The Specials (1977 - )

Group - United Kingdom ska band

Releases (53)

Official

Album

1. Specials 19 Oct 1979
2. More Specials 04 Oct 1980
3. In the Studio 1984 (as The Special AKA)
4. Today’s Specials 27 Mar 1996
5. Guilty ’Til Proved Innocent! 24 Mar 1998
6. Skinhead Girl 18 Sep 2000
7. Conquering Ruler 22 Jan 2001
8. Ghost Town: Greatest Hits (re‐recorded versions) 01 Apr 2009
9. Encore 01 Feb 2019
10. Protest Songs 1924–2012 10 Oct 2020

Album - Live

1. Live at the Moonlight Club 1992
2. Live: Too Much Too Young 1992
3. Gangsters 1996
4. BBC Sessions 26 Oct 1998
5. Blue Plate Specials 23 Feb 1999
6. 30th Anniversary Tour Live 12 Jul 2009
7. BBC in Concert (15 December 1979) 04 Dec 2009

Album - Compilation

1. The Singles Collection 09 Jan 1991
2. Too Much Too Young 13 May 1996
3. Best Of 1996
4. Concrete Jungle 1998 (as The Specials and Friends)
5. A Special Collection 1999
6. Stereo-Typical: A's, B's & Rarities 21 Aug 2000
7. Greatest Hits 01 Jan 2006
8. The Best of The Specials 31 Mar 2008

Single

1. Do Nothing 1980
2. Stereotype 1980
3. Rat Race / Rude Buoys Outa Jail 1980
4. Braggin’ & Tryin’ Not to Lie / Rude Boys Outa Jail 1980
5. Ghost Town 12 Jun 1981
6. Ghost Town / Why? / Friday Night Saturday Morning 1981
7. War Crimes 22 Nov 1982 (as The Special A.K.A.)
8. Racist Friend / Bright Lights 1983 (as The Special A.K.A.)
9. What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend 1984 (as The Special A.K.A.)
10. Nelson Mandela 1984 (as The Special A.K.A.)
11. Nelson Mandela 1984 (as The Special AKA)
12. Ghost Town Revisited 1991
13. Hypocrite 1995
14. Pressure Drop 1996
15. A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You 1996
16. Vote for Me 03 Dec 2018
17. 10 Commandments / You’re Wondering Now 13 Apr 2019

EP

1. Too Much Too Young 18 Jan 1980

Broadcast - Live

1. 2009-06-26: Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, UK 21 Jun 2021

Promotion

Album - Live

1. Live at the Lyceum 1980

Single

1. It's You 1998

Bootleg

Album - Live

1. Live in Manchester 1979
2. Rude Boys Out of Jail