The Specials
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| The Specials | |
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 The Specials actuando en Brixton Academy, Londres, 2009. |
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| Datos generales | |
| Origen | Coventry, Inglaterra |
| Estado | En activo |
| Información artística | |
| Género(s) | 2 Tone, Ska, New Wave |
| Período de actividad | 1977-1981 2008-actualidad |
| Web | |
| Sitio web | The Specials |
| Miembros | |
| Jerry Dammers Terry Hall Neville Staple Sir Horace Gentleman Roddy Radiation Lynval Golding John Bradbury |
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The Specials es una banda británica de ska (más precisamente del estilo que se conoce como 2 Tone) formada en 1977 en Coventry. Junto a Madness es una de las bandas más importantes que haya dado el género.
Empezaron tocando ska, punk y pop, y más tarde fusionaron todos estos estilos, creando un nuevo sonido que fue conocido como 2 Tone. Sus temas más conocidos incluyen A Message To You Rudy, Ghost Town (su máximo hit), Too Much Too Young y su debut, Gangsters.
The Specials ha influido a multitud de bandas alrededor del mundo, desde Rancid ^ o Kortatu a No Doubt, pasando por los argentinos Karamelo Santo, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs y Los Pericos. Los miembros originales de la banda fueron Jerry Dammers, Terry Hall, Roddy Radiation, John Bradbury, Sir Horace Gentleman (también conocido como Horace Panter), Lynval Golding y Neville Staples.
Naturalmente al pertenecer al estilo de la música "Ska" tenían una visión antirracista y de unificación por la libertad, haciendo canciones como por ejemplo a Nelson Mandela, quien en ese entonces se encontraba preso.
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Miembros [editar]
La formación original de la banda fue:
- Jerry Dammers - Teclados
- Terry Hall - Voz
- Roddy Radiation - Guitarra
- John Bradbury - Bateria
- Sir Horace Gentleman (alias Horace Panter) - Bajo
- Lynval Golding - Guitarra
- Neville Staples - Voz
Discografía [editar]
Álbums [editar]
- Specials (1979)
- More Specials (1980)
- In the Studio (as Special A.K.A.) (1984)
- Today's Specials (1996)
- Guilty 'Til Proved Innocent! (1998)
- Skinhead Girl (2000)
- Conquering Ruler (2001)
Albums de Estudio [editar]
| Year | Detalles del Album | Posicion | Certifications (sales threshold) |
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| UK [1] |
US [2] |
NZ [3] |
SWE [4] |
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| 1979 | Specials
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4 | 84 | 5 | 34 |
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| 1980 | More Specials
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5 | 98 | 28 | 30 |
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| 1984 | In the Studio
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34 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1996 | Today's Specials
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| 1998 | Guilty 'til Proved Innocent!
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| 2000 | Skinhead Girl
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| 2001 | Conquering Ruler
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Albums en directo [editar]
| Año | Detalles del album |
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| 1987 | Peel Sessions
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| 1994 | Live at the Palace
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| 1997 | Live at the Moonlight Club
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| 1999 | Blue Plate Specials Live
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Ghost Town Live
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Extended plays [editar]
| Año | Detalles del Album | Posiciones | |||||||
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| UK [1] |
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| 1980 | The Special AKA Live!
