- Absolutely (album)
Infobox Album | Name = Absolutely
Type =Album
Artist = Madness
Released = September 1980
Recorded = 1980
Genre =Ska /Pop
Length = 39:15
Label =Stiff Records
Producer =Clive Langer
Alan Winstanley
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:bjevad1kv8w6 link]
Last album = "Work Rest and Play "
(1979)
This album = "Absolutely"
(1980)
Next album = "7"
(1981)|"Absolutely" is the 1980 second album from the British
ska band Madness. It peaked at #2 in the UK album charts.The album is named after one of expressions of the band's then tour manager, and sound man Tony Duffield. [http://madness.co.uk/time/1980/text.htm] The front cover sees the band standing in front of
Chalk Farm tube station in Camden. The inner sleeve features aLondon Underground -style roundel for a railway station called "Cairo East" on one side (this roundel later reappeared in the video for "(Waiting For) The Ghost Train " and a history of the group on the other.Track listing
# "
Baggy Trousers " - 2:45 (McPherson/Foreman)
# "Embarrassment" - 3:13 (Thompson/Barson)
# "E.R.N.I.E." - 2:45 (McPherson/Foreman)
# "Close Escape" - 3:29 (Thompson/Foreman)
# "Not Home Today" - 2:30 (McPherson/Bedford)
# "On the Beat Pete" - 3:05 (Thompson/Madness)
# "Solid Gone" - 2:22 (Smyth)
# "Take It or Leave It" - 3:26 (Thompson/Barson)
# "Shadow of Fear" - 1:58 (McPherson/Barson)
# "Disappear" - 2:58 (McPherson/Bedford)
# "Overdone" - 3:45 (Thompson/Foreman)
# "In the Rain" - 2:42 (McPherson/Madness)
# "You Said" - 2:35 (McPherson/Barson)
# "Return of the Los Palmas 7 " - 2:01 (Barson/Woodgate/Bedford)Personnel
* Suggs (Graham McPherson) – Lead Vocals
*Mike Barson – Keyboards, Harmonica, Marimba
*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 7Charts
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