Normally, when it comes to posting music on this blog, I like to catch musical artists when they were at their prime. Many artists keep going for decades after the creative fire is gone, turning into an oldies act. For a long time, that seemed to be the case for Madess. The band broke up in 1986, and didn't do much for a long time after that, other than a studio album of new material in 1999, "Wonderful," and an album of cover versions in 2005.
But then, in 2009, the band came roaring back with the album "The Liberty of Norton Folgate." It was critically and commercially celebrated as a return to form. It reached Number Five in the British album charts, and sold more copies than any of their albums of new material since 1982.
Thus, this is a worthy time for another BBC concert. The band generally played it safe, mostly playing their older hits, but five of the songs are from recent albums. As expected of the BBC, the sound quality is excellent.
This album is an hour and nine minutes long.
01 talk (Madness)
02 One Step Beyond (Madness)
03 Embarrassment (Madness)
04 The Prince (Madness)
05 talk (Madness)
06 NW5 (Madness)
07 talk (Madness)
08 My Girl (Madness)
09 talk (Madness)
10 Dust Devil (Madness)
11 talk (Madness)
12 The Sun and the Rain (Madness)
13 talk (Madness)
14 Chase the Devil (Madness)
15 talk (Madness)
16 Clerkenwell Polka (Madness)
17 talk (Madness)
18 Bed and Breakfast Man (Madness)
19 Shut Up (Madness)
20 talk (Madness)
21 Forever Young (Madness)
22 talk (Madness)
23 House of Fun (Madness)
24 Wings of a Dove (Madness)
25 talk (Madness)
26 Baggy Trousers (Madness)
27 talk (Madness)
28 Our House (Madness)
29 talk (Madness)
30 It Must Be Love (Madness)
31 Madness (Madness)
32 Night Boat to Cairo (Madness)
The cover photo actually comes from this very concert.
I notice BBC Session's 4 and 5 are exactly the same
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