Stereo-Typical: A's, B's and Rarities

Stereo-Typical: A's, B's and Rarities
Compilation album by The Specials
Released	August 28, 2000
Genre	Ska, new wave
Label	EMI
The Specials chronology
Best of the Specials (1999) Stereo-Typical: A's, B's and Rarities (2000) Skinhead Girl (2000)

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Stereo-Typical: A's, B's and Rarities is an official 3 disc compilation album of The Specials. It contains many A and B sides and some rarities. The tracks are variously credited to The Specials, The Special AKA, and other versions of the band's name.

Track listing

Disc: 1

1. "Gangsters" — The Special AKA
2. "A Message to You Rudy" — The Specials featuring Rico
3. "Nite Klub" — The Specials featuring Rico
4. "Too Much Too Young" — The Special AKA
5. "Guns of Navarone" — The Special AKA
6. "Skinhead Symphony" (Medley including: Longshot Kick the Bucket / Liquidator / Skinhead Moonstomp) — The Special AKA
7. "Rat Race" — The Specials
8. "Rude Boys Outa Jail" — The Specials
9. "Stereotype" — The Specials
10. "International Jet Set" — The Specials
11. "Do Nothing" — The Specials featuring Rico with The Ice Rink Sounds
12. "Maggie's Farm" — The Specials featuring Rico with The Ice Rink Sounds
13. "Braggin' and Tryin' Not to Lie" — Roddy Radiation & The Specials
14. "Rude Boys Outa Jail" — Neville Staples AKA Judge Roughneck
15. "Ghost Town" — The Specials
16. "Why?" — The Specials
17. "Friday Night, Saturday Morning" — The Specials
18. "Concrete Jungle" (Live) — The Specials
19. "Racquel" — The Special AKA

Disc 2

1. "The Boiler" — Rhoda with The Special AKA (Featuring Rhoda Dakar and Nicky Summers of The Bodysnatchers, with a song originally written by The Bodysnatchers.)
2. "Theme from the Boiler" — Rhoda with The Special AKA (Featuring Rhoda Dakar and Nicky Summers of The Bodysnatchers)
3. "Jungle Music" — Rico & The Special AKA
4. "Rasta Call You" — Rico & The Special AKA
5. "Easter Island" — Rico & The Special AKA
6. "War Crimes (The Crime Remains the Same)" — The Special AKA
7. "Version" — The Special AKA
8. "Racist Friend" — The Special AKA
9. "Bright Lights" — The Special AKA
10. "Nelson Mandela" — The Special AKA
11. "Break Down The Door" — The Special AKA
12. "What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend" — The Special AKA
13. "Can't Get A Break" — The Special AKA
14. "Nelson Mandela '88" (Special 70th Birthday Remake) — The Special AKA featuring Ndonka Khuze and Jonas Gwangwa
15. "Ghost Dub '91" — The Specials
16. "Let Us Unite" — The Specials

Disc 3

1. "Ghost Town" (Extended Version) — The Specials
2. "Why?" — The Specials
3. "War Crimes (The Crime Remains the Same)" — The Special AKA
4. "Racist Friend" (Instrumental) — The Special AKA
5. "Bright Lights" (Instrumental) — The Special AKA
6. "Nelson Mandela" — The Special AKA
7. "Break Down The Door" — The Special AKA
8. "What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend" — The Special AKA
9. "Can't Get A Break" — The Special AKA
10. "Nelson Mandela '88" (The Whole World Is Watching Dance Mix) — The Special AKA featuring Ndonka Khuze and Jonas Gwangwa
11. "Ghost Dub '91/Let Us Unite" — The Specials