''Ska'n'B'' is the first album by British 2 Tone and ska band
Bad Manners from the year 1980. It reached number 34 on the UK album chart.
Track listing
*All songs by Bad Manners unless noted.
# "
Ne-Ne Na-Na Na-Na Nu-Nu" (Eddie Dean, Al Dredick) – 2:35
# "Here Comes the Major" – 2:54
# "Fatty Fatty" (
Clancy Eccles
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,
Leroy Sibbles
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In addition to his work with The Heptones, Sibbles was a session bassist and arr ...
) – 2:25
# "King Ska/Fa" – 4:22
# "
Monster Mash
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" (Leonard Capizzi,
Bobby "Boris" Pickett
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) – 3:01
# "
Caledonia" (
Louis Jordan, Fleecie Moore) – 2:58
# "Magnificent 7" (
Elmer Bernstein) – 2:31
# "
Wooly Bully
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" (
Domingo Samudio) – 3:09
# "
Lip Up Fatty
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" – 2:48
# "
Special Brew
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" – 3:37
# "Inner London Violence" – 3:56
# "Scruffy, The Huffy Chuffy Tugboat" – 1:39
* 2011 Bonus Tracks
# "Holidays" – 2:12
# "Night Bus to Dalston" – 2:18
# "Lip Up Fatty" (Extended Edition) – 4:42
# "Special Brew" (Single Version) – 3:19
# "Ivor The Engine" – 2:27
Personnel
;Bad Manners
*
Buster Bloodvessel – vocals
*Louis 'Alphonso' Cook – guitar
*David Farren – bass
*Brian Tuitt – drums
*
Martin Stewart – keyboards
*Chris Kane – saxophone
*Andrew Marson – saxophone
*Paul "Gus" Hyman – trumpet
*Winston Bazoomies – harmonica
Credits
Roger Lomas – Production
Notes
Recorded at Horizon Studios, Coventry
References
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1980 debut albums
Bad Manners albums
Magnet Records albums