Conquering Ruler
2001 studio album by The Specials
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Studio album by The Specials | ||||
Released | February 13, 2001 | |||
Genre | Ska | |||
Label | Receiver Records | |||
Producer | Roger Lomas | |||
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Conquering Ruler is a cover album by The Specials, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music).
It is their third album of covers, and their seventh studio album. Like its predecessor, Skinhead Girl, the tracks were recorded at 1993 sessions in the wake of an album backing Desmond Dekker. Only three of the original members of The Specials - Neville Staple, Roddy Byers and Horace Panter participated.
Track listing
- "Jezebel" (Wayne Shanklin) – 2:33
- "Tom Drunk" (John Holt) – 3:12
- "Take Me as I Am" (Jackie Edwards) – 3:17
- "Conquering Ruler" (Derrick Morgan) – 3:12
- "Decimal Currency" (The Blenders) – 3:48
- "Promises" (Clancy Eccles) – 3:16
- "Double Barrel" (Winston Riley) – 3:40
- "Keep My Love from Fading" (B.B. Seaton) – 3:33
- "Rough and Tough" (Stranger Cole, Duke Reid) – 3:23
- "Foolish Plan" (Johnny Osbourne) – 3:30
- "I Am a Madman" (Lee "Scratch" Perry) – 4:17
- "Salvation Train" (Lloyd Charmers) – 3:24
- "Lorna Banana" (Dennis Alcapone) – 4:49
- "Return of Django" (Lee "Scratch" Perry) – 3:37
- "I Don't Need Your Love Anymore" (Dobby Dobson) – 2:44
Personnel
- Neville Staple – vocals
- Roddy Byers – vocals, guitar
- Horace Panter – bass guitar
- Neol Davies – rhythm guitar
- Justin Dodsworth – keyboards
- Leigh Malin – tenor saxophone
- Steve Holdway – trombone
- Paul Daleman – trumpet
- Anthony Harty – percussion, drums
- Roger Lomas – producer, engineer, mixing
- Phil Rogers – design
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- Horace Panter
- Tim Smart
- Drew Stansall
- Nikolaj Torp Larsen
- Steve Cradock
- Pablo Mandleson
- Terry Hall
- Jerry Dammers
- Silverton Hutchinson
- Tim Strickland
- Roddy Radiation
- Neville Staple
- John Bradbury
- Dick Cuthell
- Rico Rodriguez
- Rhoda Dakar
- John Shipley
- Satch Dickson
- Groco
- Anthony Wymshurst
- Stan Campbell
- Edgio Newton
- Nick Parker
- Gary McManus
- Jon Read
- Adam Birch
- Mark Adams
- Aitch Bembridge
- The Specials
- More Specials
- In the Studio
- Today's Specials
- Guilty 'til Proved Innocent!
- Skinhead Girl
- Conquering Ruler
- Encore
- Protest Songs 1924–2012
- The Singles Collection
- Dawning of a New Era
- Too Much Too Young: The Gold Collection
- Best of the Specials
- BBC Sessions
- Stereo-Typical: A's, B's and Rarities
- Archive
- Greatest Hits
- The Best of The Specials
- Too Much Too Young
- "Gangsters"
- "A Message to You Rudy"
- "Rat Race"
- "Stereotype"
- "Do Nothing"
- "Ghost Town"
- "The Boiler"
- "Free Nelson Mandela"
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