Special View

Special View
Compilation album by The Only Ones
Released 1979 (US)
Genre
Length 39:28
Label Epic
Producer
The Only Ones chronology
Even Serpents Shine
(1979)		 Special View
(1979)		 Baby's Got a Gun
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauA-[2]

Special View is the second compilation album by English power pop band The Only Ones. Released in 1979 in the United States it consists of tracks selected by the American label Epic from the band's first two CBS (UK) albums (The Only Ones and Even Serpents Shine).

Critical reception

In his consumer guide for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau gave the album an A- and commented that "This selection from his first two British albums (plus one single) is an ideal introduction to an artist who may be major if he sticks at it."

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Ned Raggett gave the album four and a half out of five stars and wrote "Though a compilation of albums for America rather than a proper release, Special View could almost be a greatest hits of sorts, capturing the unexpected and underrated talents of Perrett and his bandmates for a late-'70s audience well enough and still holding up in later years."

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Peter Perrett. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Another Girl, Another Planet"   3:01
2. "Lovers of Today"   3:13
3. "Peter and the Pets"   3:04
4. "The Beast"   5:45
5. "City of Fun"   3:32
6. "The Whole of the Law"   2:17
Side two
No. Title Length
7. "Out There in the Night"   3:01
8. "Someone Who Cares"   3:10
9. "You've Got to Pay"   2:45
10. "Flaming Torch"   2:19
11. "Curtains For You"   4:14
12. "From Here to Eternity"   3:06
Total length:
 39:28

Personnel

The Only Ones
Session musicians
Production

References

  1. ↑ Raggett, Ned. "The Only Ones: Special View > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  2. ↑ http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=The+Only+Ones

External links

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