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Track Listings
| 1. Embarrassment |
| 2. Shut Up |
| 3. My Girl |
| 4. Baggy Trousers |
| 5. It Must Be Love |
| 6. The Prince |
| 7. Bed And Breakfast Man |
| 8. Night Boat To Cairo |
| 9. House Of Fun |
| 10. One Step Beyond |
| 11. Cardiac Arrest |
| 12. Grey Day |
| 13. Take It Or Leave It |
| 14. In The City |
| 15. Madness |
| 16. The Return Of The Los Palmas 7 |
Product Description
Product Description
2003 remastered reissue of 1982 compilation with updated artwork.
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97 of 106 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Imagine, if you will, a small boy of 10.
He is in a record shop for the first time, a very large and imposing record shop. He's a little intimidated but he holds his mother's hand tight and pulls her through the people until they find the exact record he wants.
He's heard lots of the songs before on the radio but it's Baggy Trousers that he really loves. Its very happy, and you can dance to it. The video is great and its somehow about school.
So they find the album - actually it was a tape - with seven gurning loons on the front and go home.
And then he listens to it on his walkman again and again and again. He loves this music until it is in his pores.
As a little boy there isn't really anything to compare this to - he is just discovering music (the next thing he buys is Lou Reed because he heard Walk on the Wild Side in a movie he wasn't supposed to watch)
But as he grew older Madness stayed with him. The music didn't really mature as he did - it is still as wonderfully madcap and funny as it was all those years ago. The booming voices - One Step Beyonddddddddd - the parping horns - the ska (if only he'd know that word) rhythms - the silly lyrics (it took years to work out what House of Fun was all about).
There is no need to feel sad - listen to these early Madness songs - some of their best - probably most of their best. They were still holding on to their ska roots - but their pure pop selves were breaking through. For me it is a wonderful record full of more memories than almost any other (I still remember getting into a fight over whether Madness were better than Adam and the Ants).
Nothing more, nothing less, love is the best!
He is in a record shop for the first time, a very large and imposing record shop. He's a little intimidated but he holds his mother's hand tight and pulls her through the people until they find the exact record he wants.
He's heard lots of the songs before on the radio but it's Baggy Trousers that he really loves. Its very happy, and you can dance to it. The video is great and its somehow about school.
So they find the album - actually it was a tape - with seven gurning loons on the front and go home.
And then he listens to it on his walkman again and again and again. He loves this music until it is in his pores.
As a little boy there isn't really anything to compare this to - he is just discovering music (the next thing he buys is Lou Reed because he heard Walk on the Wild Side in a movie he wasn't supposed to watch)
But as he grew older Madness stayed with him. The music didn't really mature as he did - it is still as wonderfully madcap and funny as it was all those years ago. The booming voices - One Step Beyonddddddddd - the parping horns - the ska (if only he'd know that word) rhythms - the silly lyrics (it took years to work out what House of Fun was all about).
There is no need to feel sad - listen to these early Madness songs - some of their best - probably most of their best. They were still holding on to their ska roots - but their pure pop selves were breaking through. For me it is a wonderful record full of more memories than almost any other (I still remember getting into a fight over whether Madness were better than Adam and the Ants).
Nothing more, nothing less, love is the best!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By DG
Format:MP3 Download|Amazon Verified Purchase
Fun to listen to and quite catchy although must admit The Madness is an acquired taste. Have them on my mp3 player for the boring haul from work on public transport.
By DORSETGEEZER
Format:MP3 Download|Amazon Verified Purchase
TRULY CLASSIC, FROM A KID ,STILL ONE OF MY MOST FAV BANDS, SOOO GLAD THEY STARTED AGAIN, THEIR NEW STUFF IS FAB TOO!!!! LONG LIVE MADNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Madness
Love madness back in the day and still do, an album of some of the best songs would recomend to fans
Published 26 days ago by Julie655
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Complete Madness
I had been thinking of purchasing this for a while and finally got round to it. Brings back some great memories of when we had fewer cares to worry about.
Published 2 months ago by Dave C - Peterborough
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classic album
Must have in everyones collection madness hreatest hits. It brings back memories of old and with great tracks can create memories of new. Timeless and for all generations.
Published 4 months ago by khuggins
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Loved it brill present for dad(45)
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Good for xmas
Good for anytime
Welcome to the house of fun!
No fault
Great
Good for xmas
Good for anytime
Welcome to the house of fun!
No fault
Published 6 months ago by Joe
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Great
This is the hidden CD in the glove compartement for when the wife and kids are not in the car.
Cheecky songs, difficult to explain why I like it.
Cheecky songs, difficult to explain why I like it.
Published 20 months ago by Johnny
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Madness - simply amazing
well where do i start with madness!!!, everybody at some point will of boogied on down to a madness track!! Read more
Published on 13 Dec 2006 by the ger to the bil
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