The Business - the Definitive Singles Collection

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The Business - the Definitive Singles Collection
The Business - the Definitive Singles Collection cover
Box set by Madness
Released 1993
Recorded 1979 - 1986
Genre Ska/Pop
Label Virgin Records
Professional reviews
Madness chronology
Madstock!
(1992)
The Business
(1993)
Total Madness
(1997)


The Business - the Definitive Singles Collection is a 3 disc box set by a ska/pop band Madness released in 1993 (see 1993 in music). It contains all the band's singles with their b-sides. It also includes 52 page booklet and interviews with band members and other people associated with Madness attached to some tracks.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

  1. "The Prince"
  2. "Madness"
  3. "One Step Beyond"
  4. "Mistakes"
  5. "Nutty Theme"
  6. "My Girl"
  7. "Stepping into Line"
  8. "In the Rain"
  9. "Night Boat to Cairo"
  10. "Deceives the Eye"
  11. "Young And The Old"
  12. "Don't Quote Me On That"
  13. "Baggy Trousers"
  14. "The Business"
  15. "Embarrassment"
  16. "Crying Shame"
  17. "Return of the Los Palmas 7"
  18. "That's the Way You to Do It" (Aka Odd Jobman)
  19. "My Girl" (demo)
  20. "Swan Lake" (live)
  21. "Grey Day"
  22. "Memories"
  23. "Shut Up"
  24. "A Town Wih No Name"

[edit] Disc two

  1. "Never Ask Twice" (Aka Airplane)
  2. "It Must Be Love"
  3. "Shadow on the House"
  4. "Cardiac Arrest"
  5. "In the City"
  6. "House of Fun"
  7. "Don't Look Back"
  8. "Driving in My Car"
  9. "Terry Wogan Jingle"
  10. "Animal Farm"
  11. "Riding on My Bike"
  12. "Walking With Mr. Wheeze"
  13. "Our House"
  14. "Tomorrow's Just Another Day"
  15. "Madness (Is All in the Mind)"
  16. "Wings of a Dove"
  17. "Behind the Eight Ball"
  18. "One's Second Thoughtlessness"
  19. "The Sun and the Rain"
  20. "Fireball XL5"
  21. "Visit to Dracstein Castle"
  22. "Michael Caine"

[edit] Disc three

  1. "If You Think There's Something"
  2. "One Better Day"
  3. "Guns"
  4. "Victoria Gardens"
  5. "Sarah"
  6. "Yesterday's Men" (harmonica version)
  7. "All I Knew"
  8. "It Must Be Love" (live)
  9. "Uncle Sam"
  10. "David Hamilton Jingle"
  11. "Inanity over Christmas"
  12. "Please Don't Go"
  13. "Sweetest Girl" (extended version)
  14. "Jennie (A Portrait Of)"
  15. "Tears You Can't Hide"
  16. "Call Me"
  17. "(Waiting For) The Ghost Train"
  18. "One Step Beyond" (Italian version)
  19. "Maybe In Another Life"
  20. "Seven Year Scratch"
  21. "Release Me"
  22. "Carols on 45"
  23. "National Anthem"
Madness
Suggs | Mike Barson | Lee Thompson | Chris Foreman | Mark Bedford | Daniel Woodgate | Chas Smash
Discography
Studio albums: One Step Beyond... | Absolutely | 7 | The Rise & Fall | Keep Moving | Mad Not Mad | The Madness | Wonderful | The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1

Live and compilation albums: Complete Madness | Madness | Utter Madness | It's... Madness | It's... Madness Too | Divine Madness | Madstock! | The Business | Total Madness | Universal Madness
Singles: "The Prince" | "One Step Beyond" | "My Girl" | "Night Boat to Cairo" | "Baggy Trousers" | "Embarrassment" | "Return of the Los Palmas 7" | "Grey Day" | "Shut Up" | "It Must Be Love" | "Cardiac Arrest" | "House of Fun" | "Driving in My Car" | "Our House" | "Wings of a Dove" | "The Sun and the Rain" | "Michael Caine" | "(Waiting For) The Ghost Train" | "Lovestruck"