The Specials - More Specials

180-gram gatefold double LP reissue

Includes the singles "Stereotypes" and "International Jet Set"

Includes a bonus 7" single from Roddy Radiation & The Specials, featuring Paul Heskett on saxophone "Braggin& Tryin' Not To Lie"

Backing vocals by The Go Go's — Belinda Carlisle, Charlotte Caffey and Jane Wiedlin!

The Specials second album, and final before imploding, is called More Specials and gives the listener more to digest. The Specials were an English band who spearheaded the ska revival in the U.K. in the late 1970s. 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 on the Jamaican rude boy of the '60s: the style was adopted by the genres followers.

1. International Jet Set

2. Enjoy Yourself

3. Man At C&A

4. Hey, Little Rich Girl

5. Do Nothing

6. Pearl’s Café

7. Sock It To ‘Em J.B.

8. Stereotypes

9. Holiday Fortnight

10. I Can’t Stand It

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