Wonderful (Madness album)

Infobox Album | Name = Wonderful
Type = Album
Artist = Madness

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Released = November 1, 1999 (UK)
Recorded = 1999
Genre = Ska/Pop
Length = 41:54
Label = Virgin Records
Producer = Clive Langer,
Alan Winstanley
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:of967uu010ja link]
Last album = "Universal Madness"
(1999)
This album = "Wonderful"
(1999)
Next album = "The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1"
(2005)|

"Wonderful" is an album by the British ska band Madness. It was released in 1999 (see 1999 in music). "Wonderful" is their first studio album in original lineup since the 1984 "Keep Moving" LP.

Track listing

#"Lovestruck" (Thompson / Barson)
#"Johnny the Horse" (Smyth)
#"The Communicator" (Smyth)
#"4 am" (McPherson / Barson)
#"The Wizard" (Smyth)
#"Drip Fed Fred" (Thompson / Barson)
#"Going to the Top" (Barson)
#"Elysium" (Thompson / D Woodgate)
#"Saturday Night Sunday Morning" (McPherson)
#"If I Didn't Care" (Jack Lawrence)
#"No Money" (Thompson / D Woodgate / N Woodgate)

Personnel

* Suggs (Graham McPherson) – Lead Vocals
* Mike Barson – Keyboards
* Chris Foreman – Guitar
* Mark Bedford (Bedders) – Bass
* Lee Thompson – Saxophones and Guest Vocals on track 6
* Daniel Woodgate (Woody) – Drums
* Chas Smash (Cathal Smyth) – Backing Vocals and Lead Vocals on track 3
*Ian Dury – Guest Vocals on track 6
* Michael Kearsey – Trombone
* Jason McDermid – Trumpet
* Jason Bruer – Saxophone
* Terry Edwards – Saxophone
* Pablo Cook – Percussion
* Clive Langer – Production
* Alan Winstanley – Production
* Mark Bishop – Engineer

Notes/trivia

* "4 am" is a rerecorded version of the song that appeared on Suggs' solo album "The Lone Ranger".
* "If I Didn't Care" is a cover of The Ink Spots.
* Providing the vocals to Drip Fed Fred would be Ian Dury's last chart single release and final appearance on Top of the Pops before his death in March 2000.
* Despite being the title of the album (and arguably one of the best of the new songs), 'Wonderful' only made it as a B-side on one of the editions of the 'Johnny the Horse' single.