Special Beat Service
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| Studio album by The Beat | ||||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | Roundhouse Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Ska/Two Tone | |||
| Length | 39:52 | |||
| Label | Go Feet I.R.S. Records |
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| Producer | Bob Sargeant | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[2] |
| Rolling Stone |  [3] |
| Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
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Special Beat Service was the third and final album by British ska band The Beat. Like the rest of their material, it was released in the US under the name "The English Beat". It reached #39 on the Billboard 200 album chart in 1983 on the strength of two singles, "I Confess" and "Save It for Later," the videos for which received modest airplay on the fledgling MTV video network.
An instrumental version of the song "Rotating Head" had previously been released as the b-side of the single, "Jeanette", under the title, "March of the Swivelheads". It was used in the conclusion of the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off in 1986.
The aircraft which the band appears to be debarking on the cover is a Vickers VC10, a British designed four-engined jet.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by The Beat.
- "I Confess" – 4:34
- "Jeanette" – 2:46
- "Sorry" – 2:33
- "Sole Salvation" – 3:05
- "Spar Wid Me" – 4:32
- "Rotating Head" – 3:24
- "Save It for Later" – 3:34
- "She's Going" – 2:10
- "Pato and Roger a Go Talk" – 3:19
- "Sugar and Stress" – 2:57
- "End of the Party" – 3:32
- "Ackee 1-2-3" – 3:12
[edit] Personnel
- Ranking Roger – Toasting, vocals, percussion
- Dave Wakeling – Vocals, guitar
- David Steele – Bass, banjo
- Andy Cox – Guitar, mandolin
- Everett Morton – Drums
- Saxa – Saxophone
- Wesley Magoogan – Clarinet, lyricon, saxophone, sax FX unit
- Dave Blockhead – Keyboards, piano
- Bob Sargeant – Telephone, marimba
- Mark Fox – Percussion
- Jack Emblow – Accordion
- M. Mishra – Tabla
- Vince Sullivan – Trombone
- Dave Lord – Trumpet
- Steve Sidwell – Trumpet
- Pato Banton – Toasting
- Martyn Atkins – Art Direction
- Brian Gaylor – Contributor
- Nick Rogers – Contributor
- Mark Dearnley – Engineer
- Trevor Hallesy – Engineer
- Geoff Pesche – Engineer, Remastering
- Mike Hedges – Producer, "Pato and Roger a Go Talk"
- Ranking Roger –Producer, "Pato and Roger a Go Talk"
- Bob Sargeant – Producer
- Marv Bornstein – Mastering
- Bob Carbone – Mastering
- Paul Fox - Drum Tech
[edit] References
- ^ Greene, Jo-Ann. Special Beat Service at Allmusic. Retrieved 19 April 2006.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "The English Beat > Consumer Guide Reviews". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1426. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ Schaffner, Nicholas (November 11, 1982). "The English Beat Special Beat Service > Album Review". Rolling Stone (382). Archived from the original on 23 June 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080623093146/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theenglishbeat/albums/album/126110/review/5941258/special_beat_service. Retrieved 19 April 2006.
- ^ Considine, J.D. (2004). "English Beat". In Brackett, Nathan with Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. London: Fireside. pp. 277–278. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. http://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&lpg=PA86&dq=rolling%20stone%20english%20beat&pg=PA277#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
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