The Specials: The Specials (Chrysalis)

BRITISH PEOPLE have given the world plenty of jerky things over the course of history: mercantilism, the white man's burden, Mary Poppins. But perhaps the surest sign that they've stood out in the proverbial noon day sun too long is the fact that they're perhaps the only people on this earth who will practically kill you for having different musical tastes than they do. Quadrophenia's Mods and Rockers was nothing compared with the pre-nuclear fall out of the National Front vs. Teddy Boys vs. Rude Boys vs. Punks vs. re-hashed Mods vs. Godzilla ward of England today.