Universal Madness
Universal Madness | ||||
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Live album by Madness | ||||
Released | 2 March 1999 | |||
Recorded | 26 April 1998 | |||
Venue | Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles | |||
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Length | 43:48 | |||
Label | Goldenvoice | |||
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AllMusic | link |
Universal Madness is the second live album by ska/pop band Madness, released on 2 March 1999 (see 1999 in music) through the Goldenvoice label.[1] It was recorded at the Universal Amphitheater on 26 April 1998 in Los Angeles. The show was Madness' first in America since 1984.[2]
Reception
As the album features most of the band's singles, it "ultimately serves as mere nostalgia," according to AllMusic, "not quite a hollow experience, but not an epiphany either." They felt that while the album "doesn't disappoint too greatly, it rarely captures the giddy glee Madness can pull off," adding that the band "sounds fine in a workmanlike way."[3] Trouser Press wrote, "The musicianship is tight as ever ([Lee] Thompson sounds particularly inspired on sax) and the sound quality is good, but [Graham] McPherson's singing falters more and more as the disc goes on. ... Madstock! is the better choice for anyone searching for a disc of live Madness."[2]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "One Step Beyond" | Cecil Campbell | 3:25 |
2. | "Embarrassment" | Mike Barson, Lee Thompson | 3:14 |
3. | "The Prince" | Thompson | 3:28 |
4. | "The Sun and the Rain" | Barson | 3:52 |
5. | "My Girl" | Barson | 2:51 |
6. | "Shut Up" | Graham McPherson, Chris Foreman | 3:21 |
7. | "Baggy Trousers" | McPherson, Foreman | 2:37 |
8. | "It Must Be Love" | Labi Siffre | 3:39 |
9. | "Bed and Breakfast Man" | Barson | 2:21 |
10. | "Our House" | Cathal Smyth, Foreman | 3:52 |
11. | "Swan Lake" |
| 3:27 |
12. | "Night Boat to Cairo" | McPherson, Barson | 4:02 |
13. | "Madness" | Campbell | 3:39 |
Personnel
- Madness
- Graham "Suggs" McPherson – lead vocals
- Mike Barson – keyboards
- Chris Foreman – guitar
- Lee Thompson – saxophone, backup vocals
- Daniel Woodgate – drums
- Mark Bedford – bass
- Cathal Smyth – backup vocals, trumpet
- Technical
- Cedric Singleton – executive producer
- Guy Charbonneau – engineer
- Charlie Bouis – assistant engineer
- Jerry Finn – mixing
- Chuck Sperry – artwork
- Ron Donovan – layout, design
References
- ^ "Madness Plan Two New Albums". MTV. 12 January 1999. Retrieved 29 October 2021.[dead link]
- ^ a b Young, Jon; Robbins, Ira; Schinder, Scott; Neugebauer, Delvin. "Madness". Trouser Press. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ Pearson, Paul. "Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
External links
- Universal Madness at Discogs (list of releases)
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- Chris Foreman
- Mike Barson
- Lee Thompson
- Suggs
- Dan Woodgate
- Mark Bedford
- One Step Beyond...
- Absolutely
- 7
- The Rise & Fall
- Keep Moving
- Mad Not Mad
- The Madness
- Wonderful
- The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1
- The Liberty of Norton Folgate
- Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da
- Can't Touch Us Now
- Theatre of the Absurd Presents C'est la Vie
- Complete Madness
- Madness
- Utter Madness
- It's... Madness
- It's... Madness Too
- Divine Madness
- The Business
- Total Madness (1997)
- Our House
- Total Madness (2009)
- Ultimate Madness
- A Guided Tour of Madness
- Forever Young: The Ska Collection
- Madstock!
- Universal Madness
- Madness Live: To the Edge of the Universe and Beyond
- Work Rest and Play
- The Peel Sessions
- "The Prince"
- "One Step Beyond"
- "My Girl"
- "Night Boat to Cairo" (Work Rest and Play EP)
- "Baggy Trousers"
- "Embarrassment"
- "The Return of the Los Palmas 7"
- "Grey Day"
- "Shut Up"
- "It Must Be Love"
- "Cardiac Arrest"
- "House of Fun"
- "Driving in My Car"
- "Our House"
- "Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)" / "Madness (Is All in the Mind)"
- "Wings of a Dove"
- "The Sun and the Rain"
- "Michael Caine"
- "One Better Day"
- "Yesterday's Men"
- "Uncle Sam"
- "Sweetest Girl"
- "(Waiting For) The Ghost Train"
- "The Harder They Come"
- "Night Boat to Cairo"
- "Lovestruck"
- "Johnny the Horse"
- "Drip Fed Fred"
- "Shame and Scandal in the Family"
- "Girl Why Don't You"
- "Sorry"
- "NW5"
- "Dust Devil"
- "Sugar and Spice"
- "Forever Young"
- Discography
- Lucky 7 Records
- Dikran Tulaine
- Our House the Musical
- 2 tone
- Zarjazz Records
- "Starvation/Tam Tam Pour L'Ethiopie"
- The Madness
- Take It or Leave It
- The Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra
- Boring (The Young Ones)
- Sick (The Young Ones)
- Unreleased album
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