Kick Off!
Exactly ten years after the release of the last edition of a Skandal compilation, there are some good reasons to continue that CULT series. Germany invites the world for the football world cup and there's no single Ska record about the subject football around!
Impossible!! The FIFA are cashing in their bad taste by their choice of cheap and wishy-washy Love Generation songs. PORK PIE invites ska band from the whole world to party.
A total of 18 bands from Argentina to Japan are presenting thier football tunes, starting from stadium classics like Liquidator or You'll never walk alone to the point of their own new songs, which should be taken serious more or less, the range covering styles from traditional rocksteady over 2Tone style up to straight forward ska-punk.
Besides the big names liken Bad Manners, Laurel Aitken or The Busters there's a lot of good stuff to be explored: Amphetameanies about Maradona's legendary Hand of God goal against England, the swinging ska-jazz outfit Ska-J from Venice, Dr Ring Ding with Lionsclub, the hard drinking japanese Dobermann (Kanpai!) or the swiss Scatterbrains claiming that football is "the greatest after sex" (shouldn't that be the other way around?)
In fact, the SKANDAL 5 is an album rather than a compilation with predomiantly new or rare tracks and sticks out pretty much of the flood of poor designed "track recycling" compilations. The first release comes up as a limited edition with cool digipack and an elaborate booklet.

Los Calzones / Mala Vida
The Busters / Nobody Like You
Mark Foggo / Let's Talk Tactics
Lionsclub / Tribute To Da Aktuelle Sportstudio
Laurel Aitken / The Zigger Zagger Song
Shots In The Dark / Hooligan Ska
Bluekilla / Football ( It's Here To Stay
Scatterbrains / Football
Ska-J / Te Gusta El Futbol ?
Amphetameanies / Hand Of God
Dr. Ring-Ding / You'll Never Walk alone
The Chancers / Football Paradise
Spitfire / Fuzzball Junkie
Two Tone Club / Kick Dem Out !
The Cabrians / Terrace Warfare
Doberman / Go For The Skadium
Blascore / Der Fussball Ist Rund ...
Bad Manners / Home Of Football

here are more info and mp3s:
http://home.arcor.de/fabsquad/skandal5/presskit.html