Complete Madness

Complete Madness
Greatest hits album by Madness
Released	23 April 1982
Recorded	1979 - 1982
Genre	Ska/Pop
Length	46:22
Label	Stiff Records
Producer	Clive Langer Alan Winstanley
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Madness chronology
7 (1981) Complete Madness (1982) The Rise & Fall (1982)
Alternative cover
This is the cover for the Virgin Records 1985 re-release of Complete Madness

Complete Madness is the first greatest hits album by ska/pop group Madness. It was released in 1982 (see 1982 in music) and included Madness' biggest hits from their first three studio albums and all the stand-alone singles. Complete Madness spent 99 weeks on the UK charts peaking at number 1. A corresponding VHS video was also released, containing all thirteen of the group's music videos up to that point (the twelve singles plus "Bed and Breakfast Man").

The album was re-issued in 2010.

Track listing

1. "Embarrassment" (Mike Barson, Lee Thompson) – 3:13
2. "Shut Up" (Chris Foreman, Graham McPherson) – 2:53
3. "My Girl" (Mike Barson) – 2:47
4. "Baggy Trousers" (Foreman, McPherson) – 2:48
5. "It Must Be Love" (Labi Siffre) – 3:20
6. "The Prince" (Lee Thompson) – 2:29
7. "Bed & Breakfast Man" (Barson) – 2:34
8. "Night Boat to Cairo" (Barson, McPherson) – 3:33
9. "House of Fun" (Barson, Thompson) – 2:51
10. "One Step Beyond" (Cecil Campbell) – 2:21
11. "Cardiac Arrest" (Foreman, Carl Smyth) – 2:59
12. "Grey Day" (Barson) – 3:41
13. "Take It or Leave It" (Barson, Thompson) – 3:28
14. "In the City" (Barson, Crutchfield, Foreman, Inoue, McPherson, Smyth) – 3:01
15. "Madness" (Campbell) – 2:40
16. "The Return of the Los Palmas 7" (Barson, Mark Bedford. Dan Woodgate) – 2:35

Personnel

• Mike Barson – Keyboards, Harmonica, Percussion
• Mark Bedford – Bass
• Chris Foreman – Guitar
• Neill King – Engineer
• Clive Langer – Producer
• Graham "Suggs" McPherson – Percussion, Vocals
• Chas Smash – Trumpet, Vocals
• Lee Thompson – Saxophone, Vocals
• Alan Winstanley – Producer
• Dan Woodgate – Drums

Preceded by Tug of War by Paul McCartney Avalon by Roxy Music

UK Albums Chart number one album 22 May 1982 – 4 June 1982 12 June 1982 – 18 June 1982

Succeeded by Avalon by Roxy Music Avalon by Roxy Music