Today's Specials

Infobox Album
Name = Today's Specials
Type = Cover album
Artist = The Specials


Released = May 14, 1996
Recorded =
Genre = Ska
Length =
Label = Virgin
Producer = Tom Lowry, Neville Staple, Stoker
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kzfoxqrhldke link]
Last album = "" (1996)
This album = "Today's Specials" (1996)
Next album = "Guilty 'Til Proved Innocent!" (1998)

"Today's Specials" is a cover album by The Specials, released in 1996 (see 1996 in music). It is the first studio album by the group since 1984 although not in the full original line-up.

Track listing

#"Take Five" (Paul Desmond) - 3:56
#"Pressure Drop" (Toots Hibbert) - 4:18
#"Hypocrite" (Bob Marley) - 3:25
#"Goodbye Girl" - 3:57
#"A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" (Neil Diamond) - 4:32
#"Time Has Come" - 5:09
#"Dirty Old Town" (Ewan MacColl) - 3:33
#"Somebody Got Murdered" (The Clash) - 3:06
#"Shanty Town 007" (Desmond Dekker/Leslie Kong) - 3:57
#"Simmer Down" (Marley) - 3:46
#"Maga Dog" (Peter Tosh) - 2:54
#"Bad Boys" (Beckford Bailey) - 5:08

Personnel

*Neville Staple - vocals, producer
*Roddy Byers - vocals, guitar
*Lynval Golding - guitar, vocals, harmonica, mixing
*Horace Panter - bass guitar
*Mark Adams - organ, keyboards, backing vocals, programming, mixing
*Adam Birch - trombone, trumpet, horn, flugelhorn
*Aitch Hyatt - drums, backing vocals
*Sheena Staple - backing vocals
*Stoker - producer, mixing
*Tom Lowry - producer, programming, engineer
*Jim Lansberry - programming, mixing, engineer