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Specials by: The Specials List Price: $16.98 CD-Charts Price: $13.99 You Save: $2.99 (18%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0724353769703 Format: Enhanced, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered Label: Capitol Manufacturer: Capitol Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Capitol Release Date: May 21, 2002 Studio: Capitol Sales Rank: 10612 MPN: 37697 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: UK 2002 remastered reissue of the British ska revivalist's 1979 album. Includes ECD section containing 2 promotional videos 'Gangsters' & 'Too Much Too Young'. Produced by Elvis Costello. Amazon.com: The beat that got a generation dancing and brought ska back into the public eye. Produced by Elvis Costello, then still a boy wonder himself, the album built on the sound of the Specials' first two singles, and gave the world its first extended look at Two Tone. Inspired writing and arranging (much of it down to founder Jerry Dammers) with Terry Hall as the laconic front man made for a perfect combination, the riddim of ska and the speed of punk. As a testament to its power, two decades haven't lessened its impact. --Chris Nickson Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - A classic slab of ska punkThe Specials may not have been the first band to combine the lopsided danceability and dreamy warmth of Jamaican music with the raw aggression of punk, but they did just about single-handedly define the look, sound, and feel of the second wave ska scene. They nailed the aesthetic, sporting very mod clothing and very cool porkpie hats. They also founded the key label: 2 Tone Records, created by organist Jerry Dammers, is the quintessential English ska punk record company. More importantly than that, they sounded great. Their music was infectious, ferocious, and fun, full of raucous joy, violent intelligence, and social outrage. Released in 1979, the group's self-titled debut isn't just a ska punk classic; it's one of the very best rock albums ... Read More: Rating: - Extra SpecialThere aren't many albums out there which are this good from beginning to end. Really. Listen to the samples. This is easily my favorite ska album out there (including all the original old school Jamaican ska). One note for those of you who remember the original version of this album, the songs are slightly different here although I really only noticed it with Too Much Too Young, which has a slightly dubby/remixed feel to it - I actually really like it now that I've listened to it a few times. The other big change is that the song Gangsters is not included at all. That's a bummer but you can still find it on other albums here on Amazon. I generally hate when the record labels reissue modified versions of old albums ... Read More: Rating: - essentialthis band is ska! plain and simple. this album is fun to listen to when you got some friends over and feel like getting a dance party or sing along going Rating:  - Good StuffA must if you like ska. Just get it and you wont regret it. Rating:  - Important party album3 1/2 Infectiously catchy older ska band will forever have a place in British punk rock history, to this day echoing many traits found in some of their more popular young bands, as well as so many of the party aesthetics found throughout the American musical landscape in the past 20 years. Obviously a band with plenty of well deserved acclaim and influence, but still a band that fails to deliver stellar albums. As fun as so much of this important '79 debut is, complimenting the fast paced, aggressive dance-offs with crisp reggae-influenced interplay guided by the impressive bass work, anyone not directly involved in the ska movement may shrug of some of the familiar framing that paints many of these compositions in the same sneeringly ... Read More: |
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