The Specials discography
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| Releases | ||
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| ↙Studio albums | 7 | |
| ↙Compilation albums | 15 | |
| ↙EPs | 2 | |
| ↙Singles | 14 | |
| ↙Video albums | 3 | |
| ↙Live albums | 5a | |
| ↙Tours | 1 | |
The following is a comprehensive discography of The Specials, an English ska revival band.
Contents |
[edit] Albums
[edit] Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
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| UK [1] |
US [2] |
NZ [3] |
SWE [4] |
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| 1979 | Specials
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4 | 84 | 5 | 34 |
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| 1980 | More Specials
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5 | 98 | 28 | 30 |
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| 1984 | In the Studio
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34 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1996 | Today's Specials
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— | — | — | — | ||||
| 1998 | Guilty 'til Proved Innocent!
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— | — | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | Skinhead Girl
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— | — | — | — | ||||
| 2001 | Conquering Ruler
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— | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
[edit] Live albums
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 1987 | Peel Sessions
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| 1994 | Live at the Palace
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| 1997 | Live at the Moonlight Club
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| 1999 | Blue Plate Specials Live
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Ghost Town Live
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[edit] Extended plays
| Year | Album details | Peak positions | |||||||
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| UK [1] |
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| 1980 | The Special AKA Live! EP
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1 | |||||||
| 1993 | The Two Tone EP
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30 | |||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
IRE [6] |
NZ [3] |
NL [7] |
AUT [8] |
NOR [9] |
US Dance [10] |
US Mod [10] |
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| 1979 | "Gangsters" | 6 | 27 | 20 | 11 | — | — | — | — | Non album single | |||||||||
| "A Message to You, Rudy" | 10 | 19 | 29 | 35 | 7 | — | — | — | Specials | ||||||||||
| 1980 | "Too Much Too Young" | 1 | 3 | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Rat Race" | 5 | 17 | — | — | — | — | 89 | — | Non album single | ||||||||||
| "Stereotype" | 6 | 12 | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | More Specials | ||||||||||
| "Do Nothing" | 4 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1981 | "Ghost Town" | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | — | 7 | — | — | Non album single | |||||||||
| 1982 | "The Boiler" (with Rhoda Dakar) | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Jungle Music" (with Rico Rodriguez) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "War Crimes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | In the Studio | ||||||||||
| 1983 | "Racist Friend" | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1984 | "Free Nelson Mandela" | 9 | 6 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend" | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1988 | "Free Nelson Mandela" (re-recording) | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non album single | |||||||||
| 1991 | "Ghost Town Revisited" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Singles Collection | |||||||||
| 1996 | "Hypocrite" | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Today's Specials | |||||||||
| 1997 | "It's You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | Guilty 'Til Proved Innocent! | |||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||||||||
[edit] Compilation albums and compilation contributions
| Title | Release date |
Label | UK Albums Chart[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Singles Collection | 1991 | 2 Tone, CHR TT 5010 | 10 |
| Coventry Automatics Aka the Specials: Dawning of a New Era | 1994 | Receiver | - |
| Too Much Too Young: The Gold Collection | 1996 | EMI | - |
| Concrete Jungle | 1998 | - | |
| BBC Sessions | 1998 | EMI | - |
| Best of the Specials | 1999 | Disky | - |
| Stereo-Typical: A's, B's and Rarities | 2000 | EMI Records | - |
| Very Best of the Specials and Fun Boy Three | 2000 | Cleopatra | - |
| Archive | 2001 | Rialto | - |
| The Specials vs. The Untouchables: Ska's Greatest Stars | 2002 | Big Eye Music | - |
| Ghost Town | 2004 | - | |
| The Best of the Specials & Fun Boy Three | 2006 | Pegasus | - |
| Greatest Hits | 2006 | Fantastic Prize | - |
| 80's New Wave Hits - Rearrangement of The Go-Go's' "Our Lips Are Sealed", with Jane Wiedlin, originally on The Specials vs The Untouchables: Ska's Greatest Stars | 2006 | Big Eye Music | - |
| The Best of the Specials | 2008 | EMI | 24 |
[edit] Videography
- "Dance Craze - The Best of British Ska... Live!" (VHS)
- "The Special AKA on Film" (1981 VHS & Laserdisc)
- "The Specials: Too Much, Too Young" (2008 DVD)
- "The Best of the Specials" (CD/DVD 2008)
- "The Specials - 30th Anniversary Tour" (2009 DVD)
[edit] Films
- Sixteen Candles - song - "Little Bitch"
- SLC Punk! - songs - "Too Hot" and "Gangsters"
- Snatch - song - "Ghost Town"
- Shaun of the Dead - song - "Ghost Town"
- Garage Days - song - "Ghost Town"
- An Extremely Goofy Movie - song - "Pressure Drop"
- A Room for Romeo Brass - song - "A Message to You, Rudy"
- Grosse Pointe Blank - songs - "Pressure Drop", "A Message to You, Rudy" and "You're Wondering Now"
- This Is England - songs - "Do the Dog", "Pressure Drop"
- Mystery Men - song - "Gangsters" Covered by Citizen King
- 200 Cigarettes - song - "A Message to You, Rudy"
- Multiplicity - song - "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You"
- Natural Born Killers - song - "Ghost Town" (not included on the soundtrack album)
- We Own The Night - song - "A Message to You, Rudy"
[edit] Television
- Father Ted - Episode - Good Luck, Father Ted - song - "Ghost Town"[11]
- Six Feet Under - song - "Monkey Man"
[edit] Commercials
- The song "A Message to You, Rudy" was featured in a SFR television commercial directed by Bruno Aveillan, with world champion football player, Marcel Desailly in 2001
- The song "Blank Expression" was featured in a Ford Fiesta television commercial in 2003
[edit] Video games
- Dance Dance Revolution - song - "Little Bitch" (remix)
- MLB 2K7 - Song - "A Message To You, Rudy"
- Skate 2 - Song - "Ghost Town"
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 519. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Allmusic - Charts & Awards (albums)
- ^ a b http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?search=the+specials&cat=a
- ^ http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=the+specials&cat=a
- ^ a b http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx
- ^ http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement
- ^ http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=the+specials&cat=s
- ^ http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=the+specials&cat=s
- ^ http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?search=the+specials&cat=s
- ^ a b http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5495/charts-awards/billboard-singles
- ^ McDonald, Shane (2005). "Father Ted Useless Information" (Web). shanemcdonald.com. http://www.shanemcdonald.com/laughs/l-tedfaq.html. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
