The Specials discography
The discography of The Specials, an English ska revival band consists of eight studio albums, one collaboration album, five live albums, eleven compilation albums, four extended plays, twenty-three singles, and five videos.
| The Specials discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 8 |
| Live albums | 5 |
| Compilation albums | 11 |
| Video albums | 5 |
| EPs | 4 |
| Singles | 23 |
| Collaboration album | 1 |
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1][2] |
AUS [3] |
CA [4] |
NZ [5] |
SWE [6] |
US [7] | |||||
| 1979 | The Specials
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4 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 34 | 84 | |||
| 1980 | More Specials
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5 | 86 | 49 | 28 | 30 | 98 |
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| 1984 | In the Studio (credited as The Special A.K.A.)
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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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| 2019 | Encore
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1 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||
Collaboration albums
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 1993 | King Of Kings
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Live albums
| Year | Album details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK [2] | ||
| 1992 | BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert
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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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| 2012 | More... Or Less: The Specials Live
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109 |
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] | |||
| 1991 | Singles / The Singles Collection
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10 |
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| 1994 | Dawning of a New Era (credited as Coventry Automatics aka The Specials)
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| 1996 | Too Much Too Young: The Gold Collection
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Best of the Specials
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| 1998 | Concrete Jungle (credited as The Specials and Friends)
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BBC Sessions
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| 1999 | A Special Collection
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| 2000 | Stereo-Typical: A's, B's and Rarities
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| 2001 | Archive
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| 2008 | The Best of the Specials
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24 |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Extended plays
| Year | Album details | Peak positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] | |||||||||
| 1980 | The Special AKA Live! EP
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1 | |||||||
| 1987 | The Peel Sessions
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| 1993 | The Two Tone EP
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30 | |||||||
| 2012 | The Specials E.P. Live!
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [3] |
IRE [9] |
NZ [10] |
NL [11] |
AUT [12] |
NOR [13] |
US Dance [7] |
US Mod [7] | |||||||||||
| 1979 | "Gangsters" [A] | 6 | — | 27 | 20 | 11 | — | — | — | — | Non album single | ||||||||
| "A Message to You, Rudy" / "Nite Klub" | 10 | 29 | 19 | 29 | 35 | 7 | — | — | — | Specials | |||||||||
| 1980 | "Too Much Too Young" | 1 | — | 3 | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Rat Race" / "Rude Boys Outa Jail" | 5 | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | 89 | — | Non album single | |||||||||
| "Stereotype" / "International Jet Set" | 6 | — | 12 | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | More Specials | |||||||||
| "Do Nothing" / "Maggie's Farm" | 4 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1981 | "Ghost Town" | 1 | 68 | 3 | 20 | 12 | — | 7 | — | — | Non album single | ||||||||
| 1982 | "The Boiler" [B] | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Jungle Music" [C] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "War Crimes" [A] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | In the Studio | |||||||||
| 1983 | "Racist Friend" / "Bright Lights" [A] | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1984 | "Free Nelson Mandela" [A] | 9 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 9 | — | — | 34 | — | |||||||||
| "What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend" [A] | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1988 | "Free Nelson Mandela" (re-recording) [A] | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non album single | ||||||||
| 1991 | "Ghost Town Revisited" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Singles Collection | ||||||||
| 1994 | "Coz I Love You" [D] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non album single | ||||||||
| 1995 | "Hypocrite" | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Today's Specials | ||||||||
| 1996 | "Pressure Drop" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" [E] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1998 | "It's You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | Guilty 'Til Proved Innocent! | ||||||||
| "Bonediggin'" [E] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2014 | "Sock It To 'Em J.B (Dub)" / "Rat Race (Dub)" [F] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non album single | ||||||||
| 2018 | "Vote For Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Encore | ||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||||||||
Compilation contributions
| Title | Release date |
Label |
|---|---|---|
| The Specials vs. The Untouchables: Ska's Greatest Stars | 2002 | Big Eye Music |
| 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 |
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)
Films
- Sixteen Candles (1984) – song – "Little Bitch"
- Natural Born Killers (1994) – song – "Ghost Town" (not included on the soundtrack album)
- Multiplicity (1996) – song – "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You"
- Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) – songs – "Pressure Drop", "A Message to You, Rudy" and "You're Wondering Now"
- SLC Punk! (1998) – songs – "Too Hot" and "Gangsters"
- 200 Cigarettes (1999) – song – "A Message to You, Rudy"
- Mystery Men (1999) – song – "Gangsters" (covered by Citizen King)
- A Room for Romeo Brass (1999) – song – "A Message to You, Rudy"
- An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000) – song – "Pressure Drop"
- Snatch (2000) – song – "Ghost Town"
- Garage Days (2002) – song – "Ghost Town"
- Shaun of the Dead (2004) – song – "Ghost Town"
- This Is England (2006) – songs – "Do the Dog", "Pressure Drop"
- We Own The Night (2007) – song – "A Message to You, Rudy"
Television
- Father Ted – Episode – Think Fast, Father Ted – song – "Ghost Town"
- Six Feet Under – song – "Monkey Man"
- Misfits (TV series) – song – "A Message to You Rudy"
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
Video games
- Dance Dance Revolution – song – "Little Bitch" (remix)
- MLB 2K7 – Song – "A Message To You, Rudy"
- Skate 2 – Song – "Ghost Town"
References
- "Specials | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 519. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 286. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- "Search – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
- Steffen Hung. "New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- Steffen Hung. "Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- Chris Woodstra. "The Specials | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- Archived 24 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- Steffen Hung (27 April 1980). "New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- Steffen Hung. "Dutch charts portal". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- Steffen Hung (15 February 1980). "Austria Top 40 - Hitparade Österreich". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
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