The Best Of The Specials

The Best Of The Specials

2xLP CRTTVX1143
£29.99 In stock

Tracklist

1 Gangsters
2 A Message To You Rudy
3 Nite Klub (Album Version)
4 Concrete Jungle
5 Too Much Too Young (Live)
6 Blank Expression
7 Doesn't Make It Alright
8 Rude Boys Outa Jail
9 Rat Race
10 Man At C&A
11 Do Nothing (Single Version)
12 Stereotypes
13 International Jet Set (Album Version)
14 Friday Night, Saturday Morning
15 Why?
16 Ghost Town (Full Version)
17 What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend (Album Version)
18 Racist Friend (Single Version)
19 War Crimes (Single Version)
20 Nelson Mandela (Single Version)

The Best of The Specials covers music that the band recorded between 1979 and 1984. Along with the group's debut single "Gangsters," the album also includes both of The Specials' UK number ones: "Too Much Too Young" (1980) and an extended version of "Ghost Town" (1981).

Also featured are several songs that cracked the UK Top 10, including "A Message To You, Rudy," "Rat Race," "Do Nothing," a medley of "Stereotype" and "Stereotypes (Part 2)," as well as the Special AKA 1984 protest song "Nelson Mandela."