Stereo-Typical: A's, B's and Rarities

Stereo-Typical: A's, B's and Rarities
Compilation album by
The Specials
ReleasedAugust 28, 2000[1]
GenreSka, new wave[2]
LabelEMI
The Specials chronology
Best of the Specials
(1999) 		Stereo-Typical: A's, B's and Rarities
(2000) 		Skinhead Girl
(2000)

Stereo-Typical: A's, B's and Rarities is an official 3 disc compilation album of The Specials. It contains many A and B sides and some rarities. The tracks are variously credited to The Specials, The Special AKA, and other versions of the band's name.

Track listing

Disc 1

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gangsters" (The Special AKA)Dammers2:48
2."A Message to You Rudy" (The Specials featuring Rico)Thompson2:54
3."Nite Klub" (The Specials featuring Rico)Dammers, The Specials3:09
4."Too Much Too Young" (The Special AKA)Dammers, Chalmers2:05
5."Guns of Navarone" (The Special AKA)Tiomkin, Webster2:19
6."Skinhead Symphony" (medley including: Longshot Kick the Bucket / Liquidator / Skinhead Moonstomp) (The Special AKA)Agard, Crooks, Robinson, Johnson, Ellis, Naysmith6:37
7."Rat Race" (The Specials)Radiation3:09
8."Rude Boys Outa Jail" (The Specials)Staples, Golding, Gentlemen2:39
9."Stereotype" (The Specials)Dammers3:52
10."International Jet Set" (The Specials)Dammers4:14
11."Do Nothing" (The Specials featuring Rico with The Ice Rink Sounds)Golding3:39
12."Maggie's Farm" (The Specials featuring Rico with The Ice Rink Sounds)Dylan3:33
13."Braggin' and Tryin' Not to Lie" (Roddy Radiation & The Specials)Radiation3:24
14."Rude Boys Outa Jail (Version)" (Neville Staples AKA Judge Roughneck)Staples4:07
15."Ghost Town" (The Specials)Dammers3:40
16."Why?" (The Specials)Golding2:55
17."Friday Night, Saturday Morning" (The Specials)Hall3:34
18."Concrete Jungle (Live)" (The Specials)Radiation3:07
19."Racquel" (The Special AKA)Dammers1:59

Disc 2

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Boiler" (Rhoda with The Special AKA) (Featuring Rhoda Dakar and Nicky Summers of The Bodysnatchers, with a song originally written by The Bodysnatchers)Joyce, Leyton, Summers, Summers, Dakar, Barker, Owens5:46
2."Theme from the Boiler" (Rhoda with The Special AKA) (Featuring Rhoda Dakar and Nicky Summers of The Bodysnatchers)Joyce, Leyton, Summers, Summers, Dakar, Barker, Owens4:12
3."Jungle Music" (Rico & The Special AKA)Rodriguez4:00
4."Rasta Call You" (Rico & The Special AKA)Rodriguez3:36
5."Easter Island" (Rico & The Special AKA)Wattanobe4:10
6."War Crimes (The Crime Remains the Same) (Single Version)" (The Special AKA)Dammers4:00
7."War Crimes (The Crime Remains the Same) (Version)" (The Special AKA)Dammers3:44
8."Racist Friend" (The Special AKA)Dammers, Campbell, Bradbury4:02
9."Bright Lights" (The Special AKA)Dammers, Campbell, Cuthell, Bradbury3:46
10."Nelson Mandela" (The Special AKA)Dammers4:12
11."Break Down The Door" (The Special AKA)Dakar, The Special AKA3:49
12."What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend" (The Special AKA)Dammers4:05
13."Can't Get A Break" (The Special AKA)Dammers, Campbell, Bradbury4:56
14."Nelson Mandela '88 (Special 70th Birthday Remake)" (The Special AKA featuring Ndonka Khuze and Jonas Gwangwa)Dammers, Khuze, Gwangwa4:46
15."Ghost Dub '91" (The Specials)Dammers4:19
16."Let Us Unite" (The Specials)Dammers4:28

Disc 3

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ghost Town (Extended Version)" (The Specials)Dammers6:02
2."Why? (Extended Version)" (The Specials)Golding3:55
3."War Crimes (The Crime Remains the Same)" (The Special AKA)Dammers6:09
4."Racist Friend (Instrumental)" (The Special AKA)Dammers, Campbell, Bradbury4:09
5."Bright Lights (Instrumental)" (The Special AKA)Dammers, Campbell, Cuthell, Bradbury4:40
6."Nelson Mandela (Extended Version)" (The Special AKA)Dammers4:34
7."Break Down The Door (Extended Version)" (The Special AKA)Dakar, The Special AKA5:01
8."What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend (Extended Version)" (The Special AKA)Dammers5:22
9."Can't Get A Break (Extended Version)" (The Special AKA)Dammers, Campbell, Bradbury6:29
10."Nelson Mandela '88 (The Whole World Is Watching Dance Mix)" (The Special AKA featuring Ndonka Khuze and Jonas Gwangwa)Dammers8:27
11."Ghost Dub '91/Let Us Unite" (The Specials)Dammers6:36

References

  1. ^ "Specials - Stereo-Typical: A's, B's and Rarities". Amazon.com. 31 May 2005. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Stereo-Typical: A's, B's and Rarities - The Specials". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 October 2018.


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