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Madstock! Live album by Madness Released 2 November 1992 Recorded 8 and 9 August 1992, Finsbury Park, London Genre Ska/Pop Length 62:22 Label Go! Discs Producer Clive Langer
Alan WinstanleyMadness chronology Divine Madness
(1992)Madstock!
(1992)The Business
(1993)Singles from Madstock! - "The Harder They Come"
Released: 1992
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] Madstock! is a live album by ska/pop band Madness, released on 2 November 1992 (see 1992 in music). The album includes highlights from Madness' first concerts since their disbanding in 1986, on 8 and 9 August 1992 at Finsbury Park in London. The bill included Flowered Up, Ian Dury and The Blockheads, Morrissey and Madness. At the Saturday show, Morrissey wrapped himself in a Union Jack flag, attracting a group of right-wing types to gather close to the stage. This controversy ended up garnering more attention than the re-union of Madness.
The full concert was released on a corresponding video, but both the album and video are now out of print, But is available in the box-set A Guided Tour Of Madness as a DVD. The concert became a biennial event being held again in 1994, 1996, and 1998 (this last Madstock is available on DVD). In December 2008 the band announced that they would be staging a 5th Madstock concert in 2009 to celebrate their 30th anniversary held on 17 July in Victoria Park, East London.
The album reached #22 in the UK album charts.[2] "The Harder They Come", a cover of the Jimmy Cliff song, was released as the only single off this album and reached #44 in the UK charts.
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "One Step Beyond" Cecil Campbell 3:29 2. "The Prince" Lee Thompson 2:32 3. "Embarrassment" Thompson, Mike Barson 3:17 4. "My Girl" Barson 2:57 5. "The Sun and the Rain" Barson 3:24 6. "Grey Day" Barson 4:59 7. "It Must Be Love" Labi Siffre 3:38 8. "Shut Up" Graham McPherson, Chris Foreman 3:28 9. "Driving in My Car" Barson 3:22 10. "Bed & Breakfast Man" Barson 2:28 11. "Close Escape" Thompson, Foreman 2:52 12. "Wings of a Dove" McPherson, Carl Smyth 3:16 13. "Our House" Foreman, Smyth 3:31 14. "Night Boat to Cairo" McPherson, Smyth 3:43 15. "Madness" Campbell 3:10 16. "House of Fun" Thompson, Barson 2:52 17. "Baggy Trousers" McPherson, Foreman 2:38 18. "The Harder They Come" Jimmy Cliff 5:44 Personnel
- Suggs – lead vocals
- Mike Barson – keyboards
- Lee Thompson – saxophone, backing vocals
- Chris Foreman – guitar
- Mark Bedford – bass
- Daniel Woodgate – drums
- Chas Smash – backing vocals, trumpet
References
- ^ "allmusic ((( Madstock > Review )))". http://www.allmusic.com/album/r294700. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "Chart Stats - Madness - Madstock". http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=11697. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
Categories:- 1992 live albums
- Madness (band) live albums
- "The Harder They Come"
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