The Singles Collection (The Specials album)

The Singles Collection
Greatest hits album by The Specials
Released January 9, 1991
Genre Ska, 2 Tone, New Wave
Length 52:10
Label 2 Tone/Chrysalis
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The Specials chronology
In the Studio
(1984)
The Singles Collection
(1991)
Too Much Too Young: The Gold Collection
(1996)
Alternative Cover
An alternative cover used for the album

The Singles Collection is a compilation album by The Specials.

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.

Tracks listing for the limited pressing 'Singles'

  1. "Gangsters" (The Specials) - 2:48
  2. "Rudi, A Message To You" (R. Thompson) - 2:54
  3. "Nite Klub" (The Specials) - 3:12
  4. "Too Much Too Young" (Jerry Dammers) [Live 7" version] - 2:05
  5. "Guns Of Navarone" - 2:20
  6. "Rat Race" (Roddy Radiation) - 3:09
  7. "Stereotype" (Jerry Dammers) [7" version] - 3:49
  8. "International Jet Set" (Jerry Dammers) [7" version] - 4:12
  9. "Do Nothing" (Lynval Golding) [7" version] - 3:51
  10. "Ghost Town" (Jerry Dammers) [12" version] - 5:58
  11. "Why?" (Lynval Golding) - 3:55
  12. "Friday Night, Saturday Morning" (Terry Hall) - 3:34
  13. "War Crimes" (Jerry Dammers) - 4:01
  14. "Racist Friend" (Jerry Dammers, Dick Cuthell, John Bradbury) - 3:46
  15. "Nelson Mandela" (Jerry Dammers) - 4:34
  16. "(What I Like Most About You Is Your) Girlfriend" (Jerry Dammers) - 4:03

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