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The SPECIALS

LP

PROTEST SONGS 1924-2012

180 GRAM VINYL

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The Specials who enjoyed a triumphant 2019

with the release of the critically acclaimed

“Encore”, their first ever number 1 album,

coming 40 years after they exploded onto the

music scene and launched the 2 Tone

movement, make a very timely return with the

release of their brand new album “Protest

Songs – 1924 -2012”. Released through their

new label Island Records, the album features

twelve singular takes on specially chosen

protest songs across an almost 100-year span

and shows The Specials still care, are still

protesting and are still pissed off!

The Specials emerged in the late 1970s as the

multiracial flagship of the 2 Tone movement,

and sang of racism, unemployment and

injustice making a very clear political statement

every time they stepped on stage. It's fitting,

then, that in 2021, at a time when the world is

riven with social, racial and political unrest, that

the Specials have made this album of Protest

Songs and are once again reflecting the society

we live in and taking a stand against all forms of

injustice. A typically unpredictable collection of

unique takes from folk to post-punk, righteous

uplift to biting satire, and from Kingston to

Alabama, the album is a powerful reminder that

there are no fixed rules to what makes a protest

song.

The album was recorded in a studio in West

London in May of this year with regular

bandmates Nikolaj Torp Larsen on keyboards,

Kenrick Rowe on drums and Steve Cradock on

guitar. Hannah Hu, a young singer from

Bradford, fronts Listening Wind and sings back-

up on Freedom Highway and Everybody Knows.

The Specials remain one of the most

electrifying, influential and important bands of

all time and this new record and the success of

Encore proves that they are every bit as relevant

and vital as they were in 1979.

“The anger still burns…his (Terry Hall) spirit of

glum idealism may make him the most

quintessentially British protest singer ever. And

that is special.” **** Daily Telegraph

“You just had to look at the audience to see how

their message has reverberated through the

decades” **** The Times

“The Specials are so much more than relevant.

In times like these, they might just be essential”

The Big Issue

Tracks –

1. Freedom Highway

2. Everybody Knows

3. I Don't Mind Failing In This World

4. Black, Brown And White

5. Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Us Around

6. F**k All The Perfect People

7. My Next Door Neighbor

8. Trouble Every Day

9. Listening Wind

10. I Live In A City

11. Soldiers Who Want To Be Heroes

12. Get Up, Stand Up

Condition – MINT / UNPLAYED (sealed)

Year – 2021

COUNTRY – UK

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