The Singles Collection (The Specials album)

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1991 greatest hits album by The Specials

The Singles Collection

UK cover

Released

29 January 1991

Length

58:09

In the Studio
(1984)

The Singles Collection
(1991)

Too Much Too Young: The Gold Collection
(1996)

Alternative Cover

US cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

The Singles Collection is a compilation album by The Specials.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gangsters" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers, The Specials, Prince Buster	2:45
2.	"Rudy, A Message to You" (as The Specials (featuring Rico))	R. Thompson	2:50
3.	"Nite Club"	Jerry Dammers, The Specials	3:25
4.	"Too Much Too Young (Live)" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers, Lloyd Charmers	2:05
5.	"Guns of Navarone (Live)" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster	2:20
6.	"Rat Race"	Roddy Radiation	3:09
7.	"Rude Boys Outta Jail"	Lynval Golding, Neville Staple, Horace Panter	2:40
8.	"Maggie's Farm"	Bob Dylan	3:31
9.	"Do Nothing" (as The Specials (featuring Rico))	Lynval Golding	3:52
10.	"Stereotype"	Jerry Dammers	3:50
11.	"Ghost Town (Extended version)" (as The Specials (featuring Rico)	Jerry Dammers	5:59
12.	"Why?"	Lynval Golding	3:54
13.	"Friday Night, Saturday Morning"	Terry Hall	3:34
14.	"Racist Friend" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers, Dick Cuthell, John Bradbury	3:48
15.	"Free Nelson Mandela (Extended Version)" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers, Rhoda Dakar	4:34
16.	"(What I Like Most About You Is Your) Girlfriend" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers	4:03

Track 10 presents only the first half of the "Stereotype/Stereotype Pt. 2" single from More Specials.
Tracks 14 through 16 were originally recorded under the "Special AKA" name, which the band used following the split of the original lineup in 1981.
Some pressings of the album are missing track 16.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gangsters"	Jerry Dammers, The Specials, Prince Buster	2:45
2.	"Rudy, A Message to You"	R. Thompson	2:50
3.	"Nite Klub"	Jerry Dammers, The Specials	3:25
4.	"Too Much Too Young (Live)"	Jerry Dammers, Lloyd Charmers	2:05
5.	"Guns of Navarone (Live)"	Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster	2:20
6.	"Rat Race"	Roddy Radiation	3:09
7.	"Stereotype"	Jerry Dammers	3:50
8.	"International Jet Set"	Jerry Dammers	4:11
9.	"Do Nothing"	Lynval Golding	3:52
10.	"Ghost Town"	Jerry Dammers	5:59
11.	"Why?"	Lynval Golding	3:54
12.	"Friday Night, Saturday Morning"	Terry Hall	3:34
13.	"War Crimes" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers	4:03
14.	"Racist Friend" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers, Dick Cuthell, John Bradbury	3:48
15.	"Nelson Mandela" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers, Rhoda Dakar	4:34
16.	"(What I Like Most About You Is Your) Girlfriend" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers	4:02

This 1991 pressing replaces "Maggie's Farm" and "Rude Boys Outta Jail" with "International Jet Set" and "War Crimes".

v t e The Specials
Lynval Golding Horace Panter Tim Smart Drew Stansall Nikolaj Torp Larsen Steve Cradock Pablo Mandleson Terry Hall Jerry Dammers Silverton Hutchinson Tim Strickland Roddy Radiation Neville Staple John Bradbury Dick Cuthell Rico Rodriguez Rhoda Dakar John Shipley Satch Dickson Groco Anthony Wymshurst Stan Campbell Edgio Newton Nick Parker Gary McManus Jon Read Adam Birch Mark Adams Aitch Bembridge
Studio albums	The Specials More Specials In the Studio Today's Specials Guilty 'til Proved Innocent! Skinhead Girl Conquering Ruler Encore Protest Songs 1924–2012
Live albums	Blue Plate Specials Live Ghost Town Live
Compilation albums	The Singles Collection Dawning of a New Era Too Much Too Young: The Gold Collection Best of the Specials BBC Sessions Stereo-Typical: A's, B's and Rarities Archive Greatest Hits The Best of The Specials
Extended plays	Too Much Too Young
Singles	"Gangsters" "A Message to You Rudy" "Rat Race" "Stereotype" "Do Nothing" "Ghost Town" "The Boiler" "Free Nelson Mandela"
Related	Discography 2 Tone Records The Best of The Specials & Fun Boy Three Dance Craze The Very Best of The Specials and Fun Boy Three

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