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2001 studio album by the Specials

Conquering Ruler

Studio album by the Specials

Released

13 February 2001

Genre

Ska

Length

52:15

Label

Receiver

Producer

Roger Lomas

The Specials chronology

Skinhead Girl
(2000)

Conquering Ruler
(2001)

Archive
(2001)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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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

v t e The Specials
Lynval Golding 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
Studio albums	The Specials More Specials In the Studio Today's Specials Guilty 'til Proved Innocent! Skinhead Girl Conquering Ruler Encore Protest Songs 1924–2012
Live albums	Blue Plate Specials Live Ghost Town Live
Compilation albums	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
Extended plays	Too Much Too Young
Singles	"Gangsters" "A Message to You Rudy" "Rat Race" "Stereotype" "Do Nothing" "Ghost Town" "The Boiler" "Free Nelson Mandela"
Related	Discography 2 Tone Records The Best of The Specials & Fun Boy Three Dance Craze The Very Best of The Specials and Fun Boy Three

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