Released May 14, 1996 Artist The Specials Label 2 Tone Records | Length 52:53 Release date 14 May 1996 Genres Ska, 2 Tone, New wave | |
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Too Much Too Young The Gold Collection
(1996) Today's Specials
(1996) Similar The Singles Collection, Stereo‑Typical: A's - B's and Rarities, Skinhead Girl, Guilty 'til Proved Innocent!, Best of the Specials | ||
Too Much Too Young: The Gold Collection is a compilation album by British Ska band The Specials. It features eight songs from their eponymous 1979 debut album Specials, along with seven songs from the subsequent More Specials album (1980), plus the track Rude Boys Outa Jail, originally only released as a double A-side single with Rat Race in 1980.
Contents
The compilation thus focuses on the earlier years of the group, only featuring recordings made by the original line-up before Neville Staples, Terry Hall and Lynval Golding left the band in 1981/1982. A notable omission is the group's second (and last) number one hit Ghost Town, released as a single in 1981, while Staples, Hall and Golding were still in the group.
Track listing
- "Too Much Too Young"
- "Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)"
- "Man at C&A
- "Rude Boys Outa Jail
- "I Can't Stand It"
- "Do The Dog"
- "Blank Expression"
- "(Dawning Of A) New Era" (listed as "(Dawning Of) A New Era")
- "Monkey Man"
- "Hey Little Rich Girl"
- "Pearl's Cafe"
- "Little Bitch"
- "Rat Race"
- "A Message To You Rudy"
- "Do Nothing"
- "You're Wondering Now"
Songs
1Too Much Too Young2:03
2Guns of Navarone2:25
3Skinhead Symphony: Longshot Kick the Bucket / Liquidator / Skinhead Moonstomp6:36