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2 Track listing  





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Total Madness  The Very Best of Madness






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Total Madness – the Very Best of Madness
Greatest hits album by
Released9 September 1997
Recorded1979–1985
Genre
  • pop[1]
  • LabelGeffen
    Producer
  • Alan Winstanley
  • Madness chronology
    The Business – the Definitive Singles Collection
    (1993)
    Total Madness – the Very Best of Madness
    (1997)
    Universal Madness
    (1998)
    Professional ratings
    Review scores
    SourceRating
    AllMusic[2]

    Total Madness – the Very Best of Madness is a greatest hits album by a British ska/pop band Madness, released in 1997. It was released exclusively in the United States and Canada.

    Critical reception[edit]

    In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album three out of five stars and wrote that the album "[is] an overview of Madness in their decline, with a couple of earlier hits thrown in for good measure."

    Track listing[edit]

    1. "Our House" (Cathal Smyth, Chris Foreman) - 3:20
    2. "It Must Be Love" (Labi Siffre) - 3:18
    3. "Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)" (Smyth, Michael Barson) - 3:09
    4. "Shut Up" (Foreman, Graham McPherson) - 3:26
    5. "Grey Day" (Barson) - 3:38
    6. "The Sun and the Rain" (Barson) - 3:30
    7. "Wings of a Dove (A Celebratory Song)" (Smyth, McPherson) - 3:03
    8. "Michael Caine" (Smyth, Daniel Woodgate) - 3:36
    9. "One Better Day" (McPherson, Mark Bedford) - 4:06
    10. "Uncle Sam" (Foreman, Lee Thompson) - 4:16
    11. "Yesterday's Men" (Foreman, McPherson) - 4:32
    12. "One Step Beyond" (Cecil Campbell) - 3:33 (Version exclusive to compilation)

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Considine, J. D. (2004). "Madness". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 508. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  • ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r315569
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