The Specials are back with ten songs on a brand new album. Influential, important and exhilarating live, they are a band embedded in this country's DNA. It is impossible to envisage the musical landscape without them, from the startling, angular Gangsters in 1979 to their swan song, the epoch-making Ghost Town in 1981. They infused ska with punk, homegrown political anxiety with wider issues. The Specials' ascendancy was swift. Two years, seven hit singles including two number ones, two hit albums, sell-out tours - the mass stage-invasions and audience energy only adding to the myth. They were everywhere; on Top of the Pops, Radio One, nightclubs and school discos.
The brand new album 'Encore' is avaliable to order now - TheSpecials.lnk.to/EncoreYD
a real highlight this , dammers jarring organ nagging away in the background somehow conveys the discord , great vocals too , it really does sound like rhoda is in tears near the end
Catchy and upbeat the Dancing even the World over 1984, and the Breakdancing making its first appearance at the Paris Olympics they should include these songs do the moves.Thanks Stan he did his bit on the song aswell to be blessed and part of the greatest decade of all time never to forget miss it so much oh hail the 80s atmosphere could harp on and explain vibes and feelings like no other time or place in history
The first gig I ever went to was The Specials. I loved the music and the message, it defined my life. This band gave me greedy ears and the best of times with lovely humans. Thanks to all of you! Peace.
Yeah, God may bless the killer jailbird Nelson Mandela, thanks to whom the world can see now, after 30 years, what happens when we take away the rein from those ones who can operate a civilized country and throw it amongst the naggers. The RSA has been changed from a safe, prosperous, rich country, Africa's leading industrial and economical power to a life-threatening garbage dump. Thanxalot, Mandy.
