Total Madness – the Very Best of Madness is a greatest hits album by a British ska/pop band Madness, released in 1997. It was released exclusively in the United States and Canada.
| Total Madness – the Very Best of Madness | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | 9 September 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1979–1985 | |||
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| Label | Geffen | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
Critical reception
editIn a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album three out of five stars and wrote that the album "[is] an overview of Madness in their decline, with a couple of earlier hits thrown in for good measure."
Track listing
edit- "Our House" (Cathal Smyth, Chris Foreman) - 3:20
- "It Must Be Love" (Labi Siffre) - 3:18
- "Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)" (Smyth, Michael Barson) - 3:09
- "Shut Up" (Foreman, Graham McPherson) - 3:26
- "Grey Day" (Barson) - 3:38
- "The Sun and the Rain" (Barson) - 3:30
- "Wings of a Dove (A Celebratory Song)" (Smyth, McPherson) - 3:03
- "Michael Caine" (Smyth, Daniel Woodgate) - 3:36
- "One Better Day" (McPherson, Mark Bedford) - 4:06
- "Uncle Sam" (Foreman, Lee Thompson) - 4:16
- "Yesterday's Men" (Foreman, McPherson) - 4:32
- "One Step Beyond" (Cecil Campbell) - 3:33 (Version exclusive to compilation)
References
edit- ^ Considine, J. D. (2004). "Madness". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 508. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r315569
External links
edit- Total Madness – The Very Best of Madness at Discogs (list of releases)
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