Total Madness
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Greatest hits album by Madness | ||||
Released | 21 September 2009 | |||
Recorded | 1979–2009 | |||
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Length | 71:44 | |||
Label | Union Square | |||
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Total Madness is a 2009 compilation CD/DVD album by Madness, released by Union Square Music. It is principally a singles collection, though it also includes two album tracks from their debut album, One Step Beyond.... On release in the UK it reached #11 in the Official Album Charts, making it Madness' second hit album of 2009, the second being The Liberty of Norton Folgate (#5).[1]
Due to licensing problems, none of the four singles that Madness released on Zarjazz Records in 1985-86 are included.
The album effectively supersedes the now deleted Divine Madness collection. Total Madness should not be confused with the earlier US-only Total Madness — The Very Best of Madness.
Promotion
Union Square put significant effort into the album's promotion. As well as a TV advert campaign, a large billboard featuring the album's cover was erected on Hanger Lane in London. In addition, there was a flyering campaign during the band's performance at Regent Street festival, and also an old AEC Routemaster bus was recommissioned and redecorated to match the vehicle on the album cover. This bus made several appearances on Madness' 2009 Christmas Tour. This makes Total Madness one of the most heavily promoted Madness albums since their reunion in 1992.
Track listing
The collection comprises a CD and DVD sold as a single package.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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1. | "One Step Beyond" | Cecil Campbell | One Step Beyond..., 1979 | 2:19 |
2. | "Baggy Trousers" | Graham McPherson, Chris Foreman | Absolutely, 1980 | 2:27 |
3. | "House of Fun" | Lee Thompson, Mike Barson | Complete Madness, 1982 | 2:45 |
4. | "Our House" | Cathal Smyth, Foreman | The Rise & Fall, 1982 | 3:10 |
5. | "Embarrassment" | Thompson, Barson | Absolutely | 3:04 |
6. | "My Girl" | Barson | One Step Beyond... | 2:41 |
7. | "It Must Be Love" | Labbi Siffre | Non-album single, 1981 | 3:20 |
8. | "Wings of a Dove" | Smyth, McPherson | Non-album single, 1983 | 2:59 |
9. | "The Sun and the Rain" | Barson | Non-album single, 1983 | 3:28 |
10. | "Grey Day" | Barson | 7, 1981 | 3:38 |
11. | "NW5" | Thompson, Barson | The Liberty of Norton Folgate, 2009 | 3:48 |
12. | "Cardiac Arrest" | Smyth, Foreman | 7 | 2:52 |
13. | "Tomorrow's Just Another Day" | Smyth, Barson | The Rise & Fall | 3:14 |
14. | "Driving in My Car" | Barson | Non-album single, 1982 | 3:18 |
15. | "Bed and Breakfast Man" | Barson | One Step Beyond... | 2:31 |
16. | "Lovestruck" | Thompson, Barson | Wonderful, 1999 | 3:50 |
17. | "One Better Day" | McPherson, Mark Bedford | Keep Moving, 1984 | 4:01 |
18. | "Michael Caine" | Smyth, Dan Woodgate | Keep Moving | 3:34 |
19. | "The Return of the Los Palmas 7" | Barson, Bedford, Woodgate | Absolutely | 2:33 |
20. | "The Prince" | Thompson | One Step Beyond... | 3:20 |
21. | "Shut Up" | McPherson, Foreman | 7 | 2:51 |
22. | "Madness" | Campbell | One Step Beyond... | 2:38 |
23. | "Night Boat to Cairo" | McPherson, Barson | One Step Beyond... | 3:24 |
Total length: | 71:44 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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24. | "Johnny the Horse" | Smyth | Wonderful | 3:21 |
25. | "Drip Fed Fred" | Thompson, Barson | Wonderful | 4:31 |
Total length: | 79:36 |
- DVD - The music videos
- The DVD contains the same 23 tracks, and in the same order, as the CD.
Charts
Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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UK Albums (OCC)[2] | 11 |
Certifications and sales
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[3] | Platinum | 300,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ "Official Charts: Madness - Albums". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "Madness | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
- ^ "British album certifications – Madness – Total Madness". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
External links
- Total Madness at Discogs (list of releases)
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- 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