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Advantages: Dancing to it will keep you fit
Disadvantages: The neighbours may well be tapping on the door

This CD is the Puppies nuts, If you like a bit of old skool Two Tone or Ska then disc has got to be had in the car or even indoors for when the hoover and dusters are out . With bands like The Specials, Madness and The Selector contributing tracks aswell as lesser known bands such as The Bodysnatchers and The Higsons this disc makes for some quality listening time or even a great present for family or friends. There are Ska or Two tone discs out ... Read review

Advantages: catchy new takes on classic songs
Disadvantages: nothing new

...Spunge albums. Bear in mind that I have not heard any of the originals, so I will be able to offer comparisons in that respect. The tracklist for That Should Cover It (even the name of the album seems to imply that they only released it to stop the gap between albums) is as follows: 1. Centre Fold 2. Circle In The Sand 3. Oliver's Army 4. Land Down Under 5. I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) 6. Happy Hour 7. Whitehouse 8. Get Along 9. Skanking Song ...
...original, but is so cheerful that one can't help but sing along. Land Down Under, originally by Men At Work, I have heard before, and I must say I prefer the Spunge version. The lyrics are just as sublimely weird as they were to begin with, but ska just seems to fit the song's atmosphere a lot better. I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) has been covered by every punk band since history began, and this version is no different to any others. Happy Hour, originally ... Read review

Advantages: All their biggest song + lots you've probably never heard
Disadvantages: Most of the B sides

When I saw this 3 disc album for on my Christmas shop for a fiver there was no way I was leaving the Shop without it. For those who don't know of the Specials (also known as the Special AKAs before changing it to the Specials then changing back), they are a second wave ska band from the late seventys. They became fomous on the back of the '77 punk wave and had a big punk infuence. They sang about social issues and where probably the most relivant ...
...biggest single was 'Ghost Town' and I'll be shocked if you've never heard it as it's on just about every 'top 100 songs of all time' lists. The 1st disc in this 3 disc set is A-sides containing all thier best singles, 'Ghost Town', 'Too Much Too Young' and 'Message To You Rudy' just to name a few. Most of the songs on this disc are happy and up-beat and will make you feel like danceing. None of the tracks on this disc are bad, to say the least but ... Read review