You Can Be Special Too

Studio album by

Released

2 August 2004

Genre

Big beat, breakbeat, electronica, trip hop

Length

52:49

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

'Crooked'
Released: 8 December 2003
'Restless'
Released: 26 April 2004
'Pearl Shot'
Released: 18 October 2004

Evil Nine Pearl Shot Glasses
Evil Nine Pearl Shot 45-70
Evil Nine Pearl Shot Sound Effect
Evil Nine Pearl Shot Glasses
Evil Nine Pearl Shot Band

PEARL SHOT Lyrics by Evil Nine Feat Juice Aleem Waste your time, waste your time, waste your time, You aint never gonna mess with my mind Waste your time, waste your time, waste your time, You aint never gonna mess with my mind Waste your time, waste your time, waste your time, You aint never gonna mess with my mind. Chorus we don't like it when the city lights start fading when the city lights fading then we can't get down (ok) we don't like it when the city people act crooked when the city people crooked then we can't get down (ok) we don't like it when the city pigeons break wings when the pigeons break wings then we can't get down (ok) we don't like. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for You Can Be Special Too - Evil Nine on AllMusic - 2004 - DJ Tom Beaufoy and producer Pat Pardy have&hellip. Evil Nine Present: Y4K (October 2005, Distinct'ive Records) FabricLive.28 (July 2006, fabric Records) Singles 'Restless' - Marine Parade 'U Can Be Special 2' - Marine Parade 'Pearl Shot' - Marine Parade 'Less Stress/Special Move' - Marine Parade 'Technology/Big Game Hunter' - Marine Parade 'Cakehole' - Marine Parade 'For Lovers Not Fighters. Pearl Shot, a song by Evil Nine on Spotify We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our Cookie Policy.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	^[1]
Allmusic	^[2]
The Independent	^[3]
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.

Hatebreed the concrete confessional zip. 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[edit]

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

Samples[edit]

Evil Nine Pearl Shot Glasses

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

Evil Nine Pearl Shot 45-70

Personnel[edit]

Evil Nine[edit]

Tom Beaufoy - keyboards, turntables, programming, samples
Patrick Pardy - bass, guitar, engineering, keyboards

Additional musicians[edit]

Chris Kavanagh (Big Audio Dynamite) - drums
Aesop Rock - raps on 'Crooked'
Juice Aleem - raps on 'Pearl Shot'
Mary Shodipo - vocals on 'You Are Not Through'
Grant Mitchell - guitar on 'Devil Stuff' & 'You Are Not Through'
Garvin Edwards (Toastie Taylor) - raps and vocals on 'Restless

References[edit]

^Allison, Mike. 'Evil Nine – You Can Be Special Too'. About.com. The New York Times Company. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
^Anderson, Rick. 'You Can Be Special Too Review'. Allmusic. All Media Guide (Rovi). Retrieved March 6, 2012.
^Gill, Andy (October 8, 2004). 'Album: Evil Nine'. The Independent. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
^Umile, Dominic (March 29, 2005). 'Evil Nine: You Can Be Special Too'. PopMatters. Retrieved March 6, 2012.

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Background information
Birth name	David James Andrew Taylor
Also known as	Switch A. Brucker Solid Groove
Origin	London, United Kingdom
Genres
Occupation(s)	Songwriter DJ record producer
Instruments	Turntables
Years active	2003–present
Associated acts

David James Andrew Taylor, better known by his stage name Switch, is an English songwriter, DJ, sound engineer, and record producer. He is best known for his work with Beyonce, M.I.A. and Major Lazer, of which he was a founding member. He was nominated at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in the Song of the Year category for ‘Paper Planes’ by M.I.A. which he co-produced with Diplo. Other artists he has produced include Christina Aguilera, Chaka Khan, Santigold, and Brandy among many others. He has released various singles under his own name, and is also well known for remixing and producing for many major artists.

Most notably Switch has worked extensively with fellow British artist M.I.A. co-producing tracks on her albums Arular, Kala, and Matangi. For the latter, he travelled to work with M.I.A. in A. R. Rahman's Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios and other locations such as Kodambakkam, Chennai and Trinidad and Tobago. He says 'When you go somewhere like India, and especially Jamaica, it puts you in a different train of thought, outside your usual working conditions. They use music as their voice; they use it for politics, for religion. So, I think for people that are struggling, they can use it to vent frustrations, or to celebrate'.^[1]

In 2009 Switch collaborated with fellow producer Diplo (whom he met through artist M.I.A.) to create the album Guns Don't Kill People.. Lazers Do under the name Major Lazer.

Switch is the founder and owner of the independent record label 'Diary Records', which began in 2018 and released Chaka Khan's most recent record Hello Happiness^[2]