beats that its preceding album.
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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
Sound DNA
- Reggae
- Ska
- jangly
- playful
- groovy
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Belinda CarlisleBACKING VOCALS
- Charlotte CaffeyBACKING VOCALS
- Go-Go'sBACKING VOCALS
- Jane WiedlinBACKING VOCALS
- Jerry DammersORGAN ORGAN, PIANO PIANO
- John BradburyDRUMS
- Lynval GoldingBACKING VOCALS GUITAR GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS
- Neville StaplePERCUSSION PERCUSSION, VOCALS VOCALS
- Rico RodriguezTROMBONE
- Roddy RadiationGUITAR
- Sir Horace GentlemanBASS
- Terry HallVOCALS
- Lee "Kix" ThompsonGUEST, SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE
- Paul HeskettFEATURING, SAXOPHONE GUEST, SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE
- Rhoda DakarGUEST, VOCALS VOCALS
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