Protest Songs 1924–2012 is the ninth and final studio album by the English ska revival band The Specials. It is the second Specials album led by the trio of Lynval Golding, Terry Hall and Horace Panter. The album entered at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart after its first week of release and spent two weeks on the chart.
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| Released | 1 October 2021 | |||
| Length | 45:15 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 64/100[1] |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
The album is the last to feature Hall as lead vocalist prior to his death in December 2022 at age 63.[citation needed]
Track listing edit
- "Freedom Highway" (Pops Staples) – 3:24
- "Everybody Knows" (Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson) – 5:23
- "I Don't Mind Failing in This World" (Malvina Reynolds) – 4:40
- "Black, Brown and White" (Big Bill Broonzy) – 2:57
- "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Us Around" (Traditional/Clarence Carter White) – 3:46
- "Fuck All the Perfect People" (Chip Taylor) – 4:05
- "My Next Door Neighbor" (Jerry McCain) – 2:33
- "Trouble Every Day" (Frank Zappa) – 5:04
- "Listening Wind" (Brian Eno, David Byrne) – 4:05
- "I Live in a City" (Malvina Reynolds) – 2:20
- "Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes" (Rod McKuen) – 2:51
- "Get Up, Stand Up" (Bob Marley, Peter Tosh) – 4:07
LP bonus 7" vinyl
- "Vote for Me" (Live at Coventry Cathedral) (Hall, Panter, Golding, Larsen) – 4:01
- "Blam Blam Fever" (Live at Coventry Cathedral) (Earl Grant, V. E. Grant) – 5:40
Personnel edit
The Specials edit
- Lynval Golding – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
- Terry Hall – vocals
- Horace Panter – bass guitar, stand-up bass
Additional musicians edit
- Steve Cradock – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
- Hannah Hu – guest vocals
- Jim Hunt – saxophone
- Pablo Mendelssohn – flugelhorn
- Michael "Bami" Rose – repeater drum
- Kenrick Rowe – drums, percussion
- Tim Smart – trombone
- Nikolaj Torp Larsen – keyboards, harmonica, guitar, accordion, vocals
- Tony Uter – bass drum
Technical edit
- Horace Panter, Lynval Golding, Nikolaj Torp Larsen, Terry Hall – producer, arrangements
- George Murphy – engineer
- Liam Larkin – assistant engineer
- Cenzo Townshend – mixing
- Camden Clarke, Robert Sellens – mixing assistant
- Shane O'Neill – photography
- De Facto – graphic design
Charts edit
| Chart (2021) | Peak position |
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| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[3] | 47 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[4] | 2 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[5] | 85 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[6] | 2 |
References edit
- ^ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ Deming, Mark. "Protest Songs 1924-2012 – The Specials". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Specials – Protest Songs 1924–2012" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – The Specials – Protest Songs 1924-2012". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
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