AMG Review of Very Best of the Specials and Fun Boy Three

James Christopher Monger
All Music Guide

Very Best of the Specials and Fun Boy Three will no doubt lure more than a few unsuspecting listeners with its classic checkered jacket and instantly recognizable playlist, but a closer look at the cover will provide listeners with an important clue as to the collection's content. This "unofficial" greatest-hits collection which "features Neville Staples" is filled with re-recordings. Staples, a member of both the Specials and Fun Boy Three, is the sole connection to the tunes and provides his own interpretations.