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Duffy, Jonathan (24 November 2005). "An embarrassment no more". BBC News . Retrieved 5 January 2010. Madness C'est La Vie 2023 Tour with special guests Lightning Seeds". Madness . Retrieved 21 April 2023. In 1985, the label released the band's sixth studio album, Mad Not Mad. Barson's usual keyboard parts were filled by an emphasis on synthesisers provided by Steve Nieve of the Attractions. In later years, frontman Suggs has described the album as a "polished turd". [30] The album reached number 16 in the UK charts, which is the band's lowest position on the album charts to date. Despite the poor chart showing, the album was listed as number 55 in NME 's "All Time 100 Albums". [31] The singles for the album fared even worse, with " Yesterday's Men" peaking at number 18 in the UK charts. The subsequent singles, " Uncle Sam" and " Sweetest Girl", failed to make the top 20, which was a first for Madness singles. From 28 October 2002 to 16 August 2003, a musical based on Madness songs, Our House, ran at the Cambridge Theatre in London. Madness played a role in the executive production of the show, and Suggs played a role in the production for a period, playing the central character's father. [45] It won an Olivier Award for best new musical of 2003, [46] and the performance was released on DVD on 1 November 2004. [47] There was also a previous musical based on Madness songs, One Step Beyond!, written by Alan Gilbey. [48] [49] The musical had a brief run at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in 1993 [48] [49] and a run at Putney Arts Theatre, London in 2012.

a b c Marcus, Greil. " "Absolutely" review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 19 June 2008 . Retrieved 1 August 2007. Madness have been national treasures in Britain for well over 40 years. Often referred to as the ultimate singles band (since 1979, they’ve enjoyed 31 Top 40 hits, plus 17 in the Top 10 and one No.1), they’ve produced 11 studio albums, a film (1981’s Take It Or Leave It) and remain, to this day, one of hardest gigging groups in the UK. In 2000, the band received the Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors for Outstanding Song Collection. a b c "The Madness Timeline: 1984". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007 . Retrieved 19 June 2007. May 19: Wirral Live, Tranmere Rovers stadium, Birkenhead". SevenRaggedMen.com . Retrieved 14 December 2021. saw the release of Madness' third studio album, entitled 7. Three hit singles were released from the album - 'Grey Day', 'Shut Up' and 'Cardiac Arrest'. All three were Top 20 hits in the UK. At the end of the year they also released another of their biggest hits: a cover of Labi Siffre's 'It Must Be Love'.They found success with songs 'Love Song' and 'Theme For Great Cities' and spent a lot of time touring in their early years, even supporting Peter Gabriel on tour. In September 2023, the band announced their thirteenth studio album Theatre of the Absurd Presents C'est la Vie, which was released on 17 November 2023. It will be followed by a UK tour, including stops in Liverpool, Manchester, London, and more. [76] Throughout their years, they provided us with timeless classics such as 'Here Comes the Sun', 'Hey Jude', 'Come Together' and 'Let it Be'. Sadly, John passed away in 1980, and George passed away in 2001. Ringo and Paul have since worked together on numerous projects and performances. Madness announce three intimate shows at London's Roundhouse this December". Withguitars.com . Retrieved 3 October 2020. The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles and many online discographies consider this band to be the same as "Madness". Several of the songs on the album ("4BF", "Be Good Boy", "Gabriels Horn", "In Wonder") were reworked songs from the cancelled 1986 Madness studio album and had been performed live or demoed in 1986 before the band broke up. Lee Thompson and Chris Foreman also alluded to this view on their sole studio album Crunch! (1990), which was dedicated to "the good ship Madness and all who sailed in her (1979 to 1989)".

The Official Charts Company – What's That by Madness Search". The Official Charts Company. 10 May 2014. The album was preceded by the singles C'est La Vie and Baby Burglar. A new video featured these two singles plus a performances of Round We Go. Chris Foreman– guitar (1-12, 14), sitar (3), synthaxe (5), piano solo (9), synthesizer effects (14)Byran Adams has gone on to lead an incredibly successful career, producing huge hits such as '(Everything I Do) I Do It For You', 'Heaven' and, of course, 'Summer Of '69'. Upon release, the "I Pronounce You" single had a music video created to promote it. [28] It later appeared as part of the 1992 VHS compilation Divine Madness, which was later issued on DVD in 2002 and as a CD+DVD set in 2005. [29] "What's That" had no video, as Virgin Records chose not to commission one. Laurence Olivier Awards– Chronological list of winning musicals". Archived from the original on 12 August 2007 . Retrieved 6 June 2007. Meanwhile, Madness rumbles on: in the new album, in the live shows, online. Even on Spotify, whose founder wasn’t born when Madness were at their peak, Our House has a quarter of a billion listens. It Must Be Love has become a wedding staple.

Interviews: Madness (Suggs)". Archived from the original on 29 August 2008 . Retrieved 23 October 2008. Retrieved on 23 October 2008.

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Puterbraugh, Parke. " 'Keep Moving' review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007 . Retrieved 1 August 2007. Barson, Mike. "Mrs. Hutchinson: What's it all about?". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007 . Retrieved 5 June 2007. In September 2010, Madness were awarded the Idol Award at the Q Awards in London. Guitarist Chris Foreman stated in his acceptance speech that Madness were recording a new album.