More Specials
by The Specials
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The Specials bestography
More Specials is ranked 2nd best out of 11 albums by The Specials on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Specials is Specials which is ranked number 997 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,740.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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More Specials track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
More Specials rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 76 Music Albums of 1980 | 55/76 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1980 | 72/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 53/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 80 Music Albums of 1980 | 67/80 | 1 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 46/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 40 Music Albums of 1980 | 14/40 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 25 Music Albums of 1980 | 16/25 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 118 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 398 | |||
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More Specials ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/05/2026 03:34 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,085 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/30/2026 10:56 | Leginlists | 3,842 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/08/2025 16:14 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.8/100, a mean average of 71.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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BestEverAlbums 08/24/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5414): By Graeme2 neilgee 08/19/2024 09:19 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)More Specials comments
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As brilliant as the debut. Underrated and excellent.
Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/10/2015 18:43 | #145485 | TOP COMMENT
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Why did I take this out of my top 100? A joy to hear from one of the coolest bands of all time. Back in the top 100 you go.
dmercado 12/03/2022 05:58 | #291733 | TOP COMMENT
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Criminally overlooked album, probably because those who love the first album were turned off by how different this is, and those who didn't love it didn't give this one a chance. Sure, not every song is a home run, but this is a unique blend of ska, northern soul, dub, latin rhythms, and the genius stroke - lounge music synthesizers. They then perfected the sound on the follow-up single, which is by far the best thing Specials ever released: Ghost Town b/ Why? & Friday Night, Saturday Morning
When it's good, it's very good - like Pearl's Cafe, Sock it to 'em JB and International Jet Set, but there's some real dross on here too. Holiday Fortnight anyone? Not up to the excitement of the debut.
Great album! Sounds fantastic 34 years later. Interesting that no one has rated this record 100 out of 100, possibly because it has a couple of pointless tracks that weaken it?
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