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Mummy, Can I Play With Madness?

31 July, 2005 (11:37) | Music | By: Guise Dugal

I ordered a couple more things off Amazon this morning once I found out that Madness had a nearly complete compilation out in the form of The Lot and the B-Side and One-off compliation of The Business, combined with the release tomorrow of The Dangermen Sessions. So, I gave in and ordered :

  • CD - “The Lot”, Madness, £21.99
  • CD - “The Business”, Madness, £16.99
  • CD - “The Dangermen Sessions, volume one”, Madness, £8.99

Pretty much every track for under £50, considering the individual albums would have hit £80 easily I’m happy.

The Dangermen Sessions is pretty much a cover album, but it’s got such a great range on it and given ‘that nutty sound’ it should be quite good. The tracks include:

    1. John Jones
    2. You Keep Me Hanging On
    3. So Much Trouble In The World
    4. Dangerman AKA High Wire
    5. Girl Why Don’t You?
    6. You’ll Lose A Good Thing
    7. Taller Than You Are
    8. Shame & Scandal
    9. Israelites
    10. Lola
    11. Rain
    12. I’m Ready For Love
    13. I Chase The Devil AKA Ironshirt

The Lot is so accurately named collecting their six albums (77 tracks) and 24 music videos. Unfortunately, it misses live performances from Madstock, but the listing is insane enough as it is :
Disc: 1

    1. One step beyond (interactive video)
    2. My girl (interactive video)
    3. Night boat to Cairo (interactive video)
    4. Believe me
    5. Land of hope and glory
    6. The prince (interactive video)
    7. Tarzan’s nuts
    8. In the middle of the night
    9. Bed and breakfast man
    10. Razor blade alley
    11. Swan lake
    12. Rockin’ in A flat
    13. Mummy’s boy
    14. Chipmunks are go

Disc: 2

    1. Baggy trousers (interactive video)
    2. Embarrasment (interactive video)
    3. Ernie
    4. Close escape
    5. Not home today
    6. On the beat Pete
    7. Solid gone
    8. Take it or leave it
    9. Shadow of fear
    10. Disappear
    11. Overdone
    12. In the rain
    13. You said
    14. Return of the Los Palmas 7 (interactive video)
    15. Bed and breakfast man (interactive video only)

Disc: 3

    1. Cardiac arrest (interactive video)
    2. Shut up (interactive video)
    3. Sign of the times
    4. Missing you
    5. Mrs Hutchinson
    6. Tomorrow dream
    7. Grey day (interactive video)
    8. Pac a mac
    9. Promises promises
    10. Benny bullfrog
    11. When dawn arrives
    12. Opium eaters
    13. Day on the town
    14. It must be love (interactive video only)

Disc: 4

    1. Rise and fall (interactive video)
    2. Tomorrow’s just another day
    3. Blue skinned beast
    4. Primrose Hill
    5. Mr speaker gets the word
    6. Sunday morning
    7. Our house (interactive video)
    8. Tiptoes
    9. New Delhi
    10. That face
    11. Calling cards
    12. Are you coming (with me)
    13. Madness (it’s all in the mind)
    14. Driving in my car (interactive video only)
    15. House of fun (interactive video only)

Disc: 5

    1. Keep movin’
    2. Michael Caine (interactive video)
    3. Turning blue
    4. One better day (interactive video)
    5. March of the Gherkins
    6. Waltz into mischief
    7. Brand new beat
    8. Victoria gardens
    9. Samantha
    10. Time for tea
    11. Prospects
    12. Give me a reason
    13. The sun and the rain (interactive video only)
    14. Wings of a dove (interactive video only)

Disc: 6

    1. I’ll compete
    2. Yesterday’s men (interactive video)
    3. Uncle Sam (interactive video)
    4. White heat
    5. Mad not mad
    6. Sweetest girl (interactive video)
    7. Burning the boats
    8. Tears you can’t hide
    9. Time
    10. Coldest day
    11. (Waiting for the)Ghost train (interactive video only)

And, The business is their most popular tracks which were released as one-off singles and not parts of albums (how is that for a gimmick), the collection is 69 tracks long and includes :

    1. Prince
    2. Madness
    3. One step beyond
    4. Mistakes
    5. Nutty theme
    6. My girl
    7. Stepping into line
    8. In the rain
    9. Night boat to Cairo
    10. Deceives the eye
    11. Young and the old
    12. Don’t quote me on that
    13. Baggy trousers
    14. Business
    15. Embarrassment
    16. Crying shame
    17. Return of the Los Palmas 7
    18. That’s the way you do it (aka odd jobman)
    19. My girl (1) (Demo version)
    20. Swan lake
    21. Grey day
    22. Memories
    23. Shut up
    24. Town wih no name
    25. Never ask twice (aka airplane)
    26. It must be love
    27. Shadow on the house
    28. Cardiac arrest
    29. In the city
    30. House of fun
    31. Don’t look back
    32. Driving in my car
    33. Terry Wogan jingle
    34. Animal farm
    35. Riding on my bike
    36. Walking with MrWheeze
    37. Our house (Stretch mix)
    38. Tomorrow’s just another day
    39. Madness (2)
    40. Wings of a dove
    41. Behind the eight ball
    42. One’s second thoughtlessness
    43. Sun and the rain
    44. Fireball XL5
    45. Visit to Dracstein castle
    46. Michael Caine
    47. If you think there’s something
    48. One better day
    49. Guns
    50. Victoria gardens
    51. Sarah
    52. Yesterday’s men
    53. All I knew
    54. It must be love (1) (Live)
    55. Uncle Sam
    56. David Hamilton jingle
    57. Inanity over Christmas
    58. Please don’t go
    59. Sweetest girl
    60. Jennie
    61. Tears you can’t hide
    62. Call me
    63. Waiting for the ghost train
    64. One step beyond (1) (Italian version)
    65. Maybe in another life
    66. Seven year scratch
    67. Release me
    68. Carols on 45
    69. National anthem

Seriously, if you haven’t heard Madness, you need to…dammit!


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