The Liberty of Norton Folgate

:"For the area of London, see Norton Folgate."Infobox Album
Name = The Liberty of Norton Folgate
Type = studio
Artist = Madness


Released = TBA
Recorded = 2006 - 2008
Genre = Ska/Pop
Length =
Label = Lucky Seven Records
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1"
(2005)
This album = "The Liberty of Norton Folgate"
(2008)
Next album =

"The Liberty of Norton Folgate" is the upcoming album by the British ska band Madness. It will be their ninth studio album. The band have been working on the album for close to three years and it will be their first album of new material since 1999's "Wonderful". No official release date has been announced yet, however Madness showcased a number of songs from the new album at London's Hackney Empire in June 2008.

The only track released as single from the album was NW5, which reached no. 24 in the UK charts. It is currently unknown whether there will be any other singles from the album, although during a radio interview in January 2008, Suggs stated that "Forever Young" might be a possible single, to be released later in 2008. A shortened version of the track "The Liberty of Norton Folgate" was made available on Youtube in mid May 2008.

Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley are back in the producers chair. Recording sessions also took place in Toe Rag studios in late 2006 with Liam Watson who engineered and mixed "Elephant" by The White Stripes.

Possible tracks

# "Africa" (Barson) [http://www.robomod.net/pipermail/madness/2008-August/000470.html] Fact|date=May 2008
# "Bingo" (Thompson/Barson)
# "MK II" (McPherson/Smyth)
# "Dust Devil" (Thompson/Woodgate)
# "Forever Young" (McPherson)
# "The Hunchback of Torriano" (Thompson/Woodgate) Fact|date=May 2008
# "Idiot Child" (Thompson/Barson)
# "Let's Go" (McPherson/Barson) Fact|date=May 2008
# "The Liberty of Norton Folgate" (McPherson)
# "NW5" (Barson/Thompson)
# "Sugar & Spice" (Barson)
# "We Are London" (Smyth)
# "Clerkenwell Polka" (Smyth)
# "On The Town" (featuring Rhoda Dakar) (Woodgate/Barson)
# "Suicide Bridge" (unknown)
# "Seven Dials" (McPherson/Barson)
# "That Close" (McPherson/Foreman)
# "One Fine Day" (McPherson/Foreman)
# "Mission From Hell" (Thompson/Barson)
# "The Kiss" (McPherson/Barson)

Chris Foreman provided writing credits for the new tracks on a Madness fan site, "The Madness Trading Ring", in July 2008, though he omitted to list a credit for "Suicide Bridge".