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Track List
01) Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys
02) B.L.M.
03) Vote for Me
04) The Lunatics
05) Breaking Point
06) Blam Blam Fever
07) 10 Commandments
08) Embarrassed by You
09) The Life and Times (of a Man Called Depressi
10) We Sell Hope
Cd 2
01) Gangsters (live at Le Bataclan)
02) A Message to You, Rudy (live at Le Bataclan)
03) Nite Klub (live at the Troxy)
04) Friday Night, Saturday Morning (live at Le Batacla
05) Stereotype (live at Le Bataclan)
06) Redemption Song (live at the Troxy)
07) Monkey Man (live at Le Bataclan)
08) Too Much Too Young (live at the Troxy)
09) Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)
10) Ghost Town (live at Le Bataclan)
11) All the Time in the World (live at the Troxy)
01) Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys
02) B.L.M.
03) Vote for Me
04) The Lunatics
05) Breaking Point
06) Blam Blam Fever
07) 10 Commandments
08) Embarrassed by You
09) The Life and Times (of a Man Called Depressi
10) We Sell Hope
Cd 2
01) Gangsters (live at Le Bataclan)
02) A Message to You, Rudy (live at Le Bataclan)
03) Nite Klub (live at the Troxy)
04) Friday Night, Saturday Morning (live at Le Batacla
05) Stereotype (live at Le Bataclan)
06) Redemption Song (live at the Troxy)
07) Monkey Man (live at Le Bataclan)
08) Too Much Too Young (live at the Troxy)
09) Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)
10) Ghost Town (live at Le Bataclan)
11) All the Time in the World (live at the Troxy)
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First Released
2019
Ska
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"Encore" is an album by English 2 Tone and ska revival band The Specials, released February 1st, 2019 on the Island label.
The first full-length studio release in nearly 18 years for the reformed British ska-punk band sees the return of Terry Hall to the line-up.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 69, based on 7 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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The Specials’ first album in four decades, it’s a ruthlessly entertaining, hugely outspoken, inspired and inspiring experience, one that doffs its cap to those iconic opening statements while remaining resolutely rooted in 2019.
It comes after those lengthy re-union tours, and more than a little of this energy is sprinkled on ‘Encore’. ‘Vote For Me’ is a rock solid groove, it’s slinking reggae rhythm underpining a wonderfully deadpan vocal from Terry Hall, in which he ruthlessly dissects the bankrupt motivations of a political class intent on driving British hopes and ambitions off a cliff-edge.
Terry Hall is strikingly open about mental health issues on ‘The Life And Times (Of A Man Called Depression)’, and perhaps the album’s most striking guest spot belongs to Saffiyah Khan, the activist who faced down an EDL facist wearing a Specials t-shirt.
Having lost Jerry Dammers, Neville Staple, and Roddy Radiation since their reformation, and with drummer John Bradbury dying in 2015, the cards were stacked against the band – yet from the very first note ‘Encore’ is superb, a joyous, addictive experience. Remarkably, it’s everything we’d want from a Specials album in 2019… and more.
Reviewed by Robin Murray for clashmusic.com.
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"Encore" is an album by English 2 Tone and ska revival band The Specials, released February 1st, 2019 on the Island label.
The first full-length studio release in nearly 18 years for the reformed British ska-punk band sees the return of Terry Hall to the line-up.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 69, based on 7 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
User Album Review
The Specials’ first album in four decades, it’s a ruthlessly entertaining, hugely outspoken, inspired and inspiring experience, one that doffs its cap to those iconic opening statements while remaining resolutely rooted in 2019.
It comes after those lengthy re-union tours, and more than a little of this energy is sprinkled on ‘Encore’. ‘Vote For Me’ is a rock solid groove, it’s slinking reggae rhythm underpining a wonderfully deadpan vocal from Terry Hall, in which he ruthlessly dissects the bankrupt motivations of a political class intent on driving British hopes and ambitions off a cliff-edge.
Terry Hall is strikingly open about mental health issues on ‘The Life And Times (Of A Man Called Depression)’, and perhaps the album’s most striking guest spot belongs to Saffiyah Khan, the activist who faced down an EDL facist wearing a Specials t-shirt.
Having lost Jerry Dammers, Neville Staple, and Roddy Radiation since their reformation, and with drummer John Bradbury dying in 2015, the cards were stacked against the band – yet from the very first note ‘Encore’ is superb, a joyous, addictive experience. Remarkably, it’s everything we’d want from a Specials album in 2019… and more.
Reviewed by Robin Murray for clashmusic.com.
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