Specials (40th Anniversary Edition, Half-Speed)

Annotation

Half-Speed remastered reissue on 2x45rpm 180g vinyl

Annotation last modified on 2020-02-02 20:57 UTC.

1▶12" Vinyl

2▼12" Vinyl
#	Title	Rating	Length
C1	Monkey Man producer: Elvis Costello cover recording of: Monkey Man lyricist and composer: Toots Hibbert	2.5	2:46
C2	(Dawning of a) New Era producer: Elvis Costello recording of: (Dawning of a) New Era lyricist and composer: Jerry Dammers	3	2:27
C3	Blank Expression producer: Elvis Costello recording of: Blank Expression writer: John Bradbury (UK drummer for The Specials/General Public), Jerry Dammers, Lynval Golding, Terry Hall, Horace Panter, Roddy Radiation and Neville Staple publisher: Plangent Visions Music Ltd.	2.35	2:45
C4	Stupid Marriage producer: Elvis Costello recording of: Stupid Marriage writer: Jerry Dammers, Michael Allen Harrison (songwriter and pianist) and Neville Staple	3	3:51
D1	Too Much Too Young producer: Elvis Costello recording of: Too Much Too Young lyricist and composer: Jerry Dammers	3	6:07
D2	Little Bitch producer: Elvis Costello recording of: Little Bitch lyricist and composer: Jerry Dammers	2.5	2:34
D3	You’re Wondering Now producer: Elvis Costello cover recording of: You’re Wondering Now lyricist and composer: Clement “Coxsone” Dodd recording of: You’re Wondering Now lyricist and composer: Clement “Coxsone” Dodd	3	2:40

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/14244754 [info]

included in:	2 Tone: The Albums by Various Artists (add compilations to this artist)

part of:	Music Genre Tree (canonical album list from musicgenretree.org – one representative release per genre) Uncut: The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006) (number: 20) (order: 20) Pitchfork: The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s (number: 42) (order: 42) Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the Eighties (published November 16, 1989) (number: 68) (order: 68) The Guardian 100 Best Albums Ever (number: 87) (order: 87) 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 451) (order: 452)

part of:

Music Genre Tree (canonical album list from musicgenretree.org – one representative release per genre)
Uncut: The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006) (number: 20) (order: 20)
Pitchfork: The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s (number: 42) (order: 42)
Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the Eighties (published November 16, 1989) (number: 68) (order: 68)
The Guardian 100 Best Albums Ever (number: 87) (order: 87)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 451) (order: 452)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/8179 [info]
reviews:	https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-specials-the-specials/ [info] https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/vxbd [info]
other databases:	http://www.musik-sammler.de/album/76409 [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-specials/specials-2/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000197002 [info]
Wikidata:	Q1090708 [info]