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Absolutely is the second studio album from the British ska band Madness. The album reached number 2 in the UK album charts. [2] Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Desktop\The Best of Madness - The Millennium Collection\05 - Madness - The Sun and the Rain.wav

The first album, we’d been working on all that material for ages and playing it for Christ knows how long. But with Absolutely, we had to hit the ground running. Dave was like, “We need a single! We need it now!” He was quite gung-ho.British album certifications – Madness – Absolutely". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 12 March 2022. Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Desktop\The Best of Madness - The Millennium Collection\09 - Madness - Cardiac Arrest.wav

Filename C:\temp\RIP\Madness - 1998 - Universal Madness- Live in Los Angeles\04 - Sun & the Rain.wav It’s been two years since we’ve played live,” singer Suggs declares, reflecting on how the pandemic derailed this British pop institution. “I’ve found myself singing at old grannies at the bus stop.” Still, within seconds, band and audience resume their positions for the traditional festive staple of a Madness December tour. Around a quarter of the crowd are wearing fezzes. The sunglassed, besuited vocalist begins the evening in a stage-left phone box, supposedly phoning his mum, and still has the charmingly befuddled air of someone who woke up from a dream to find himself onstage in an arena. At 60, he changes the “I’m feeling twice as older” line in 1980’s Embarrassment to “three times as older”. He doesn’t need to complete the “Hey you, don’t watch that …” intro to One Step Beyond – the audience do it for him. The album is named after one of the oft-said expressions of the band's then tour manager and sound man Tony Duffield. [3] Cover [ edit ] Inner sleeve illustrationChristgau, Robert (1990). "Madness: Absolutely". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X . Retrieved 17 July 2015. Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Desktop\The Best of Madness - The Millennium Collection\08 - Madness - It Must Be Love.wav Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Desktop\The Best of Madness - The Millennium Collection\02 - Madness - Calling Cards.wav Filename C:\temp\RIP\Madness - 1998 - Universal Madness- Live in Los Angeles\07 - Baggy Trousers.wav

Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Desktop\The Best of Madness - The Millennium Collection\11 - Madness - Bed and Breakfast Man.wav In a 2020 interview with GQ magazine Lee Thompson said it was his favourite Madness album. [1] Album title [ edit ] Media Control Charts". charts.de. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014 . Retrieved 18 September 2013. Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Desktop\The Best of Madness - The Millennium Collection\12 - Madness - Wings of a Dove (A Celebratory Song).wav

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Billboard's Recommended LPs" (PDF). Billboard. Vol.85, no.44. 1 November 1980. pp.88, 91. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved 30 May 2020– via World Radio History. Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Desktop\The Best of Madness - The Millennium Collection\06 - Madness - Time for Tea.wav Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Desktop\The Best of Madness - The Millennium Collection\03 - Madness - House of Fun.wav

Steffen Hung (7 October 2011). "Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com . Retrieved 14 October 2011. a b c "The Madness Timeline: 1980". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2007. The front cover sees the band standing in front of Chalk Farm tube station in Camden. When the original vinyl was released the first, more sombre, cover photograph was changed to a more animated pose after around 10,000 albums were pressed. The two sleeves can be distinguished by keyboardist Mike Barson's holding of the umbrella: in the earlier pressing he holds it up to his chin while in the later, and subsequently used, releases the umbrella is on the ground. [4] Filename C:\temp\RIP\Madness - 1998 - Universal Madness- Live in Los Angeles\02 - Embarrassment.wav Filename C:\temp\RIP\Madness - 1998 - Universal Madness- Live in Los Angeles\08 - It Must Be Love.wavFilename C:\temp\RIP\Madness - 1998 - Universal Madness- Live in Los Angeles\12 - Night Boat to Cairo.wav a b Marcus, Greil (19 February 1981). "Madness: Absolutely". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007 . Retrieved 17 July 2015. Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Desktop\The Best of Madness - The Millennium Collection\04 - Madness - Grey Day.wav