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NEW ALBUM: The Specials "encore" - CRAZY-HORSE - 04-02-2019 Spotify listen: a huge fan of their pre-1985 era... eighth studio set, first after an eighteen year lay off... probably second to only The Clash for their political songs back in the day... but had no peers as England's premier Ska band...  album starts off with a couple of almost funk tunes which was surprising... then we get into familiar territory with their trademark political edged Ska... back in the day it was Thatcher and Reagan that were the targets of their ire, nowadays, you guessed it, its Trump and Brexit...yawn!, yawn!, yawn!.... all up though, not a bad album, but then again. not that much to rave about, just seems to be all light and fluffy like marsh mellow for my liking... i'll just stick their debut album and the 12" full version of their "Nelson Mandela" song and reminisce the 'good old days' of UK Ska... feel free to skip forward to 3:39 for a cool live version of "a message to you,Rudy" if you want to hear classic Specials... RE: NEW ALBUM: The Specials "encore" - Ruby - 04-02-2019 ^I was never a fan but I did quite like "Ghost Town" so tried this out yesterday. Had to stop a few tracks in. Same old, same old - as you say .... yaaawwn! The ranting is becoming so regular it's boring. Must be desensitization, lol! A sorry state of affairs. RE: NEW ALBUM: The Specials "encore" - CRAZY-HORSE - 04-02-2019 did you ever hear much of vocalist Terry Hall's follow-up band Fun Boy 3 after he left the band around 82-ish???? RE: NEW ALBUM: The Specials "encore" - Ruby - 04-02-2019 ^Nope - I didn't. Should I have? RE: NEW ALBUM: The Specials "encore" - CRAZY-HORSE - 04-02-2019 I have their debut album on vinyl: the debut single: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POzSXzwbwIc two covers they released with Bananarama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_kjctTbMHA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_gzzCLSct4 and the song he wrote for the Go-Go's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFimGP5kgmc to answer the question...no, you probably didn't miss much. RE: NEW ALBUM: The Specials "encore" - Ruby - 04-02-2019 ^Lol! Thanks - I will have a listen to those. RE: NEW ALBUM: The Specials "encore" - CRAZY-HORSE - 09-02-2019 just debuted at #1 in the UK, their first studio album to do so RE: NEW ALBUM: The Specials "encore" - SteveO - 13-02-2019 Their debut album is fantastic ! I will check out the new one ! Such uptempo happy music !