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The Specials Discography
English ska revival band the Specials recorded nine studio albums, one collaboration album, five live albums, eleven compilation albums, four extended plays, twenty-three singles, and filmed five videos. Albums Studio albums Collaboration albums Live albums Compilation albums EPs Singles Compilation contributions Videography * "Dance Craze – The Best of British Ska... Live!" (VHS) * "The Special AKA on Film" (1981 VHS & Laserdisc) * "The Specials: Too Much, Too Young" (2008 DVD) * "The Best of the Specials" (CD/DVD 2008) * "The Specials – 30th Anniversary Tour" (2009 DVD) Films *''Sixteen Candles'' (1984) – song – "Little Bitch" *''Natural Born Killers'' (1994) – song – "Ghost Town" (not included on the soundtrack album) *''Multiplicity'' (1996) – song – "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" *''Grosse Pointe Blank'' (1997) – songs – "Pressure Drop", "A Message to You, Rudy" and "You're Wondering Now" *''SLC Punk!'' (1998) – songs – "Too Hot" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Specials
The Specials, also known as The Special AKA, are an English Two-tone (music genre), 2 tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. After some early changes, the first stable lineup of the group consisted of Terry Hall (singer), Terry Hall and Neville Staple on vocals, Lynval Golding and Roddy Radiation on guitars, Horace Panter on bass, Jerry Dammers on keyboards, John Bradbury (drummer), John Bradbury on drums, and Dick Cuthell and Rico Rodriguez (musician), Rico Rodriguez on horn. Their music combines the danceable rhythms of ska and rocksteady with the energy and attitude of punk rock, punk. Lyrically, they present a "more focused and informed political and social stance". The band wore mod (subculture), mod-style "1960s period rude boy outfits (pork pie hats, tonic and mohair suits and loafers)". In 1980, the song "Too Much Too Young", the lead track on their ''The Special AKA Live!'' Extended play, EP, reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart. In 1981, the recessi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Phonographic Industry
British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is the British recorded music industry's Trade association. It runs the BRIT Awards, the Classic BRIT Awards, National Album Day, is home to the Mercury Prize, and co-owns the Official Charts Company with the Entertainment Retailers Association, and awards UK music sales through the BRIT Certified Awards. Structure Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all three "major" record companies in the UK (Warner Music UK, Sony Music UK, & Universal Music UK), and over 450 independent record labels and small to medium-sized music businesses. The BPI council is the management and policy forum of the BPI. It is chaired by the chair of BPI, and includes the chief executive, chief operating officer (COO) and the general counsel. In addition it includes 12 representatives from the recorded music sector, six from major labels, two each from the three major companies, and six from the independent sector, which are selected by votin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protest Songs 1924–2012
''Protest Songs 1924–2012'' is the ninth studio album by the English ska revival band The Specials. It is the second Specials album led by the trio of Lynval Golding, Terry Hall and Horace Panter. The album entered at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart after its first week of release and spent two weeks on the chart. The album is the last to feature Hall as lead vocalist prior to his death in December 2022 at age 63. Track listing # "Freedom Highway" (Pops Staples) – 3:24 # " Everybody Knows" (Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson) – 5:23 # "I Don't Mind Failing in This World" (Malvina Reynolds) – 4:40 # "Black, Brown and White" (Big Bill Broonzy) – 2:57 # " Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Us Around" (Traditional/Clarence Carter White) – 3:46 # "Fuck All the Perfect People" (Chip Taylor) – 4:05 # "My Next Door Neighbor" (Jerry McCain) – 2:33 # " Trouble Every Day" (Frank Zappa) – 5:04 # "Listening Wind" (Brian Eno, David Byrne) – 4:05 # "I Live in a City" (Malvina Reynolds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Download
A music download (commonly referred to as a digital download) is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyrighted material without permission or legal payment. According to a Nielsen report, downloadable music accounted for 55.9 percent of all music sales in the US in 2012."All music sales" refers to albums plus track equivalent albums. A track equivalent album equates to 10 tracks. By the beginning of 2011, Apple's iTunes Store alone made 1.1 billion of revenue in the first quarter of its fiscal year. Music downloads are typically encoded with modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) audio data compression, particularly the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format used by iTunes as well as the MP3 audio coding format. Online music store Paid downloads are sometimes encoded with d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island Records
Island Records is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in 1959 by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in Jamaica, and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989. Island and A&M Records, another label recently acquired by PolyGram, were both at the time the largest independent record labels in history, with Island having exerted a major influence on the progressive music scene in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s. Island Records operates four international divisions: Island US, Island UK, Island Australia, and Island France (known as Vertigo France until 2014). Current key people include Island US president Darcus Beese, OBE and MD Jon Turner. Partially due to its significant legacy, Island remains one of UMG's pre-eminent record labels. Artists who have signed to Island Records include Bob Marley, Nick Drake, Queen, Jethro Tull, Grace Jones, Steve Winwood, King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Brian Eno, Demi Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encore (The Specials Album)
