Complete Madness - Madness > Reviews

Advantages: Nostalga, Ska, foot stomping.
Disadvantages: Some dross amongst the diamonds.

I have been making some playlists on my ipod recently and added a Madness track (playlist was called Paul 16-18), then another, and before I knew it I thought I might as well buy the album. It works out cheaper on itunes to do that anyways. Madness first hit the charts and radio as I was leaving school, or about to. Although they first formed around '76, I first heard of them in '78, I left school in '79. In case you don't remember, this was the ... Read review

Advantages: All the songs
Disadvantages: None

...album, with the glorious compilation, Complete Madness, described by one national paper as an essential LP for people who wouldn’t normally buy records.” The collection recorded a long stream of hits which the nutty band had achieved in their short three year recording life and as a whole they represented a sublime piece of work. Just listen to these and drool - Embarrassment, Baggy Trousers, It Must Be Love, Night Boat To Cairo, The Return Of ... Read review