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Value for Money
Advantages:
A real treat; loads of classic Madness, and some rare stuff
Disadvantages:
Vox - pops can be annoying
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
The business is one of the rarer pieces of Madness, probably owing to it's high price tag. For this, however, you get three CDs full of singles, demos and some just plain weird stuff, including a Terry Wogan jingle the boys recorded at Christmas one year, and God Save the Queen on Kazoo, Madness definately living up to their self-applied Nutty tag. Many of the classics are there, both in their familiar forms and various different versions, personal favourites being the harmonica version of Yesterday's Men and The Business, a purely instrumental version of Take it or Leave it. Also, spread at intervals throughout the album, there are short Vox-pops with people who were involved with the group back when their popularity was at it's highest, which can either be interesting, or annoying, depending on your mood at the time.
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Good
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Outstanding
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