7 (Madness album)

Infobox Album | Name = 7
Type = Studio album
Artist = Madness

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Released = October 1981
Recorded = 1981
Genre = Ska/Pop
Length = 38:35
Label = Stiff Records
Producer = Clive Langer
Alan Winstanley
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2n8o1v0jzzba link]
Last album = "Absolutely"
(1980)
This album = "7"
(1981)
Next album = "Complete Madness"
(1982)|

"7" is the third album from the British ska/pop band Madness. Released in 1981, it reached #5 in the UK album chart.

Track listing

# "Cardiac Arrest" - 2:52 (Smyth/Foreman)
# "Shut Up" - 4:07 (McPherson/Foreman)
# "Sign of the Times" - 2:43 (McPherson/Barson)
# "Missing You" - 2:32 (McPherson/Barson)
# "Mrs. Hutchinson" - 2:17 (Barson)
# "Tomorrow's Dream" - 3:54 (Thompson/Barson)
# "Grey Day" - 3:40 (Barson)
# "Pac-A-Mac" - 2:37 (Thompson/Barson)
# "Promises Promises" - 2:52 (Thompson/Barson)
# "Benny Bullfrog" - 1:51 (Thompson/Foreman)
# "When Dawn Arrives" - 2:43 (Thompson/Barson)
# "The Opium Eaters" - 3:03 (Barson)
# "Day on the Town" - 3:24 (McPherson/Foreman)

Personnel

* Suggs (Graham McPherson) – Lead Vocals
* Mike Barson – Keyboards,Tubular Bells, Harmonica, Piano, Marimba, Percussion, Organ
* Chris Foreman – Guitar
* Mark Bedford (Bedders) – Bass
* Lee Thompson – Saxophones, Sound Effects, Lead Vocals on track 10
* Daniel Woodgate (Woody) – Drums, Congas
* Chas Smash (Cathal Smyth) – Backing Vocals, Trumpet

Charts