The Specials – Encore
| Label: | Island Records – 7721103, UMC – 00602577211034 |
|---|---|
| Format: | Vinyl, LP, Album |
| Country: | Europe |
| Released: | |
| Genre: | Rock, Reggae, Funk / Soul |
| Style: | Ska, New Wave |
Tracklist
| A1 | Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys | |
| A2 | B.L.M. | |
| A3 | Vote For Me | |
| A4 | The Lunatics | |
| A5 | Breaking Point | |
| B1 | Blam Blam Fever | |
| B2 | 10 Commandments | |
| B3 | Embarrassed By You | |
| B4 | The Life And Times (Of A Man Called Depression) | |
| B5 | We Sell Hope |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured For – Universal International Music B.V.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Universal Music Operations Ltd.
- Copyright © – Universal Music Operations Ltd.
- Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH – BI50796
- Recorded At – Eastcote Studios
- Mixed At – Decoy Studios (2)
- Mastered At – Abbey Road Studios
- Published By – EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
- Published By – Windrush 3 LLP
- Published By – Torp Larsen Music
- Published By – BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
- Published By – Upstairs Music
Credits
- Bass – Horace Panter
- Cello [String Section] – Ian Burdge
- Drums – Kenrick Rowe
- Engineer – George Murphy (5)
- Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Sophie Ellis
- Guitar – Steve Cradock
- Keyboards, Vocals – Nikolaj Torp Larsen*
- Lacquer Cut By – F.A.*
- Mastered By – Frank Arkwright
- Mixed By – Cenzo Townshend
- Producer – Horace Panter, Lynval Golding, Nikolaj Torp Larsen*, Terry Hall
- Trombone, Tuba – Tim Smart
- Trumpet – Pablo Mendelssohn
- Viola [String Section] – Bruce White
- Violin [String Section] – Oli Langford*, Tom Pigott-Smith
- Vocals – Terry Hall
- Vocals [Guest Vocalist] – Saffiyah Khan (tracks: B2)
- Vocals, Guitar – Lynval Golding
- Written-By – Earl Grant (tracks: B1), Edmond Montague Grant* (tracks: A1), Horace Panter (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B2 to B5), Lynval Golding (tracks: A2 to A5, B2 to B5), Mark Adams (7) (tracks: B3), Neville Eugenton Staples* (tracks: A4), Nikolaj Torp Larsen* (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B2 to B5), Saffiyah Khan (tracks: B2), Terry Hall (tracks: A2 to A5, B2 to B5), V.E. Grant* (tracks: B1)
Notes
Includes download voucher. Comes with a 4 pages 12" foldout including lyrics, photos and credits.
Made in the E.U
Embossed front cover
Made in the E.U
Embossed front cover
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 6 02577 21103 4
- Barcode (Scanned): 602577211034
- Label Code: LC01846
- Rights Society: BIEM/SDRM
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): BI50796-01 A1 7721103
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): BI50796-01 B1 F.A. 7721103
Other Versions (5 of 9)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Encore (2×CD, Album) | Island Records, UMC | 00602577210907, 7721090 | Europe | 2019 | |||
| Encore (CD, Album) | Island Records | B0029643-02 | US | 2019 | |||
New Submission | Encore (LP, Album, Limited Edition, White, Embossed) | Island Records, UMC | 7721104, 00602577211041 | Europe | 2019 | ||
New Submission | Encore (2×CD, Album) | Island Records | B0029608-02 | US | 2019 | ||
New Submission | Encore (2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Red, Embossed) | Island Records, UMC | 7762588, 00602577625886 | Europe | 2019 |
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Reviews
- Surprisingly good album with a few flaws but overall it's a good listen
Pressing sounded clear to my ears. 
This is one excellent sounding pressing-- and it benefits from being cranked up. Smooth and warm sounding. An excellent album by The Specials -- and who was expecting this after a 37 year absence? They're tapped into now, into today, into neo-Thatcherism-- and have kept their punk and ska sensibilities fully intact. Nice! BTW-- the vinyl is clean, flat and near silent. A superb pressing.
Edited 4 years agoLiking Terry's presence on this collection. 'The Life and Times' is a very special Specials song. Great to find the original spark of creativity and politics returning in new forms 40 years later (even if tbh it does sound too 'manicured' on some cuts). Now, can you all just have a coffee with Jerry?
Edited 5 years ago40 years or so and the covers blank.
guess they didn't have time.
I got it how about a few white vinyl ones perhaps.. Ill support them by purchasing just because the download cant be spun holding the corners. records used to be more interesting, just observation not review 30 years from now ill remember what was happening when Encore was pressed.
Release
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