| Artist: | The Specials |
| Studio: | 9 |
| Live: | 6 |
| Option: | 1 |
| Option Name: | Collaboration album |
| Compilation: | 10 |
| Ep: | 5 |
| Video: | 5 |
| Singles: | 25 |
English ska revival band the Specials have released a diverse discography since their debut in 1979, including: nine studio albums, one collaboration album, five live albums, eleven compilation albums, four extended plays, twenty-three singles, and filmed five videos.
Their debut album "The Specials" (1979) and "More Specials" (1980) both achieved Gold status, while their 2019 album "Encore" hit number 1 on the UK chart. The band collaborated with Desmond Dekker on the album "King of Kings" (1993). Their work spans various formats and has seen chart success in multiple countries.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] [2] | AUS [3] | CAN [4] | GER [5] | NZ [6] | SWE [7] | SWI [8] | US [9] | ||||
| The Specials | 4 | 20 | 21 | — | 5 | 34 | — | 84 | |||
| More Specials |
| 5 | 86 | 49 | — | 28 | 30 | — | 98 |
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| In the Studio (as the Special AKA) |
| 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Today's Specials |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Guilty 'til Proved Innocent! |
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| Skinhead Girl |
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| Conquering Ruler |
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| Encore |
| 1 | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — |
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| Protest Songs 1924–2012 |
| 2 | — | — | 47 | — | — | 85 | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [12] | |||
| BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert |
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| Live – Too Much Too Young |
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| Live at the Moonlight Club |
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| Blue Plate Specials Live |
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| Ghost Town Live |
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| More... Or Less: The Specials Live |
| 109 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | ||||
| Singles / The Singles Collection |
| 10 |
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| Dawning of a New Era (as the Coventry Automatics aka the Specials) |
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| Best of the Specials |
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| Concrete Jungle (as the Specials and Friends) |
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| BBC Sessions |
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| A Special Collection |
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| Archive |
| — | ||
| The Best of the Specials |
| 24 |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [13] | UK Indie [14] | BEL (FLA) [15] | IRE | NL [16] | NZ [17] | ||||
| Too Much Too Young – The Special A.K.A. Live! |
| 1 | — | 11 | 3 | 15 | 47 |
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| The Peel Sessions |
| — | 17 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2 Tone EP |
| 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Too Much Too Young – The Specials E.P. Live |
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| Dub Mixes Exclusive |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [18] | AUS | AUT [19] | BEL (FLA) | IRE [20] | NL | NOR [21] | NZ | US Alt [22] | US Dance [23] | |||||
| "Gangsters" | 1979 | 6 | — | — | 6 | 27 | 11 | — | 20 | — | — |
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| "A Message to You Rudy" / "Nite Klub" | 10 | 29 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 35 | — | 29 | — | — |
| The Specials | ||
| "Rat Race" / "Rude Buoys Outa Jail" | 1980 | 5 | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | 89 | |||
| "Stereotype" / "International Jet Set" | 6 | — | — | — | 12 | 41 | — | — | — | — | More Specials | |||
| "Do Nothing" / "Maggie's Farm" | 4 | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — |
| More Specials----Non-album track | ||
| "Sock It to Them J.B." | 1981 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | More Specials | ||
| "Concrete Jungle" (live) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dance Craze (soundtrack) | |||
| "Ghost Town" | 1 | 68 | — | 15 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 20 | — | — |
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| "The Boiler" | 1982 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Jungle Music" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "War Crimes" | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | In the Studio | |||
| "Racist Friend" / "Bright Lights" | 1983 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Free Nelson Mandela" / "Break Down the Door" | 1984 | 9 | 66 | — | 8 | 6 | 9 | — | 1 | — | 34 | |||
| "What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend" | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Free Nelson Mandela" (re-recording) | 1988 | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Jamaica Ska" | 1993 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | King of Kings | ||
| "Coz I Luv You" | 1994 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Hypocrite" | 1995 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Today's Specials | ||
| "Pressure Drop" | 1996 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "It's You" | 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | Guilty 'til Proved Innocent | ||
| "Bonediggin'" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Sock It to Them J.B." (dub) / "Rat Race" (dub) | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Vote for Me" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Encore | ||
| "10 Commandments" / "You're Wondering Now" (live) | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Encore----Non-album track | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Title | Release date | Label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | The Specials vs. The Untouchables: Ska's Greatest Stars | 2002 | align=left | Big Eye Music |
| align=left | 80's New Wave Hits – Rearrangement of The Go-Go's' "Our Lips Are Sealed", with Jane Wiedlin, originally on The Specials vs The Untouchables: Ska's Greatest Stars | 2006 | align=left | Big Eye Music |
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