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The Specials

The Specials self-titled debut album is Chris' Classic Album of the Weekend.

Plus Alex Horne shares his Homebound Glory - a tour of his house and a guide to keeping busy in lockdown.

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Sat 4 Apr 202005:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • The Coral

    Pass It On

    • Deltasonic.

  • EOB

    Shangri-La

    • Capitol.

  • Dexys Midnight Runners

    Geno

    • Mercury.

  • Go Go Penguin

    Atomised

    • Blue Not Records.

  • Eagles of Death Metal

    Wannabe In L.A.

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Downtown.
    • 1.

  • Jockstrap

    Acid

  • This Is the Kit

    Silver John (6 Music Session, 28 Jan 2016)

  • Jurassic 5

    Customer Service

  • The Specials

    Gangsters

    • Terry Hall - The Collection.
    • Chrysalis.

  • Sports Team

    Here's The Thing

    • Holm Front / Island Records.

  • The Only Ones

    Oh Lucinda

    • STRANGE FRUIT.

  • The Beta Band

    Broke

    • Regal.

  • Wendy & Lisa

    Waterfall '89

    • VIRGIN.

  • Dirty Projectors

    Overlord

    • DOMINO RECORD CO LTD.

  • Sufjan Stevens

    Love Yourself

    • Asthmatic Kitty.

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    You Can Make It If You Try

    • Greatest Hits.
    • Epic.

  • Soft Cell

    Tainted Love

    • vertigo.

  • Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

    Cars In Space

    • Sub Pop Records.

  • Solomon Burke

    Everybody Needs Somebody To Love

    • Rhino.

  • Cat Power

    The Greatest

    • Matador.

  • Cabbage

    You've Made An Art Form (From Falling To Pieces)

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Being Boring

    • PET SHOP BOYS DISCOGRAPHY.
    • Parlophone.

  • Yves Tumor

    Gospel For A New Century

    • Warp Records.

  • Julia Jacklin

    Pool Party (6 Music Session, 4 Nov 2016)

  • Charlotte Gainsbourg

    Such A Remarkable Day

    • Because Music.

  • The Specials

    Doesn't Make It Alright

    • 2 Tone Records.

  • Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats

    Cosmic.m4a

    • PH Recordings/Loma Vista.

  • Poppy Ajudha

    Low Ride (feat. Mahalia)

    • Poppy Ajudha 2020.

  • Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew

    The Show

    • COOLTEMPO.

  • Angel Olsen

    New Love Cassette

    • Jagjagjaguwar.

  • Jarvis Cocker

    Angela

    • CD SINGLE.
    • ROUGH TRADE RECORDS.
    • 1.

  • Ben E. King

    Supernatural Thing Part 1

    • Atlantic.

  • Saint Etienne

    He's On The Phone

    • The Best Album In The World Ever!(Va).
    • Virgin.

  • Rahim Redcar (AKA: Christine and the Queens)

    People, I've Been Sad

    • Because Music.

  • Echo & the Bunnymen

    Never Stop

    • Korova.

  • Melt Yourself Down

    Crocodile

    • Decca.

  • Wendy James

    Perilous Beauty

  • George FitzGerald

    Burns (6 Music Session, 26 Mar 2018)

  • Yasiin Bey

    Oh No (feat. Pharoahe Monch & Nate Dogg)

    • Lyricist Lounge 2.
    • Rawkus.

  • Neneh Cherry

    Buffalo Stance

    • Now 1988 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • Pottery

    Texas Drums

    • PARTISAN RECORDS.

  • La Luz

    Cicada

    • Hardly Art Records.

  • Thundercat

    Dragonball Durag

    • Brainfeeder.

  • Gossip

    Dark Lines

  • The Strokes

    You Only Live Once

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Rough Trade Records.

  • Robert Glasper

    Expectations (feat. Baby Rose, Rapsody & James Poyser)

    • Loma Vista Recordings.

  • Toots & The Maytals

    54-46 Was My Number

    • Island Jamaica.

Broadcast

  • Sat 4 Apr 202005:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music