Speakers and Tweeters
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Speakers and Tweeters is the third studio album released by London-based band, the Dub Pistols
. Many of the tracks feature vocals by ex-Specials
singer Terry Hall
.
Dub Pistols
Dub Pistols are a London based dub music and big beat band, founded by ex-club promoter, Barry Ashworth, in 1996. The other members of the band were record producer and bassist Jason O'Bryan, Brooklyn producer and lyricist, T. K. Lawrence on vocals, Jap Slut guitarist John King, and turntablist DJ...
. Many of the tracks feature vocals by ex-Specials
The Specials
The Specials are an English 2 Tone ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry, England. Their music combines a "danceable ska and rocksteady beat with punk's energy and attitude", and had a "more focused and informed political and social stance" than other ska groups...
singer Terry Hall
Terry Hall (singer)
Terry Hall is the lead singer of The Specials, and formerly of Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka and Vegas. He has released two solo albums and has also collaborated with many artists including David A...
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Track listing
All songs co-written by band members Barry Ashworth, T. K. Lawrence, and Jason O'Bryan unless otherwise indicated:- "Speed of Light" - 4:08
- "Peaches" - 3:13 (Burnel, Cornwell, Duffy, GreenfieldThe StranglersThe Stranglers are an English punk/rock music group.Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" band to have originated in the UK punk scene of the mid to late 1970s...
) - "Speakers and Tweeters" - 3:50
- "Running from the Thoughts" - 4:12
- "RaptureRapture (song)"Rapture" is a single by the American new wave band Blondie. It was released in January 1981 and was the second and final song to be released from the band's 1980 top 10 album Autoamerican, the first being "The Tide Is High", which had topped the chart in the US and UK. "Rapture" went on to reach...
" - 3:54 (HarryDebbie HarryDeborah Ann "Debbie" Harry is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers...
, SteinChris SteinChristopher "Chris" Stein is co-founder and guitarist in the New Wave band, Blondie. He is also a producer and performer for the classic soundtrack of the hip hop film Wild Style....
) - "Cruise Control" - 3:29
- "Open" - 4:10
- "You'll Never FindYou'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine"You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" is a song performed by R&B singer Lou Rawls on his 1976 album All Things in Time. The song proved to be Rawls' breakthrough hit, reaching number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the R&B and Easy Listening charts. The single also reached...
" - 4:23 (Gamble, HuffGamble and HuffKenneth Gamble and Leon A. Huff are an American songwriting and record production team who have written and produced over 170 gold and platinum records. They were pioneers of Philadelphia soul and the in-house creative team for the Philadelphia International record label...
) - "Gangsters" - 3:01 (Bradbury, Byers, Campbell, Dammers, Golding, Hall, Panter, Staple)
- "Something to Trust" - 3:33 (Ashworth, O'Bryan, Rodney PRodney PRodney P is an English MC who entered the UK hip hop scene in the 1980s. He started out as a member of the London Posse, one of the UK's first home grown hip hop acts who were highly influential in the development of the genre. Rodney P has had one of the longest and most respected careers in UK...
) - "Mach 10" - 3:47 (Ashworth, DeweesJames DeweesJames Dewees is an American musician who has been involved in many musical projects including Coalesce, The Get Up Kids, Reggie and the Full Effect, New Found Glory, My Chemical Romance, and, most recently, Leathermouth....
, Lawrence, O'Bryan) - "Stronger" - 3:54 (Ashworth, Ronnie Black, Lawrence, O'Bryan)
- "Gave You Time" - 3:45
- "You'll Never Find" (Dub) - 4:16 [bonus track]
- "Stronger" (Dub) - 3:28 [bonus track]