Today's Specials

Today's Specials

Infobox Album
Name = Today's Specials
Type = Cover album
Artist = The Specials


Released = May 14, 1996
Recorded =
Genre = Ska
Length =
Label = Virgin
Producer = Tom Lowry, Neville Staple, Stoker
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kzfoxqrhldke link]
Last album = "" (1996)
This album = "Today's Specials" (1996)
Next album = "Guilty 'Til Proved Innocent!" (1998)

"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 although not in the full original line-up.

Track listing

#"Take Five" (Paul Desmond) - 3:56
#"Pressure Drop" (Toots Hibbert) - 4:18
#"Hypocrite" (Bob Marley) - 3:25
#"Goodbye Girl" - 3:57
#"A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" (Neil Diamond) - 4:32
#"Time Has Come" - 5:09
#"Dirty Old Town" (Ewan MacColl) - 3:33
#"Somebody Got Murdered" (The Clash) - 3:06
#"Shanty Town 007" (Desmond Dekker/Leslie Kong) - 3:57
#"Simmer Down" (Marley) - 3:46
#"Maga Dog" (Peter Tosh) - 2:54
#"Bad Boys" (Beckford Bailey) - 5:08

Personnel

*Neville Staple - vocals, producer
*Roddy Byers - vocals, guitar
*Lynval Golding - guitar, vocals, harmonica, mixing
*Horace Panter - bass guitar
*Mark Adams - organ, keyboards, backing vocals, programming, mixing
*Adam Birch - trombone, trumpet, horn, flugelhorn
*Aitch Hyatt - drums, backing vocals
*Sheena Staple - backing vocals
*Stoker - producer, mixing
*Tom Lowry - producer, programming, engineer
*Jim Lansberry - programming, mixing, engineer


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Specials — The Specials The Specials Pays d’origine Coventry, Angleterre Genre(s) 2 tone, Ska …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Specials — The Specials sind eine englische 2 Tone Ska Musikband. Sie wurden 1977 zunächst unter dem Namen The (Coventry) Automatics gegründet, bevor sie sich 1978 umbenannten. Die Sänger der Band waren Terry Hall und Neville Staples. In einem von… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • The Specials — Pays d’origine Coventry, Angleterre Genre musical 2 tone …   Wikipédia en Français

  • The Specials — Datos generales Origen Coventry, Inglaterra Estado En activo Información artística …   Wikipedia Español

  • The Specials — Infobox musical artist Name = The Specials Img capt = Background = group or band Origin = Coventry, England Genre = 2 Tone, Ska, New Wave Years active = 1977 1981 2008 present Label = 2 Tone, Chrysalis URL = Current members = Jerry Dammers Terry… …   Wikipedia

  • More Specials — Studio album by The Specials Released October 1980 …   Wikipedia

  • Дискография The Specials — Основная статья: The Specials Дискография британской ска группы The Specials. Содержание 1 Студийные альбомы 2 Синглы 3 Мини концерты …   Википедия

  • The Specials — Mai 2009 The Specials sind eine englische 2 Tone Ska Musikband. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Wirken …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever — is a 1983 television special produced by Suzanne de Passe for Motown Records, to commemorate Motown s twenty fifth year of existence. (Motown was founded in January 1959, meaning that a twenty fifth anniversary special should have aired in 1984,… …   Wikipedia

  • The Trouble with Islam Today — original title The Trouble with Islam is a 2004 book critical of Islam written by Irshad Manji, styled in an open letter for Muslims world wide.ContentsIn the book the author aims to provide an examination of what she describes as the inferior t …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”