Madness - The Lot (6CD Boxset 1999)[MP3-VBR]

Madness - The Lot (Box Set 1999) [Contains 6 Early Madness\' Albums, Original Recording Remastered] Madness were at the forefront of the early-1980s UK ska explosion, injecting the music with pop hooks and their own cheeky humour. The Lot collects their six albums in one convenient, 77-track package and features all the classic tracks--\"One Step Beyond\", \"Baggy Trousers\", \"Prince\", \"Night Boat To Cairo\", \"Our House\"--performed with customary zeal by Suggs and the boys. Remastered and beautifully packaged, with a 36-page booklet, as well as the familiar battered Doc Martens on the cover, The Lot is the ideal collection for all two-tone fanatics. Along with the Specials, Madness were one of the leading bands of the ska revival of the late \'70s and early \'80s. As their career progressed, Madness branched away from their trademark \"nutty sound\" and incorporated large elements of Motown, soul, and British pop. Although the band managed one crossover American hit in 1983, the band remained a British phenomenon, influencing several successive generations of musicians and becoming one of the most beloved groups the country produced during the \'80s. Madness box set includes all of the studio albums from the band\'s first run from 1979 to 1986, leaving out only the 1999 reunion CD Wonderful. It also leaves out the various compilation records (e.g., Complete Madness, Utter Madness, and Divine Madness, as well as the U.S. release Madness). Rather than reproduce the original album covers, The Lot pairs off the six albums into three distinct periods: the early \"nutty\" ska of One Step Beyond and Absolutely; the early-\'80s experiments with a more mature pop sound on Seven and The Rise and Fall; and the more slickly produced, darker-toned pop of Keep Moving and Mad Not Mad. It\'s a clever packaging strategy, though the art direction could stand to be a little more attractive. The box set also features a color insert with comments from the band about each album. American fans should beware: the enclosed edition of the 1984 album Keep Moving is the British version and consequently does not contain the singles \"The Sun and the Rain\" or \"Wings of a Dove\". In any case, The Lot offers strong evidence that, for all of their hit singles, Madness was an excellent album band as well. Madness - One Step Beyond (1979) Tracks: 01. One Step Beyond 02. My Girl 03. Night Boat To Cairo 04. Believe Me 05. Land Of Hope And Glory 06. The Prince 07. Tarzan\'s Nuts 08. In The Middle Of The Night 09. Bed And Breakfast Man 10. Razor Blade Alley 11. Swan Lake 12. Rockin\' In A Flat 13. Mummy\'s Boy 14. Madness 15. Chipmunks Are Go! Codec................: LAME 3.97 Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps) Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.4 One Step Beyond... is the 1979 debut album by the British ska group Madness. It was ranked 90th in a 2005 survey held by British television\'s Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time. The album peaked at number 2 and remained in the British record charts for over a year. One Step Beyond... has a much heavier ska influence than later Madness albums. It was also the first album produced by the team of Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, who would go on to work with groups such as Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Dexys Midnight Runners and They Might Be Giants, as well as producing all but one of Madness\' subsequent albums. Madness - Absolutely (1980) Tracks: 01. Baggy Trousers 02. Embarrassment 03. E.R.N.I.E. 04. Close Escape 05. Not Home Today 06. On The Beat Pete 07. Solid Gone 08. Take It Or Leave It 09. Shadow Of Fear 10. Disappear 11. Overdone 12. In The Rain 13. You Said 14. Return of the Los Palmas 7 Codec................: LAME 3.97 Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps) Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.4 Absolutely is the 1980 second album from the British ska band Madness. It peaked at #2 in the UK album charts. The album is named after one of expressions of the band\'s then tour manager, and sound man Tony Duffield. The front cover sees the band standing in front of Chalk Farm tube station in Camden. Madness - Seven (1981) Tracks: 01. Cardiac Arrest 02. Shut Up 03. Sign Of The Times 04. Missing You 05. Mrs Hutchinson 06. Tomorrows Dream 07. Grey Day 08. Pac-a-Mac 09. Promises Promises 10. Benny Bullfrog 11. When Dawn Arrives 12. The Opium Eaters 13. Day On The Town Codec................: LAME 3.97 Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps) Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.4 7 is the third album from the British ska/pop band Madness. Released in October 1981, it reached #5 in the UK album chart. All but one track was recorded at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas in the summer of 1981, the exception being Grey Day which was recorded in London earlier in the year. Madness - The Rise And Fall (1982) Tracks: 01. Rise And Fall 02. Tomorrow\'s (Just Another Day) 03. Blue Skinned Beast 04. Primrose Hill 05. Mr Speaker (Gets The Word) 06. Sunday Morning 07. Our House 08. Tiptoes 09. New Delhi 10. That Face 11. Calling Cards 12. Are You Coming (With Me) 13. Madness (Is All In The Mind) Codec................: LAME 3.97 Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps) Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.4 The Rise & Fall is the fourth album by the British pop group Madness. This album saw Madness at their most experimental, exhibiting a range of musical styles including jazz, English music hall and Eastern influences. NME described it at the time of its release as \"The best Madness record\". It has often been retrospectively described as a concept album. Although initially conceived as a concept album about nostalgia for childhood, the concept was eventually dropped, though the original theme is still evident particularly in the title track and the album\'s major hit \"Our House\". Although the band had previously been avowedly apolitical, the track \"Blue Skinned Beast\" was an overt satire on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her handling of the Falklands War, paving the way for more political comment on subsequent Madness albums. Madness - Keep Moving (1984) Tracks: 01. Keep Moving 02. Michael Caine 03. Turning Blue 04. One Better Day 05. March Of The Gherkins 06. Waltz Into Mischief 07. Brand New Beat 08. Victoria Gardens 09. Samantha 10. Time For Tea 11. Prospects 12. Give Me A Reason Codec................: LAME 3.97 Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps) Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.4 Keep Moving is the fifth album by the British ska band Madness from 1984. It was the last Madness album prior to their 1999 comeback album Wonderful to feature Mike Barson. Madness - Mad Not Mad (1985) Tracks: 01. I\'ll Compete 02. Yesterday\'s Men 03. Uncle Sam 04. White Heat 05. Mad Not Mad 06. Sweetest Girl 07. Burning The Boats 08. Tears You Can\'t Hide 09. Time 10. Coldest Day Codec................: LAME 3.97 Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps) Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.4 Mad Not Mad is the sixth album by the British ska band Madness, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). It was their only album not to feature founder member Mike Barson, who had left the group the year before. Only a few weeks after its release, the writers of NME included this LP on their list of the 100 best albums of all time. The band themselves have been less satisfied with the album. In a BBC Radio 1 interview in 1993 Suggs described Mad not Mad as \"a polished turd\" (referring to its glossy \'80s over-production).

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