Wonderful (Madness album)

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Wonderful
Studio album by Madness
Released	November 1, 1999 (UK)
Recorded	1999
Genre	Ska/Pop
Length	41:54
Label	Virgin Records
Producer(s)	Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Madness chronology
Universal Madness (1998)	Wonderful (1999)	The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1 (2005)

Wonderful is an album by the British ska band Madness. It was released in 1999 (see 1999 in music). Wonderful is their first studio album in original lineup since 1985 Mad Not Mad LP.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Lovestruck"
2. "Johnny the Horse"
3. "The Communicator"
4. "4 am"
5. "The Wizard"
6. "Drip Fed Fred"
7. "Going to the Top"
8. "Elysium"
9. "Saturday Night Sunday Morning"
10. "If I Didn't Care"
11. "No Money"

[edit] Personnel

• Suggs – lead vocals
• Mike Barson – keyboards
• Chris Foreman – guitar
• Mark Bedford – bass guitar
• Lee Thompson – saxophones
• Daniel Woodgate – drums
• Chas Smash – backing vocals, acoustic guitar

• Ian Dury – guest vocals on track 6
• Michael Kearsey – trombone
• Jason McDermid – trumpet
• Jason Bruer – saxophone
• Terry Edwards – saxophone
• Pablo Cook – percussion
• Robert Stimpson – design
• Clive Langer – production
• Alan Winstanley – production
• Mark Bishop – engineering

[edit] Notes/trivia

• "4 am" is a rerecorded version of the song that appeared on Suggs' solo album The Lone Ranger
• Providing the vocals to Drip Fed Fred would be Ian Dury's last chart single release before his death in March 2000.

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"