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| 1993 | The Two Tone
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Singles [editar]
| Año | Single | Posicion | Album | ||||||||||||||||
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| UK [1] |
IRE [6] |
NZ [3] |
NL [7] |
AUT [8] |
NOR [9] |
US Dance [10] |
US Mod [10] |
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| 1979 | "Gangsters" | 6 | 27 | 20 | 11 | — | — | — | — | Single | |||||||||
| "A Message to You, Rudy" | 10 | 19 | 29 | 35 | 7 | — | — | — | Specials / More Specials | ||||||||||
| 1980 | "Too Much Too Young" | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Rat Race" | 5 | 17 | — | — | — | — | 89 | — | |||||||||||
| "Stereotype" | 6 | 12 | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Do Nothing" | 4 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1981 | "Ghost Town" | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | — | 7 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1982 | "The Boiler" (with Rhoda Dakar) | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Special A.K.A. | |||||||||
| "Jungle Music" (con Rico Rodriguez) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "War Crimes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1983 | "Racist Friend" | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1984 | "Free Nelson Mandela" | 9 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend" | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1988 | "Free Nelson Mandela" (re-editado) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1991 | "Ghost Town Revisited" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Singles Collection | |||||||||
| 1996 | "Hypocrite" | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Today's Specials | |||||||||
| 1997 | "It's You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | Guilty 'Til Proved Innocent! | |||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||||||||
DVDs [editar]
- "The Special AKA on Film" (198x VHS & Laserdisc)
- "Dance Craze - The Best of British Ska... Live!" (VHS)
- "The Specials: Too Much, Too Young" (2008 DVD)
Peliculas [editar]
- Sixteen Candles - cancion - "Little Bitch"
- SLC Punk! - cancion - "Too Hot" and "Gangsters"
- Snatch - cancion - "Ghost Town"
- Shaun of the Dead - cancion - "Ghost Town"
- Garage Days - cancion - "Ghost Town"
- An Extremely Goofy Movie - cancion - "Pressure Drop"
- A Room for Romeo Brass - cancion - "A Message to You, Rudy"
- Grosse Pointe Blank - cancion - "Pressure Drop", "A Message to You, Rudy" y "You're Wondering Now"
- This Is England - cancion - "Do the Dog"
- Mystery Men - cancion - "Gangsters" Covered por Citizen King
- 200 Cigarettes - cancion - "A Message to You, Rudy"
- Multiplicity - cancion - "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You"
- Natural Born Killers - cancion - "Ghost Town" (no incluida en el album)
- We Own The Night - cancion - "A Message to You, Rudy"
Televisión [editar]
- Father Ted - Episodio - Good Luck, Father Ted - cancion - "Ghost Town"[11]
- Six Feet Under - cancion - "Monkey Man"
Anuncios [editar]
- La canción "A Message to You, Rudy" aparecio en un anuncio de television dirigido por Bruno Aveillan,con el jugador de futbol , Marcel Desailly en 2001
- La canción "Blank Expression" Aparecio en TV en el anuncio del Ford Fiesta en 2004
Videojuegos [editar]
- Dance Dance Revolution - cancion - "Little Bitch" (remix)
- MLB 2K7 - cancion - "A Message To You, Rudy"
- Skate 2 - cancion - "Ghost Town"
En directo [editar]
- Live at The Moonlight Club (1997)
- Peel Sessions (1987)
- Blue Plate Specials (1999)
- Ghost Town: Live at Montreaux Jazz Festival 1995 (1999)
Recopilatorios [editar]
- The Singles Collection (1991)
- Coventry Automatics Aka the Specials: Dawning of a New Era (1994)
- Too Much Too Young: The Gold Collection (1996)
- Concrete Jungle (1998)
- Best of The Specials (1999)
- Very Best of the Specials and Fun Boy Three (2000)
- Ghost Town (2004)
- Stereo-Typical: A's, B's and Rarities (2005)
- Greatest Hits (2006)
Singles [editar]
- "Gangsters" (1979) UK #6 - billed as The Special A.K.A. - La otra cara The Selecter
- "A Message To You Rudy"/"Nite Klub" (1979) UK #10
- "The Special A.K.A. Live!" - ("Too Much Too Young"/"Guns Of Navarone"/"Long Shot Kick De Bucket"/"Liquidator"/"Skinhead Moonstomp") (1980) UK #1 - EP
- "Rat Race"/"Rude Boys Outa Jail" (1980) UK #5
- "Stereotype"/"International Jet Set" (1980) UK #6
- "Do Nothing"/"Maggie's Farm" (1980) UK #4
- "Ghost Town" (1981) UK #1
- "The Boiler" (1982) UK #35 - Rhoda & The Special A.K.A.
- "Jungle Music" (1982) - Rico & The Special A.K.A.
- "War Crimes" (1982) UK #84 - The Special A.K.A.
- "Bright Lights"/"Racist Friend" (1983) UK #60 - The Special A.K.A.
- "Nelson Mandela" (1984) UK #9 - The Special A.K.A.
- "What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend" (1984) UK #51 - The Special A.K.A.
Referencias [editar]
- ↑ a b c Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th edición). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 519. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ Allmusic - Charts & Awards (albums)
- ↑ a b http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?search=the+specials&cat=a
- ↑ http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=the+specials&cat=a
- ↑ a b http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx
- ↑ http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement
- ↑ http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=the+specials&cat=s
- ↑ http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=the+specials&cat=s
- ↑ http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?search=the+specials&cat=s
- ↑ a b http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5495
- ↑ McDonald, Shane (2005). «Father Ted Useless Information» (Web). shanemcdonald.com. Consultado el 07-09-2007.
Enlaces externos [editar]
Wikimedia Commons alberga contenido multimedia sobre The Specials. Commons- Web oficial
