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The Singles Collection is a compilation album by The Specials.

The Singles Collection

UK cover

Greatest hits album by

The Specials

Released

January 9, 1991

Genre

Ska, 2 Tone, new wave

Length

58:09

Label

2 Tone/Chrysalis

The Specials chronology

In the Studio
(1984)

The Singles Collection
(1991)

Too Much Too Young: The Gold Collection
(1996)

Alternative Cover

US cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gangsters" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers, The Specials, Prince Buster	2:45
2.	"Rudy, A Message to You" (as The Specials (featuring Rico))	R. Thompson	2:50
3.	"Nite Club"	Jerry Dammers, The Specials	3:25
4.	"Too Much Too Young (Live)" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers, Lloyd Charmers	2:05
5.	"Guns of Navarone (Live)" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster	2:20
6.	"Rat Race"	Roddy Radiation	3:09
7.	"Rude Boys Outta Jail"	Lynval Golding, Neville Staple, Horace Panter	2:40
8.	"Maggie's Farm"	Bob Dylan	3:31
9.	"Do Nothing" (as The Specials (featuring Rico))	Lynval Golding	3:52
10.	"Stereotype"	Jerry Dammers	3:50
11.	"Ghost Town (12" Vers.)" (as The Specials (featuring Rico))	Jerry Dammers	5:59
12.	"Why?"	Lynval Golding	3:54
13.	"Friday Night, Saturday Morning"	Terry Hall	3:34
14.	"Racist Friend" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers, Dick Cuthell, John Bradbury	3:48
15.	"Free Nelson Mandela (Extended Version)" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers, Rhoda Dakar	4:34
16.	"(What I Like Most About You Is Your) Girlfriend" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers	4:03

Track 10 presents only the first half of the "Stereotype/Stereotype Pt. 2" single from More Specials.
Tracks 14 through 16 were originally recorded under the "Special AKA" name, which the band used following the split of the original lineup in 1981.
Some pressings of the album are missing track 16.

Tracks listing for 'Singles' release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gangsters"	Jerry Dammers, The Specials, Prince Buster	2:45
2.	"Rudy, A Message To You"	R. Thompson	2:50
3.	"Nite Klub"	Jerry Dammers, The Specials	3:25
4.	"Too Much Too Young (Live)"	Jerry Dammers, Lloyd Charmers	2:05
5.	"Guns Of Navarone (Live)"	Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster	2:20
6.	"Rat Race"	Roddy Radiation	3:09
7.	"Stereotype"	Jerry Dammers	3:50
8.	"International Jet Set"	Jerry Dammers	4:11
9.	"Do Nothing"	Lynval Golding	3:52
10.	"Ghost Town"	Jerry Dammers	5:59
11.	"Why?"	Lynval Golding	3:54
12.	"Friday Night, Saturday Morning"	Terry Hall	3:34
13.	"War Crimes" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers	4:03
14.	"Racist Friend" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers, Dick Cuthell, John Bradbury	3:48
15.	"Nelson Mandela" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers, Rhoda Dakar	4:34
16.	"(What I Like Most About You Is Your) Girlfriend" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers	4:02

This 1991 pressing replaces "Maggie's Farm" and "Rude Boys Outta Jail" with "International Jet Set" and "War Crimes".

References

https://www.allmusic.com/album/r18598

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