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2021 studio album by The Specials
Protest Songs 1924–2012
Released 1 October 2021 (2021-10-01 ) Length 45 :15
Label
Producer
Encore (2019)
Protest Songs 1924–2012 (2021)
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.
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
"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
The Specials
Additional musicians
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
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
References
Studio albums Live albums Compilation albums Extended plays Singles Related