The Singles Collection (The Specials album)

The Singles Collection is a compilation album by The Specials.

The Singles Collection
UK cover
Greatest hits album by The Specials
Released	29 January 1991
Genre	Ska, 2 Tone, new wave
Length	58:09
Label	2 Tone/Chrysalis
The Specials chronology
In the Studio (1984) The Singles Collection (1991) Too Much Too Young: The Gold Collection (1996)
Alternative Cover
US cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gangsters" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers, The Specials, Prince Buster	2:45
2.	"Rudy, A Message to You" (as The Specials (featuring Rico))	R. Thompson	2:50
3.	"Nite Club"	Jerry Dammers, The Specials	3:25
4.	"Too Much Too Young (Live)" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers, Lloyd Charmers	2:05
5.	"Guns of Navarone (Live)" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster	2:20
6.	"Rat Race"	Roddy Radiation	3:09
7.	"Rude Boys Outta Jail"	Lynval Golding, Neville Staple, Horace Panter	2:40
8.	"Maggie's Farm"	Bob Dylan	3:31
9.	"Do Nothing" (as The Specials (featuring Rico))	Lynval Golding	3:52
10.	"Stereotype"	Jerry Dammers	3:50
11.	"Ghost Town (Extended version)" (as The Specials (featuring Rico)	Jerry Dammers	5:59
12.	"Why?"	Lynval Golding	3:54
13.	"Friday Night, Saturday Morning"	Terry Hall	3:34
14.	"Racist Friend" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers, Dick Cuthell, John Bradbury	3:48
15.	"Free Nelson Mandela (Extended Version)" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers, Rhoda Dakar	4:34
16.	"(What I Like Most About You Is Your) Girlfriend" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers	4:03

• Track 10 presents only the first half of the "Stereotype/Stereotype Pt. 2" single from More Specials.
• Tracks 14 through 16 were originally recorded under the "Special AKA" name, which the band used following the split of the original lineup in 1981.
• Some pressings of the album are missing track 16.

Tracks listing for 'Singles' release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gangsters"	Jerry Dammers, The Specials, Prince Buster	2:45
2.	"Rudy, A Message to You"	R. Thompson	2:50
3.	"Nite Klub"	Jerry Dammers, The Specials	3:25
4.	"Too Much Too Young (Live)"	Jerry Dammers, Lloyd Charmers	2:05
5.	"Guns of Navarone (Live)"	Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster	2:20
6.	"Rat Race"	Roddy Radiation	3:09
7.	"Stereotype"	Jerry Dammers	3:50
8.	"International Jet Set"	Jerry Dammers	4:11
9.	"Do Nothing"	Lynval Golding	3:52
10.	"Ghost Town"	Jerry Dammers	5:59
11.	"Why?"	Lynval Golding	3:54
12.	"Friday Night, Saturday Morning"	Terry Hall	3:34
13.	"War Crimes" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers	4:03
14.	"Racist Friend" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers, Dick Cuthell, John Bradbury	3:48
15.	"Nelson Mandela" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers, Rhoda Dakar	4:34
16.	"(What I Like Most About You Is Your) Girlfriend" (as The Special A.K.A.)	Jerry Dammers	4:02

This 1991 pressing replaces "Maggie's Farm" and "Rude Boys Outta Jail" with "International Jet Set" and "War Crimes".