Special View

by The Only Ones

Special View cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: October 1979
  • Label: Epic
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 39:49
  • Community rating: 3.95/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Alan Mair, Koulla Kakoulli, Mike Kellie, Peter Perrett, Adam Maitland, John "Rabbit" Bundrick, John Perry

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Designed specifically to introduce the brilliant, drug-hazed London group to the American market, this compilation merges tracks from their first two studio albums with earlier singles. Peter Perrett's distinctively languid vocal drawl and the band's virtuosic, soaring guitar architecture presented a sophisticated, romantic alternative to standard punk rock.

Genres

Descriptors: british, jangly, literate, guitar-driven, harmonies

Tracklist

  1. Another Girl, Another Planet (3:01)
  2. Lovers Of Today (3:11)
  3. Peter And The Pets (3:04)
  4. The Beast (5:46)
  5. City Of Fun (3:30)
  6. The Whole Of The Law (2:36)
  7. Out There In The Night (3:01)
  8. Someone Who Cares (3:09)
  9. You've Got to Pay (2:46)
  10. Flaming Torch (2:19)
  11. Curtains For You (4:17)
  12. From Here To Eternity (3:04)

Credits

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