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Archive
Archive
Compilation album by The Specials
Released	26 March 2001
Genre	Ska
Label	Rialto
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Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Archive is a compilation album by The Specials, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music). It consists of old Specials songs and ones by the new line-up, mostly covers.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Too Much Too Young (Live)"	Jerry Dammers	2:06
2.	"Blank Expression"	John Bradbury, Roddy Byers, Dammers, Lynval Golding, Terry Hall, Horace Panter, Neville Staple	2:08
3.	"Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) (Live)"	Conrad Magidson, Carl Sigman	3:19
4.	"El Pussycat Ska"	Roland Alphonso, Clement Dodd	3:39
5.	"Skinhead Moonstomp (Live)"	Alton Ellis, Ney Smith	2:29
6.	"Long Shot Kick de Bucket (Live)"	Dawn Agard, Sydney Crooks, Earl Robinson	3:03
7.	"Conquering Ruler"	Derrick Morgan	3:12
8.	"Do Nothing (Live)"	Golding	3:31
9.	"Nite Klub/Raquel"	Dammers	3:01
10.	"Too Hot (Live)"	Cecil Campbell	2:37
11.	"Skinhead Girl"	Ney Smith	3:31
12.	"Rude Boys Outta Jail (Live)"	Horace Gentleman, Golding, Staple	2:34
13.	"Stupid Marriage"	Dammers, Michael Allen Harrison, Staple	2:48
14.	"Monkey Man (Live)"	Toots Hibbert	2:55
15.	"Decimal Currency"	Blenders	3:48
16.	"Rat Race (Live)"	Byers	2:55
17.	"Dawning of a New Era"	Dammers	2:39
18.	"You're Wondering Now (Live)"	Clement Seymour	2:18
19.	"Napoleon Solo"	Hopeton Lewis	3:08
20.	"Gangsters (Live)"	Bradbury, Byers, Dammers, Golding, Hall, Panter, Staple	2:33
21.	"Braggin' and Tryin' Not to Lie (Live)"	Byers	3:22
22.	"Return of Django"	Lee Perry	3:36
23.	"Ghost Town (Live)"	Dammers	6:37

Personnel

Terry Hall - vocals
Jerry Dammers - keyboards
Lynval Golding - rhythm guitar, vocals
Neville Staple - toasting, backing vocals, percussion
Roddy Byers - lead guitar
Horace Panter - bass guitar
John Bradbury - drums

References

^ "New Releases: Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 24 March 2001. p. 27. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
^ Westergaard, Sean. Archive at AllMusic

[1] "New Releases: Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 24 March 2001. p. 27. Retrieved 11 November 2022.

[2] Westergaard, Sean. Archive at AllMusic

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The Specials
Lynval Golding Horace Panter Tim Smart Drew Stansall Nikolaj Torp Larsen Steve Cradock Pablo Mandleson Terry Hall Jerry Dammers Silverton Hutchinson Tim Strickland Roddy Radiation Neville Staple John Bradbury Dick Cuthell Rico Rodriguez Rhoda Dakar John Shipley Satch Dickson Groco Anthony Wymshurst Stan Campbell Edgio Newton Nick Parker Gary McManus Jon Read Adam Birch Mark Adams Aitch Bembridge
Studio albums	The Specials More Specials In the Studio Today's Specials Guilty 'til Proved Innocent! Skinhead Girl Conquering Ruler Encore Protest Songs 1924–2012
Live albums	Blue Plate Specials Live Ghost Town Live
Compilation albums	The Singles Collection Dawning of a New Era Too Much Too Young: The Gold Collection Best of the Specials BBC Sessions Stereo-Typical: A's, B's and Rarities Archive Greatest Hits The Best of The Specials
Extended plays	Too Much Too Young
Singles	"Gangsters" "A Message to You Rudy" "Rat Race" "Stereotype" "Do Nothing" "Ghost Town" "The Boiler" "Free Nelson Mandela"
Related	Discography 2 Tone Records The Best of The Specials & Fun Boy Three Dance Craze The Very Best of The Specials and Fun Boy Three