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The Specials

ska, 2 tone, rocksteady

Busiest years

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Swipe sideways for the whole career.Hover a year to see what came out, click it to browse that year. Zoom in to pull a busy stretch apart.

Per yearReleases per year

19802 things · the busiest year; click any year above to look elsewhere

Too Much Too Young

Jan 11, 1980

More Specials

Oct 4, 1980

Click anything in the lanes or on the shelf to see it up close.

On record

1979–2026

48 years, 54 releases, 5 events

Busiest year

1980

6 things happened

Release season

October

5 of 27 releases with a known month

Longest album gap

18.0 years

2001 → 2019