Madness - Ultimate Collection
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Artist: MadnessEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2000-11-14
Music Label: Hip-O Records
Soundtracks:
- One Step Beyond
- My Girl
- Night Boat To Cairo
- Baggy Trousers
- Madness (Two-Tone Single Version)
- The Prince (Two-Tone Single Version)
- Embarrassment
- The Return Of The Los Palmas 7
- House Of Fun
- Our House
- It Must Be Love
- Madness (Is All In The Mind)
- Grey Day
- Tomorrow's Just Another Day
- Shut Up
- The Sun And The Rain
- Michael Caine
- Yesterday's Men
- Wings Of A Dove (A Celebratory Song)
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Music Review: Madness is all in the mind
Rating: 4 Stars
The "Ultimate Collection" of Madness goes a long way towards proving that these "nutty boys" were a terrific singles band. From the opening bellow of "One Step Beyond" to the inspirational "Wings of a Dove," there really isn't a dud in the bunch, and the CD clocks in at over 70 minutes. Even with these little nuggets of radio gems (sadly, hardly any of them US charters), it is easy to underestimate the influence of Madness. I recall one Saturday morning in college as the dorm TV was on, and a cereal commercial had a bunch of little kids doing that "One Step Beyond" dance/walk during the Saturday cartoons.
Which meant that, despite meager American success for "Absolutely" and "One Step Beyond..." (enough so that Sire dropped them and the next two albums came out on Stiff as imports), there were a lot of eyes on these seven young Brits. Their mix of pop, R'n'B, goofy personalities and - of course - ska made them irresistible to those exposed. But once you scratch the surface, darker themes flowed beneath the shiny surfaces. "Embarrassment" dealt with a real life family reaction to an out-of-wedlock pregnancy from an interracial relationship and their not-so-enlightened response. Both "Tomorrow's Just Another Day" and "Grey Day" deal with people who discover their dreams have run aground.
However, it was a peppy piece of nostalgia that finally broke Madness stateside. "Our House," with memories of growing up, caught the fancy of American ears and went top ten. It also helped that Geffen records, determined to prove they were an "artists record label," put considerable effort at breaking the Madness album, cobbling tracks from the first four albums (two of which had not even been released in the US), and even sneaking the cover "It Must Be Love" into the top 40. But it was also at the moment that Madness seemed to be growing up. Madness Presents the Rise & Fall was a strikingly mature album, and the ska was breaking down to pop.
Pop thrills, nonetheless. The coming of age classic "Baggy Trousers" is still inescapably catchy, and the carnival fair music that permeates "House Of Fun" is still a blast. But as the bittersweet "Michael Caine" (featuring a one line cameo from the subject in question) and "The Sun and The Rain" tracked, Madness was gradually moving into mature territory and their fans weren't necessarily following. "Mad Not Mad's" single "Yesterday's Men" was more than a little prophetic, and the band broke up afterwards. (Subsequent reunions are not represented here.) But all the joy and exuberance of the boys' style is here. If you don't want to dig deep, "Ultimate Madness" has all the goodies.
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