Released 1979 (US) Artist The Only Ones Label Epic/Sony Records | Length 39:28 Release date 1979 Producers Alan Mair, Peter Perrett | |
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Special View
(1979) Baby's Got a Gun
(1980) Genres Punk rock, New wave, Power pop Similar Baby's Got a Gun, Why Don't You Kill Yourself?, Even Serpents Shine, The Big Sleep, The Only Ones | ||
The only ones special view
Special View is the second compilation album by English power pop band The Only Ones. Released in 1979 in the United States it consists of tracks selected by the American label Epic from the band's first two CBS (UK) albums (The Only Ones and Even Serpents Shine).
Contents
Critical reception
In his consumer guide for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau gave the album an A- and commented that "This selection from his first two British albums (plus one single) is an ideal introduction to an artist who may be major if he sticks at it."
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Ned Raggett gave the album four and a half out of five stars and wrote "Though a compilation of albums for America rather than a proper release, Special View could almost be a greatest hits of sorts, capturing the unexpected and underrated talents of Perrett and his bandmates for a late-'70s audience well enough and still holding up in later years."
Track listing
All tracks written by Peter Perrett.
Personnel
Songs
1Another Girl - Another Planet3:01
2Lovers of Today3:13
3Peter and the Pets3:05