You Can Be Special Too

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You Can Be Special Too
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Studio album by
Released2 August 2004
Genre
Length52:49
Label Marine Parade
Producer Tom Beaufoy, Pat Pardy
Evil Nine chronology
You Can Be Special Too
(2004)
They Live
(2008)
Singles from You Can Be Special Too
  1. "Crooked"
    Released: 8 December 2003
  2. "Restless"
    Released: 26 April 2004
  3. "Pearl Shot"
    Released: 18 October 2004
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PopMatters (7/10) [4]

You Can Be Special Too is the debut album of Evil Nine. It was released on 2 August 2004 on Marine Parade Records.

Contents

The album includes four skits containing a variety of samples.

Tracks 12 and 13 are mislabeled on the album. The song "Restless" actually plays on track 13 and "Even the Smells" plays on track 12. It is unknown what order the tracks were meant to appear on the album. The correct times are listed below according to the track name - but not the number.

Track listing

  1. "Crooked" (featuring Aesop Rock) – 5:47
  2. "Devil Stuff" – 4:52
  3. "Earth" – 4:38
  4. "You Can Be Special (Skit)" – 0:34
  5. "We Have the Energy" – 5:21
  6. "Snack Bar Lounge" – 2:55
  7. "Help (Skit)" – 0:22
  8. "Pearl Shot" (featuring Juice Aleem) – 5:19
  9. "You Are Not Through" – 4:48
  10. "Richard & Jane (Skit)" – 0:30
  11. "For Lovers Not Fighters" – 4:12
  12. "Even the Smells" – 2:03
  13. "Restless" (featuring Toastie Taylor) – 4:54
  14. "You Can Be Special 2 (Skit)" – 0:31
  15. "Hired Goons" – 5:44

Samples

The dialogue at the start of track 4 is from the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.

Personnel

Evil Nine

Additional musicians

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