Encore (The Specials album)


Encore is the eighth studio album by the English ska revival band The Specials. It is their first studio album of original songs since 1998's Guilty 'til Proved Innocent!, and their first new material with vocalist Terry Hall since 1981's "Ghost Town" single.
The album features three covers of older songs; "Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys", "Blam Blam Fever" and "The Lunatics". The Specials, in a different incarnation, previously released a cover of "Blam Blam Fever" on 2000's studio album Skinhead Girl. The album entered at number 1 on the UK Album's Chart after its first week of release, falling to 5 the week after and spending 9 weeks on the charts.

Track listing

All tracks written by Terry Hall, Horace Panter, Lynval Golding, and Nikolaj Torp Larsen; except where indicated.
  1. "Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys" – 3:17
  2. "B.L.M" – 5:05
  3. "Vote for Me" – 5:01
  4. "The Lunatics" – 3:35
  5. "Breaking Point" – 3:56
  6. "Blam Blam Fever" – 2:46
  7. "10 Commandments" – 3:53
  8. "Embarrassed by You" – 3:05
  9. "The Life and Times " – 5:27
  10. "We Sell Hope" – 4:34
Deluxe version
A deluxe version was released including a CD of live recordings.
  1. "Gangsters" – 3:13
  2. "A Message to You, Rudy" – 2:51
  3. "Nite Klub" – 4:49
  4. "Friday Night, Saturday Morning" – 3:16
  5. "Stereotype" – 4:42
  6. "Redemption Song" – 3:53
  7. "Monkey Man" – 2:38
  8. "Too Much Too Young" – 2:04
  9. "Enjoy Yourself " – 3:33
  10. "Ghost Town" – 5:40
  11. "All The Time In The World" – 3:25
Tracks 2-1, 2-2, 2-4, 2-5, 2-7, 2-9, 2-10 Recorded at Le Bataclan, Paris 30/11/2014
Tracks 2-3, 2-6, 2-8, 2-11 Recorded at The Troxy, London 16/11/2016
Stanford Quartet

The Specials

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Weekly charts

Year-end charts