Specials (2015 Remaster)

Specials (2015 Remaster)More Info 2015 remaster of one the greatest debut LPs ever! The Specials are an English 2 Tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. In 1980, the song "Too Much Too Young", the lead track on their The Specials AKA Live! EP, reached No. 1 in the UK, with the unemployment themed single "Ghost Town" also hit No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in 1981. The Specials was ranked among the top ten "Albums of the Year" for 1979 by NME. In June 2000 Q

The music and lyrics begin innocuously until they get to these lines: “I said the Fuh King—he went to wherever he wanted to go/Mighty mighty Fuh King/All hail the Fuh King

4 Freddie Scott (2)– Hey Girl

" taken in a hard-charging 6/8 and punctuated by joyous gospel shouts

Last Call 2:40

proves to be singer/songwriter Bill Callahan's subtlest collection of songs yet

Welch also received the Critics' Choice award at the Brits in 2009

I Will Remain Here (2:06)

Only If For A Night

The results of Tal's nearly 25-year funk-fermentation are compelling

the band he formed with Mick Jagger and Keith Richard

Nothing’s Changed

Girl In Red “Kate's Not Here”