Madness - A Guided Tour Of Madness (2011)

Artist: Madness
Title Of Album: A Guided Tour Of Madness
Year Of Release: 19 Sep 2011
Label: Salvo
Genre: Pop, Rock
Quality: Mp3
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Total Time: 232:18 Min
Total Size: 555 Mb
Tracklist:
Disc: 1
1. The Prince
2. Madness
3. Mistakes
4. Bed & Breakfast Man
5. One Step Beyond
6. The Young & The Old
7. Deceives The Eye
8. My Girl
9. Believe Me
10. In The Middle Of The Night
11. Night Boat To Cairo
12. On The Beat Pete
13. Not Home Today
14. Baggy Trousers
15. Disappear
16. You Said
17. Embarrassment
18. Take It Or Leave It
19. The Return Of The Los Palmas 7
20. Grey Day
21. Tomorrow s Dream
22. Mrs. Hutchinson
23. Shut Up
24. Sign Of The Times
25. It Must Be Love
26. In The City
27. Cardiac Arrest
Disc: 2
1. House Of Fun
2. Don t Look Back
3. Primrose Hill
4. Driving In My Car
5. Calling Cards
6. Blue Skinned Beast
7. Our House
8. Madness (Is All In The Mind)
9. Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)
10. Wings Of A Dove
11. March Of The Gherkins
12. Keep Moving
13. The Sun & The Rain
14. Samantha
15. Prospects
16. One Better Day
17. Michael Caine
18. Victoria Gardens
19. Yesterday's Men
20. All I Knew
21. I'll Compete
22. Uncle Sam
Disc: 3
1. Waiting For The Ghost Train
2. The Wizard
3. The Communicator
4. Lovestruck
5. Elysium
6. Drip Fed Fred
7. Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
8. Johnny The Horse
9. Sarah's Song
10. Girl Why Don't You?
11. Lola
12. I Chase The Devil Aka Ironshirt
13. Shame & Scandal
14. You Keep Me Hanging On
15. NW5
16. Forever Young
17. That Close
18. Dust Devil
19. On The Town
20. Sugar And Spice
21. Le Grand Pantalon - previously unreleased on cd
Widely regarded as one of the greatest singles bands of the '80s, the four-disc anthology A Guided Tour of Madness is a chance to hear the U.K.'s biggest-ever Two-Tone band in all their glory, with 70 tracks plucked from their roller coaster, 30-year career. With the exception of "Sweetest Girl," "Sorry," and "The Harder They Come," every one of their 34 singles make the cut, from their 1979 homage to reggae legend Prince Buster, "The Prince," to 2009's "Forever Young" which, compiled in chronological order, allows fans to chart their journey from cheeky teenage "nutty boys" to elder statesmen of British ska-pop. Of course, their most familiar material, from their sole U.K. chart-topper "House of Fun" to their cover of Labi Siffre's "It Must Be Love," to their biggest U.S. hit, "Our House," is likely to inspire mass singalongs from casual fans. But as its lengthy track list suggests, this comprehensive collection also showcases what else they had to offer. Indeed, the band might not have looked as though they were taking themselves too seriously, but with songs which sensitively tackled issues such as the IRA ("Michael Caine"), the Falklands War ("Blue Skinned Beast"), and immigration ("Prospects"), they offered a lot more substance than they were given credit for, while 1999 comeback single "Lovestruck" (their first Top Ten hit in 16 years), their 2000s covers of the Kinks' "Lola" and the Supremes' "You Keep Me Hanging On," and the four tracks from 2009's well-received The Liberty of Norton Folgate prove that the band haven't been resting on their laurels. While most Madness fans will already own the majority of tracks here, there are also a few obscurities thrown into the mix, from early B-sides such as "All I Knew" and "Mistakes" (apparently the first song the band ever wrote) to "Sarah's Song," a number from their Our House musical, and the previously unreleased "Le Grand Pantalon," and the playful, Gallic waltz-tinged rendition of their signature hit "Baggy Trousers," which shows their tongue-in-cheek humor remains firmly intact. A cut above most hastily assembled retrospectives, A Guided Tour of Madness is a cleverly selected affair which should satisfy anyone wishing to investigate more than their more ubiquitous commercial hits.

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