The Singles Collection (The Specials album)

{{Infobox album

| name = The Singles Collection

| type = greatest

| artist = The Specials

| cover = Specials_Singles_Collection.jpg

| alt =

| caption = UK cover

| released = 29 January 1991

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Ska, 2 Tone, new wave

| length = 58:09

| label = 2 Tone/Chrysalis

| producer =

| prev_title = In the Studio

| prev_year = 1984

| next_title = Too Much Too Young: The Gold Collection

| next_year = 1996

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative Cover

| type = greatest

| cover = The_singles_collection.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = US cover

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r18598|pure_url=yes}}

| noprose = yes

}}

The Singles Collection is a compilation album by The Specials.

Track listing

{{track listing

| title1 = Gangsters

| note1 = as The Special A.K.A.

| writer1 = Jerry Dammers, The Specials, Prince Buster

| length1 = 2:45

| title2 = Rudy, A Message to You

| note2 = as The Specials (featuring Rico)

| writer2 = R. Thompson

| length2 = 2:50

| title3 = Nite Club

| writer3 = Jerry Dammers, The Specials

| length3 = 3:25

| title4 = Too Much Too Young (Live)

| note4 = as The Special A.K.A.

| writer4 = Jerry Dammers, Lloyd Charmers

| length4 = 2:05

| title5 = Guns of Navarone (Live)

| note5 = as The Special A.K.A.

| writer5 = Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster

| length5 = 2:20

| title6 = Rat Race

| writer6 = Roddy Radiation

| length6 = 3:09

| title7 = Rude Boys Outta Jail

| writer7 = Lynval Golding, Neville Staple, Horace Panter

| length7 = 2:40

| title8 = Maggie's Farm

| writer8 = Bob Dylan

| length8 = 3:31

| title9 = Do Nothing

| note9 = as The Specials (featuring Rico)

| writer9 = Lynval Golding

| length9 = 3:52

| title10 = Stereotype

| writer10 = Jerry Dammers

| length10 = 3:50

| title11 = Ghost Town (Extended version)

| note11 = as The Specials (featuring Rico

| writer11 = Jerry Dammers

| length11 = 5:59

| title12 = Why?

| writer12 = Lynval Golding

| length12 = 3:54

| title13 = Friday Night, Saturday Morning

| writer13 = Terry Hall

| length13 = 3:34

| title14 = Racist Friend

| note14 = as The Special A.K.A.

| writer14 = Jerry Dammers, Dick Cuthell, John Bradbury

| length14 = 3:48

| title15 = Free Nelson Mandela (Extended Version)

| note15 = as The Special A.K.A.

| writer15 = Jerry Dammers, Rhoda Dakar

| length15 = 4:34

| title16 = (What I Like Most About You Is Your) Girlfriend

| note16 = as The Special A.K.A.

| writer16 = Jerry Dammers

| length16 = 4:03

}}

Track 10 presents only the first half of the "Stereotype/Stereotype Pt. 2" single from More Specials.
Tracks 14 through 16 were originally recorded under the "Special AKA" name, which the band used following the split of the original lineup in 1981.
Some pressings of the album are missing track 16.