3/29/2024 0 Comments Specials encore reviewB.L.M. then takes the same riff and douses it in funk. A cover of the Equals‘ Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys sees them preach their familiar Two Tone message of racial unity over an unfamiliar (for them) disco workout – “People won’t be black and white / the world will be half-breed”. Their legacy remains faeces free, and within the limits of a short album (an old-fashioned ten tracks!) they serve up a smattering of new ideas. With Encore, the Specials clear both hurdles. Your second is that they might have something fresh to offer. When an iconic band return with new material (after, in this case, anything between 18 years and 38 years depending on which line-up you think counts, and presuming you think this slimmed down one does) your first hope is they haven’t just shat all over their legacy.
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