Total Madness: The Very Best of Madness by Madness (CD, Sep-1997, Geffen)

Album Features
UPC:	720642514528
Artist:	Madness
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1997
Record Label:	Geffen
Genre:	2 Tone Ska, Reggae

Track Listing
1. Our House
2. It Must Be Love
3. Tomorrow's Just Another Day
4. Shut Up
5. Grey Day
6. Sun and the Rain, The
7. Wings of a Dove (A Celebratory Song)
8. Michael Caine
9. One Better Day
10. Uncle Sam
11. Yesterday's Men
12. One Step Beyond

Details
Producer:	Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley
Distributor:	Universal Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Madness: Graham `Suggs' McPherson, Cathal `Chas Smash' Smyth (vocals); Chris `Chrissy-Boy' Foreman (guitar); Lee `Kix' Thompson (saxophone); Mike `Barso' Barson (keyboards); Mark `Bedders' Bedford (bass); Daniel `Woody' Woodgate (drums).Additional personnel: Michael Caine (spoken vocals).Personnel: Graham "Suggs" McPherson (vocals); Kix Thompson (saxophone); Dan Woodgate (drums).Liner Note Author: Dicky Barrett.Photographer: Phil Knott.Though all too often connected with no more than their smash "Our House" in the States, the Madness phenomenon in their native Britain was the stuff of musical legend. They provided much of the impetus for the ska revival of the late seventies, though their highly individual music defies any sort of true categorization. Musical development was a Madness constant, and this historical progression is documented on TOTAL MADNESS: THE VERY BEST OF. As difficult as it is to encapsulate the group's work on one disc, the album succeeds admirably, and serves as the perfect primer for the woefully under-informed Yankee shores.Much to its credit, TOTAL MADNESS manages to cover a large amount of time, from the classic cover and general ska anthem "One Step Beyond" to the sophisticated strains of the touching "Yesterday's Men" and the stirring "One Better Day." The KEEP MOVING period is heavily covered here, with the sweeping "The Sun And The Rain," the near religious experience that is "Wings Of A Dove" and the uncharacteristically political "Michael Caine." And yes, in case you were wondering, it's got "Our House."