Track Listing

1. The Prince
2. One Step Beyond
3. My Girl
4. Night Boat To Cairo
5. Baggy Trousers
6. Embarrassment
7. Return Of The Los Palmas 7
8. Grey Day
9. Shut Up
10. It Must Be Love
11. Cardiac Arrest
12. House Of Fun
13. Driving In My Car
14. Our House
15. Tomorrow's Just Another Day
16. Wings Of A Dove
17. The Sun And The Rain
18. Michael Caine
19. One Better Day
20. Yesterday's Men
21. Uncle Sam
22. Waiting For The Ghost Train
23. Lovestruck
24. Johnny The Horse

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10208 in Music
• Released on: 2000-06-05
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered

Amazon.co.uk Review
In the early 1980s, Madness were one of the most popular bands in Britain; their zany style and dedication to fun shined through in their music resulting in a number of hits. This excellent compilation contains 22 of their earlier singles: from the bouncy "One Step Beyond" to "Baggy Trousers", the jerky "House of Fun" and "It Must Be Love". These were all short, jaunty tunes with lyrics about real life--sometimes amusing, sometimes sombre in tone, but always grounded in the real world. This CD is an excellent introduction to a band that was very much a product of their time. --Carina Trimingham

Customer Reviews

Complete Madness
This edition is a combined version of the Greatest Hits packages that were available a few years back. Divine Madness was originally released almost 15 years ago but a few years ago it was updated with re-mastered sound and two extra tracks, Love Struck and Johnny the Horse from their come-back album in 1999.

A Madness collection really could hardly be any more complete. All the hits are here and sounding remarkably fresh, being more than 20 years old. The sound of the CD is much better than the original version of Divine Madness.

Only the most die hard Madness fans need any more than this collection, with the possible exception of their brilliant (but commercial flop) Mad Not Mad. This is classic Madness in one perfect package.

A DIVINE SINGLES BAND
With Suggs and co on the verge of releasing an album of new material there has never been a better time to revisted the bands best bits form the 80's. Alongside the likes of Squeeze, The Police and The Jam, Madness were the kings of the intelligent 3 minute pop single - but often overlooked as being the comedy clowns to their more serious peers.
This compilation, still the finest and most comprehensive there is, highlights admirably the groups evolution from 'Nutty Boys' - 'Baggy Trousers' & 'Night Boat To Cairo' to the sophisticated, erudite Kinks - like pop of 'Our House' and 'Yesterday's Men'.
Delights are many - the better than the original cover of 'It Must Be Love', the Squeeze like 'My Girls Mad At Me', 'Cardiac Arrests' astute lyrics, the dark 'Grey Day' and the joyous gospel inflected 'Wings Of A Dove'. Even later less successful songs 'Uncle Sam' and 'Ghost Train' are a lot better than their lowly chart positons indicate.
Time has been very kind to Madness. They effortlessly balanced tongue in cheek and pathos whilst wrapping their songs around original and beautifully realised arrangements. Suggs was a stylish and extremely visual frontman and the band had the sense to re-invent themselves on a regualr basis. From 1979 - 84 Madness were the most succesful singles act in the UK. They are ripe for reappraisal. Not so Nutty after all.


cw

A must have CD
This CD has wide selection of Madness Music and a all round great CD to buy. Got some very good well known singles that you just want to listen to time and time again.