Total Madness – The Very Best of Madness
1997 greatest hits album by Madness
Total Madness – the Very Best of Madness | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Madness | ||||
Released | 9 September 1997 | |||
Recorded | 1979–1985 | |||
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Label | Geffen | |||
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Total Madness – the Very Best of Madness is a greatest hits album by a British ska/pop band Madness, released in 1997. It was released exclusively in the United States and Canada.
Critical reception
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album three out of five stars and wrote that the album "[is] an overview of Madness in their decline, with a couple of earlier hits thrown in for good measure."
Track listing
- "Our House" (Cathal Smyth, Chris Foreman) - 3:20
- "It Must Be Love" (Labi Siffre) - 3:18
- "Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)" (Smyth, Michael Barson) - 3:09
- "Shut Up" (Foreman, Graham McPherson) - 3:26
- "Grey Day" (Barson) - 3:38
- "The Sun and the Rain" (Barson) - 3:30
- "Wings of a Dove (A Celebratory Song)" (Smyth, McPherson) - 3:03
- "Michael Caine" (Smyth, Daniel Woodgate) - 3:36
- "One Better Day" (McPherson, Mark Bedford) - 4:06
- "Uncle Sam" (Foreman, Lee Thompson) - 4:16
- "Yesterday's Men" (Foreman, McPherson) - 4:32
- "One Step Beyond" (Cecil Campbell) - 3:33 (Version exclusive to compilation)
References
- ^ Considine, J. D. (2004). "Madness". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 508. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r315569
External links
- Total Madness – The Very Best of Madness at Discogs (list of releases)
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Madness
- Chris Foreman
- Mike Barson
- Lee Thompson
- Suggs
- Dan Woodgate
- Mark Bedford
- One Step Beyond...
- Absolutely
- 7
- The Rise & Fall
- Keep Moving
- Mad Not Mad
- The Madness
- Wonderful
- The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1
- The Liberty of Norton Folgate
- Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da
- Can't Touch Us Now
- Theatre of the Absurd Presents C'est la Vie
- Complete Madness
- Madness
- Utter Madness
- It's... Madness
- It's... Madness Too
- Divine Madness
- The Business
- Total Madness (1997)
- Our House
- Total Madness (2009)
- Ultimate Madness
- A Guided Tour of Madness
- Forever Young: The Ska Collection
- Madstock!
- Universal Madness
- Madness Live: To the Edge of the Universe and Beyond
- Work Rest and Play
- The Peel Sessions
- "The Prince"
- "One Step Beyond"
- "My Girl"
- "Night Boat to Cairo" (Work Rest and Play EP)
- "Baggy Trousers"
- "Embarrassment"
- "The Return of the Los Palmas 7"
- "Grey Day"
- "Shut Up"
- "It Must Be Love"
- "Cardiac Arrest"
- "House of Fun"
- "Driving in My Car"
- "Our House"
- "Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)" / "Madness (Is All in the Mind)"
- "Wings of a Dove"
- "The Sun and the Rain"
- "Michael Caine"
- "One Better Day"
- "Yesterday's Men"
- "Uncle Sam"
- "Sweetest Girl"
- "(Waiting For) The Ghost Train"
- "The Harder They Come"
- "Night Boat to Cairo"
- "Lovestruck"
- "Johnny the Horse"
- "Drip Fed Fred"
- "Shame and Scandal in the Family"
- "Girl Why Don't You"
- "Sorry"
- "NW5"
- "Dust Devil"
- "Sugar and Spice"
- "Forever Young"
- Discography
- Lucky 7 Records
- Dikran Tulaine
- Our House the Musical
- 2 tone
- Zarjazz Records
- "Starvation/Tam Tam Pour L'Ethiopie"
- The Madness
- Take It or Leave It
- The Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra
- Boring (The Young Ones)
- Sick (The Young Ones)
- Unreleased album
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