Best Of

~ Release by The Specials (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Rude Boys Outa Jail
recording of:
Rude Boys Outa Jail
writer:
Lynval Golding, Horace Panter and Neville Staple
24:06
2A Message to You Rudy
producer:
Elvis Costello
guest trombone:
Rico Rodriguez (Jamaican trombonist)
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 132)
cover recording of:
A Message to You, Rudy
writer:
Dandy Livingstone and Lee “Scratch” Perry
42:53
3Rat Race
producer:
Dave Jordan (UK producer/remixer)
recording of:
Rat Race
composer:
Roderick James Byers
3.353:09
4Maggie’s Farm
producer:
Jerry Dammers and Dave Jordan (UK producer/remixer)
cover recording of:
Maggie’s Farm
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1965-01)
publisher:
Blossom Music Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Special Rider Music and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:31
5Blank Expression
producer:
Elvis Costello
recording of:
Blank Expression
writer:
John Bradbury (UK drummer for The Specials/General Public), Jerry Dammers, Lynval Golding, Terry Hall, Horace Panter, Roddy Radiation and Neville Staple
publisher:
Plangent Visions Music Ltd.
2.352:42
6Why?
producer:
John Collins (producer)
recording of:
Why? (The Specials)
composer:
Lynval Golding
3:56
7I Can’t Stand It
producer:
Jerry Dammers and Dave Jordan (UK producer/remixer)
background vocals:
The Go‐Go’s (all-female American rock band formed in 1978)
vocals:
Rhoda Dakar (British singer and musician, of The Bodysnatchers)
recording of:
I Can’t Stand It
2.54:04
8Man at C&A
producer:
Jerry Dammers and Dave Jordan (UK producer/remixer)
recording of:
Man at C&A
writer:
Jerry Dammers and Terry Hall
2.53:36
9Do the Dog
producer:
Elvis Costello
arranger:
Jerry Dammers
cover recording of:
Can Your Monkey Do the Dog
writer:
Steve Cropper and Rufus Thomas (US blues & funk singer & songwriter)
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc.
2.52:09
10Too Much Too Young
producer:
Elvis Costello
recording of:
Too Much Too Young
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Dammers
36:05
11Monkey Man
producer:
Elvis Costello
cover recording of:
Monkey Man
lyricist and composer:
Toots Hibbert
2.52:45
12Little Bitch
producer:
Elvis Costello
recording of:
Little Bitch
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Dammers
2.52:32
13War Crimes
recording of:
War Crimes
composer:
Jerry Dammers
4:01
14Nite Klub
producer:
Elvis Costello
trombone:
Rico Rodriguez (Jamaican trombonist)
recording of:
Nite Klub
writer:
John Bradbury (UK drummer for The Specials/General Public), Roderick James Byers, Jerry Dammers, Lynval Golding, Terry Hall, Horace Panter and Neville Staple
43:12
15Concrete Jungle
recording of:
Concrete Jungle
lyricist and composer:
Roderick James Byers
3:19
16Enjoy Yourself
cover recording of:
Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think)
lyricist:
Herb Magidson (in 1949)
composer:
Carl Sigman (in 1949)
3:36