The Rise & Fall (album)

Infobox Album | Name = The Rise & Fall
Type = Album
Artist = Madness


Released = October 8 1982
Recorded = Air Studios 1982
Genre = Pop
Length = 43:04
Label = Stiff Records
Producer = Clive Langer
Alan Winstanley
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:on8o1v0jzzba link]
Last album = "Complete Madness"
(1982)
This album = "The Rise & Fall"
(1982)
Next album = "Madness"
(1983)|

"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. Though the album was never released in the USA, several tracks were later placed on the compilation "Madness", including the melancholic pop of "Our House".

Track listing

#"Rise and Fall" - 3:16 (McPherson/Foreman)
#"Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)" - 3:10 (Smyth/Barson)
#"Blue Skinned Beast" - 3:22 (Thompson)
#"Primrose Hill" - 3:36 (McPherson/Foreman)
#"Mr. Speaker Gets the Word" - 2:59 (McPherson/Barson)
#"Sunday Morning" - 4:01 (Woodgate)
#"Our House" - 3:23 (Smyth/Foreman)
#"Tiptoes" - 3:29 (McPherson/Barson)
#"New Delhi" - 3:40 (Barson)
#"That Face" - 3:39 (McPherson/Foreman)
#"Calling Cards" - 2:19 (Thompson/Foreman)
#"Are You Coming (With Me)" - 3:17 (Thompson/Barson)
#"Madness (Is All in the Mind)" - 2:53 (Foreman)

Personnel

* Suggs (Graham McPherson) – Lead Vocals
* Mike Barson – Keyboards, Harmonica, Percussion
* Chris Foreman – Guitar
* Mark Bedford (Bedders) – Bass
* Lee Thompson – Saxophones
* Daniel Woodgate (Woody) – Drums
* Chas Smash (Cathal Smyth) – Backing Vocals, Trumpet, Lead Vocals on track 13
* David Bedford – String Arrangements
* Clive Langer – Production
* Alan Wistanley – Production
* David Wooley – Engineer
* Jeremy Allom – Engineer

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