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More Specials [Enhanced, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Specials | Format: Audio CD

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The Specials were an English band who spearheaded the ska revival in the UK in the late Seventies. Their agenda of racial harmony and social inclusion was pursued through their music, and came to be described as the Two Tone movement.
The Specials formed in 1978 in Coventry, England, having previously been the Automatics and the Coventry Automatics. Jerry Dammers designed a look for the band based… Read more in Amazon's Specials Store

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Audio CD (May 21, 2002)
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Enhanced, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Label: Capitol
ASIN: B00005YU96
Also Available in: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Vinyl | MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,588 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #5 in Music > Alternative Rock > British Alternative > British Ska
- #68 in Music > Alternative Rock > Ska > Ska General

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5.0 out of 5 stars Unique blend of ska, soul and kitsch, August 7, 2003

lou (Southern California) - See all my reviews

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More Specials is definately not for every ska fan. In fact, this album is a mix match of so many different genres that I would not even call it a ska album. Whereas The Specials first album gets you up off your rear end and dancing this is a more contemplative album to really listen to. The album moves around from darker themes to the silly with an overriding feel of 60's kitsch. Another 2Tone classic.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Quirky, Unique, and Satisfying, December 8, 2001

Christopher A. Dowling "tintinet" (Freeport, ME) - See all my reviews
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Odd collection of tunes, more polished and varied than their first disc. Memorable and unique songs that stick with you. I've been listening to this stuff for 20 years and it doesn't grow old.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Coolest Sound to Come Out of Ska, March 4, 2001

David A. Huntoon (Goshen, CT USA) - See all my reviews

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The Specials second album was a stylistic deviation from the same old ska stomp. It has a distinctively slick, sometimes campy, sometimes schmaltzy feel. The songs emphasize studio qualities and social messages over danceability, and they achieve a uniquely hip retro sound. It is a peculiar album, and I was hooked the first time I heard it. I like it better than their first album because it is so different. The people who thought this was a let down just don't get it - this album went somewhere no band ever went before and probably never will again. You have to be pretty cool to "get it".

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4.0 out of 5 stars Superb follow-up album, albeit lacking key song
With the release of their second album, the Specials proved definitively that they were more than a flash in the pan. Read more

Published on January 22, 2007 by over and under

5.0 out of 5 stars An odd, odd album...but great!
I agree with everybody else that the first Specials album was probably the greatest ska album ever--a fist-pumping pleasure from beginning to end. Read more

Published on August 22, 2006 by Paul Minot

3.0 out of 5 stars Hosed Again
Why do these record companies put out remasters and then remove a song or two from them? One has to wonder where Rat Race disappeared to? It isn't on this cd anymore. Read more

Published on June 18, 2006 by N. Ciasullo

1.0 out of 5 stars One Star for One Song
I love ska. I love the Specials 1st Album and Ghost Town. On this CD you get the Keith Richard's whammy, "One hit and (X-1) trax of crap" (rhymes). Read more

Published on November 28, 2003

Published on November 28, 2003 by Paul Gehred

5.0 out of 5 stars Distracted, different, dying breed
More Specials is the type of album that I just can't say bad things about. Compared to the music being forced down our throats these days, music that doesn't know where it's going... Read more

Published on November 7, 2003 by 77vqmous

4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing amount of variation, but lacks debut's cohesion.
The Specials second album, and final before imploding, is called "More Specials" and gives the listener more, alright... maybe a little too much to digest. Read more

Published on July 16, 2000 by Rahshad Black

5.0 out of 5 stars What the Specials could have been and were.
I've had this record since 1982 and I still listen to it. While their untitled debut was a great ska defining record of its time More Specials is a classic with an incredible... Read more

Published on October 30, 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars Kings of Ska Conquer "Difficult Second Album"
For their first album Elvis Costello stuck the Specials in front of a microphone and recorded their stage act. Read more

Published on October 18, 1999 by Gary Rix

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic tracks with some filler
I bought this when it first came out. It is haunting compared to the first LP and it marked the decline of 2nd wave ska. Read more

Published on August 24, 1999

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