The Specials - More Specials

Jerry Dammers led The Specials in a radically different direction for their 1980 follow-up, subverting ska expectations with lounge-jazz, muzak, easy-listening textures and claustrophobic dub. Tracks like Stereotype, International Jet Set and Do Nothing confront alcoholism, boredom and cold-war dread with an eerie, cynical humour that was far ahead of its time.