The Specials, one of the most electrifying, influential and important bands of all time, have announced the release ‘Encore’, their first new music for 37 years. The album is released via UMC /Island Records on February 1st.

2019 marks the 40th anniversary of the formation of The Specials and the legendary Two-Tone label in Coventry in 1979, and also marks 10 years since the band reformed to play some of the most vital and joyous live shows in recent memory.

The 10-song ‘Encore’ was produced by Specials founding members Terry Hall, Lynval Golding and Horace Panter alongside Danish musician/producer Torp Larsen and indeed is the first time Hall, Golding & Panter have recorded new material together since the band’s 1981 No.1 single Ghost Town.

The Specials will take to the road in the UK and abroad throughout 2019 in support of the new album.

HMV customers can pre-order ‘Encore’ on CD or vinyl before 11.59pm on Monday 29th October 2018 for first access to 2019 UK tour tickets. Fans who have pre-ordered the album online or in-store from Friday 26th October 2018 until 11.59pm on Monday 29th October 2018 will receive an email with their pre-sale code after 2pm on Tuesday 30th October 2018.

Tour dates will be announced on Tuesday 30th October. Pre-sale access will be from 9am on Wednesday 31st October, ahead of tickets going on general sale on Friday 2nd November.

The track-listing is as follows :

CD1

Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys
B.L.M.
Vote For Me
The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum
Breaking Point
Blam Blam Fever
The Ten Commandments
Embarrassed By You
The Life And Times Of A Man Called Depression
We Sell Hope
CD2

The Best Of The Specials Live

LP

Side One

Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys
B.L.M.
Vote For Me
The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum
Breaking Point
Side Two

Blam Blam Fever
The Ten Commandments
Embarrassed By You
The Life And Times Of A Man Called Depression
We Sell Hope