The Singles Collection (The Specials album)

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The Singles Collection
Compilation album by The Specials
Released	January 9, 1991
Genre	Ska, two tone, New Wave
Length	52:10
Label	2 Tone/Chrysalis
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
The Specials chronology
Peel Sessions (1990)	The Singles Collection (1991)	Coventry Automatics Aka the Specials: Dawning of a New Era (1994)
Alternative Cover
An alternate cover used for the album

The Singles Collection is a compilation album by the The Specials.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Gangsters" (The Specials) - 2:45
2. "Rudi, A Message To You" (R. Thompson) - 2:50
3. "Nite Club" (The Specials) - 3:25
4. "Too Much Too Young" [Live Recording] (Jerry Dammers) - 2:05
5. "Guns Of Navarone" [Live Recording] (Thompkin) - 2:20
6. "Rat Race" (Roddy Radiation)
7. "Rude Boys Outta Jail"
8. "Maggie's Farm" (Bob Dylan)
9. "Do Nothing" (Lynval Golding)
10. "Stereotype" (Jerry Dammers)
11. "Ghost Town" (Jerry Dammers)
12. "Why?" (Lynval Golding)
13. "Friday Night, Saturday Morning" (Terry Hall)
14. "Racist Friend" (Jerry Dammers, Dick Cuthell, John Bradbury)
15. "Free Nelson Mandela" (Jerry Dammers)
16. "(What I Like Most About You Is Your) Girlfriend" (Jerry Dammers)

Some pressings of the album are missing track 16.

[edit] Tracks Listing for the Limited Pressing "Singles"

1. "Gangsters" (The Specials)
2. "Rudi, A Message To You" (R. Thompson)
3. "Nite Klub" (The Specials)
4. "Too Much Too Young" (Jerry Dammers)
5. "Rat Race" (Roddy Radiation)
6. "Stereotype" (Jerry Dammers)
7. "International Jet Set" (Jerry Dammers) - 4:12
8. "Do Nothing" (Lynval Golding)
9. "Ghost Town" (Jerry Dammers)
10. "Why?" (Lynval Golding)
11. "Friday Night, Saturday Morning" (Terry Hall)
12. "War Crimes" (Jerry Dammers)
13. "Racist Friend" (Jerry Dammers,Dick Cuthell, John Bradbury)
14. "Nelson Mandela" (Jerry Dammers)
15. "(What I Like Most About You Is Your) Girlfriend" (Jerry Dammers)

This 1991 Limited Pressing replaces; "Maggie's Farm", "Rude Boys Outta Jail" , and "Do Nothing" with "International Jet Set", "War Crimes", and "(What I Like Most About You Is Your) Girlfriend"