Reddit reviews Today's Specials

It's off the Today's Specials album from 1996. Note that this isn't the "real" Specials; only 4 of the original 7 members were involved with this album (Neville Staple, Lynval Golding, Horace Panter and Roddy Byers). At the time, Jerry Dammers condemned the reformation of the group and this album, calling it "dodgy." But I still liked it.

The whole album consists of covers, including a fantastic cover of Dave Brubeck's "Take Five"; it's worth getting the album for that song alone. There are also some decent Marley covers, and a very good Neil Diamond cover, but their cover of The Clash's "Somebody Got Murdered" is a bit weak.

Hey! The album this was off of was "Today's Specials" and it is currently out of print. I don't know if the label went under or if there is a lot of crazy legal rules around it, but that's why it isn't on any MP3 purchase sites. Oddly, while I finally found a listing for it on Amazon, it only came up when I searched for the album name, not as part of the list of albums that the Specials have made/appeared on. Here's a link to get the CD used or pay an exorbitant price for a new one. Hope this helps!