- rock, ska
- 48 min
- 12 tracks
- Virgin
Today's Specials is a cover album by the Specials, released in 1996. It is the first studio album by the group since 1984, albeit not involving the full original line-up. Original members Neville Staple, Roddy Byers, Lynval Golding, and Horace Panter are joined by new members Mark Adams and Adam Birch, along with a number of sessions musicians.
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Classical in form, spare, raw and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- rawmeticulous
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
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Tracks
- 1Take Five3:57
- 2Pressure Drop4:18
- 3Hypocrite3:26
- 4Goodbye Girl3:58
- 5A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You4:32
- 6Time Has Come5:11
- 7Dirty Old Town3:32
- 8Somebody Got Murdered3:06
- 90073:58
- 10Simmer Down3:47
- 11Maga Dog2:55
- 12Bad Boys5:08
12 tracks, 48 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Specials
- Label
- Virgin
- Released
- March 27, 1996
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- JP
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