''Encore'' is the eighth studio album by the English ska revival band The Specials. It is their first studio album of original songs since 1998's ''Guilty 'til Proved Innocent!'', and their first new material with vocalist Terry Hall since 1981's "Ghost Town" single. The album features three covers of older songs; "Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys" (originally by The Equals), "Blam Blam Fever" (originally by The Valentines) and "The Lunatics" (originally by Hall and Lynval Golding's group Fun Boy Three, released in 1981 as "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)"). The Specials, in a different incarnation, previously released a cover of "Blam Blam Fever" on 2000's studio album ''Skinhead Girl''. The album entered at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart after its first week of release, falling to 5 the week after and spending 9 weeks on the charts. Track listing All tracks written by Terry Hall, Horace Panter, Lynval Golding, and Nikolaj Torp Larsen; except where indicated. # "Black Sk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conquering Ruler
''Conquering Ruler'' is a cover album by The Specials, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music). It is their third album of covers, and their seventh studio album. Like its predecessor, ''Skinhead Girl'', the tracks were recorded at 1993 sessions in the wake of an album backing Desmond Dekker. Only three of the original members of The Specials - Neville Staple, Roddy Byers and Horace Panter participated. Track listing #"Jezebel" (Wayne Shanklin) – 2:33 #"Tom Drunk" ( John Holt) – 3:12 #"Take Me as I Am" ( Jackie Edwards) – 3:17 #"Conquering Ruler" ( Derrick Morgan) – 3:12 #"Decimal Currency" (The Blenders) – 3:48 #"Promises" (Clancy Eccles) – 3:16 #"Double Barrel" (Winston Riley) – 3:40 #"Keep My Love from Fading" (B.B. Seaton) – 3:33 #"Rough and Tough" ( Stranger Cole, Duke Reid) – 3:23 #"Foolish Plan" (Johnny Osbourne) – 3:30 #"I Am a Madman" (Lee "Scratch" Perry) – 4:17 #"Salvation Train" (Lloyd Charmers) – 3:24 #"Lorna Banana" (Dennis Alcapone) – 4:4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skinhead Girl
''Skinhead Girl'' is a cover album by The Specials Released in 2000 (see 2000 in music). After a project backing ska legend Desmond Dekker on his 1993 album ''King of Kings'', producer Roger Lomas brought the band back into the studio to record covers of popular Trojan Records songs. Band member Lynval Golding left two weeks before the sessions,Original Rude Boy: From Borstal to The Specials by Neville Staple with Tony McMahon; Chapter 10: The Third Wave - America Revives Ska and was replaced by former Selecter guitarist Neol Davies on rhythm guitar. Track listing #"I Can't Hide" ( Ken Parker) - 3:32 #"Blam Blam Fever" (Carl Grant, V. Grant) - 3:25 #"Jezebel" (Wayne Shanklin) - 2:43 #"El Pussycat Ska" (Roland Alphonso, Clement Dodd) - 3:40 #"Soldering" ( Ewart Beckford) - 4:06 #"You Don't Know Like I Know" ( Isaac Hayes, David Porter) - 2:36 #"Memphis Underground" (Herbie Mann) - 3:56 #"If I Didn't Love You" (Eric "Monty" Morris) - 3:42 #"Them a Fe Get a Beatin'" ( Peter T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later became part of Universal Music Group. Pre-history MCA Inc., a powerful talent agency and a television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 with the purchase of the New York-based US Decca Records (established in 1934), including Coral Records and Brunswick Records. MCA was forced to exit the talent agency business in order to complete the merger. As American Decca owned Universal Pictures, MCA assumed full ownership of Universal and made it into a top film studio, producing several hits. In 1966, MCA formed Uni Records and in 1967, purchased Kapp Records which was placed under Uni Records management. History The early years In 1937, the owner of Decca, E. R. Lewis, chose to split off the UK Decca company from the US company (keeping his US Decca holdings), fearing the financial damage that would arise for UK Companies if the emerging hostilities of Nazi Germany should lead t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilty 'til Proved Innocent!
''Guilty 'til Proved Innocent!'' is a 1998 album by The Specials. It is the first studio album of new songs by the group since 1984, with songs written by both original and new group members. As in their previous album and tours during this era, the line-up featured original band members Neville Staple, Roddy Byers, Lynval Golding, and Horace Panter joined by new members Mark Adams, Adam Birch, and Jon Read. The album also featured drummer Charley Harrington Bembridge, who had been absent from '' Today's Specials'' but had been playing live with the group since 1994. While inevitably suffering comparisons to the music released by the classic 1979-1981 line up, ''Guilty...'' received far more favourable reviews than the reunited band's previous studio effort, the covers album '' Today's Specials'', and was generally heralded as a return to form. The song "It's You" was released as a single promoted on Modern Rock radio stations upon the album's release. "Running Away" is based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a record label owned by Universal Music Group. It originally founded as a British independent record label in 1972 by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman. It grew to be a worldwide success over time, with the success of platinum performers Paula Abdul, Janet Jackson, Devo, Tangerine Dream, Genesis, Phil Collins, OMD, the Human League, Culture Club, Simple Minds, Lenny Kravitz, the Sex Pistols, and Mike Oldfield among others, meaning that by the time it was sold, it was regarded as a major label, alongside other large international independents such as A&M and Island Records. Virgin Records was sold to EMI in 1992. EMI was in turn taken over by Universal Music Group (UMG) in 2012 with UMG creating the Virgin EMI Records division. The Virgin Records name continues to be used by UMG in certain markets such as Germany and Japan. Virgin Records America Virgin Records America, Inc. was the company's North American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Today's Specials
''Today's Specials'' is a cover album by The Specials, released in 1996 (see 1996 in music). It is the first studio album by the group since 1984, albeit not involving the full original line-up. Original members Neville Staple, Roddy Byers, Lynval Golding, and Horace Panter are joined by new members Mark Adams and Adam Birch, along with a number of sessions musicians. Lead vocals are mostly handled by Staple and Golding, with Neville's daughter Sheena Staples contributing backing vocals to the album. The album was released exclusively on CD in the US, UK and Canada, and on CD and cassette tape in the Netherlands. It did not receive favourable reviews from media or fans, with many reviewers decrying in particular the over-use of synthesizers and pre-programmed drums beats. Neville Staple claims that several of the recordings were actually produced demos, and regrets including them on the album.Original Rude Boy: From Borstal to The Specials by Neville Staple with Tony McMah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
