The Specials Discography
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[edit] Studio albums
| Title | Release date |
Label | U.K. album peak | U.S. album peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specials | 1979 | 2 Tone, CDL TT 5001 | 4 | |
| More Specials | 1980 | 2 Tone, CHR TT 5003 | 5 | 98 |
| In the Studio | 1984 | 2 Tone, CHR TT 6008 | 34 | - |
| Today's Specials | 1996 | Virgin | - | - |
| Guilty 'Til Proved Innocent! | 1998 | MCA | - | - |
| Skinhead Girl | 2000 | Receiver | - | - |
| Conquering Ruler | 2001 | Receiver | - | - |
[edit] Singles
| Title | Release date |
Label / Cat No. | Artist credit | U.K. singles peak | IRE singles peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Gangsters" (as The Special A.K.A.) | 1979 | 2 Tone, TT1/TT2 | The Special A.K.A. | 6 | 27 |
| "A Message To You, Rudy" | 2 Tone, CHS TT5 | The Specials | 10 | 19 | |
| "Too Much Too Young" | 1980 | 2 Tone, CHS TT6 | 1 | 3 | |
| "Rat Race" [A] | 2 Tone, CHS TT11 | 5 | 17 | ||
| "Stereotype" | 2 Tone, CHS TT13 | 6 | 12 | ||
| "Do Nothing" | 2 Tone, CHS TT16 | 4 | 13 | ||
| "Ghost Town" | 1981 | 2 Tone, CHS TT17 | 1 | 3 | |
| "The Boiler" (with Rhoda Dakar) | 1982 | 2 Tone, CHS TT18 | The Special A.K.A. | 35 | - |
| "Jungle Music" (with Rico Rodriguez) | 2 Tone, CHS TT18 | - | - | ||
| "War Crimes" | 2 Tone, CHS TT23 | 84 | - | ||
| "Racist Friend" / "Bright Lights" | 1983 | 2 Tone, CHS TT25 | 60 | - | |
| "Nelson Mandela" | 1984 | 2 Tone, CHS TT26 | 9 | 6 | |
| "What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend" | 2 Tone, CHS TT27 | 51 | - | ||
| "Nelson Mandela" (re-issue) | 1988 | 2 Tone | 93 | - | |
| "Ghost Town Revisited" | 1991 | 2 Tone, CHS TT30 | The Specials / Special Productions | - | - |
[edit] Extended Plays
| Title | Release date |
Label / Cat No. | Track listing | U.K. singles peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Specials Live EP | 1979 | 2 Tone, CHS TT7 | "Too Much Too Young" & "Guns Of Navarone" b/w "Longshot Kick the Bucket", "Liquidator" & "Skinhead Moonstomp" |
1 |
| The Two Tone EP | 1993 | 2 Tone, CHS TT31 | "Gangsters" - The Special A.K.A. & "The Prince" - Madness b/w "On My Radio" - The Selecter & "Tears Of A Clown" - The Beat |
30 |
[edit] Live albums
| Title | Release date |
Label |
|---|---|---|
| Peel Sessions | 1987 | |
| Live at the Palace | 1994 | |
| Live at The Moonlight Club | 1997 | CHR TT 5011 |
| Blue Plate Specials Live | 1999 | Big Ear Music |
| Ghost Town Live | 1999 | Receiver |
[edit] Compilations albums
| Title | Release date |
Label | U.K. album peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Singles Collection | 1991 | 2 Tone, CHR TT 5010 | 10 |
| Coventry Automatics Aka the Specials: Dawning of a New Era | 1994 | Receiver | - |
| Too Much Too Young: The Gold Collection | 1996 | EMI | - |
| Concrete Jungle | 1998 | - | |
| BBC Sessions | 1998 | EMI | - |
| Best of the Specials | 1999 | Disky | - |
| Very Best of the Specials and Fun Boy Three | 2000 | Cleopatra | - |
| Archive | 2001 | Rialto | - |
| Ghost Town | 2004 | - | |
| Stereo-Typical: A's, B's and Rarities | 2005 | Chrysalis | - |
| The Best of the Specials & Fun Boy Three | 2006 | Pegasus | - |
| Greatest Hits | 2006 | Fantastic Prize | - |
| The Best of the Specials | 2008 | EMI | 24 |
