Complete Madness

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Complete Madness
Complete Madness cover
Greatest hits by Madness
Released April 23, 1982
Recorded 1979 - 1982
Genre Ska/Pop
Length 46:22
Label Stiff Records
Producer Clive Langer
Alan Winstanley
Professional reviews
Madness chronology
7
(1981)		 Complete Madness
(1982)		 The Rise & Fall
(1982)
Alternate cover
This is the cover for the Virgin Records 1985 re-release of Complete Madness.
This is the cover for the Virgin Records 1985 re-release of Complete Madness.

Complete Madness is the first greatest hits album by ska/pop group Madness. It was released in 1982 (see 1982 in music) and included Madness' biggest hits from their first three studio albums and all the stand-alone singles. Complete Madness spent 88 weeks on the UK charts peaking at number 1. A corresponding VHS video was also released, containing all thirteen of the group's music videos up to that point (the twelve singles plus "Bed and Breakfast Man").

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Embarrassment"
  2. "Shut Up"
  3. "My Girl"
  4. "Baggy Trousers"
  5. "It Must Be Love"
  6. "The Prince"
  7. "Bed & Breakfast Man"
  8. "Night Boat to Cairo"
  9. "House of Fun"
  10. "One Step Beyond"
  11. "Cardiac Arrest"
  12. "Grey Day"
  13. "Take It or Leave It"
  14. "In the City"
  15. "Madness"
  16. "The Return of the Los Palmas 7"





Preceded by
Tug of War by Paul McCartney		 UK Albums Chart number one album
May 22, 1982 - June 04, 1982		 Succeeded by
Avalon by Roxy Music




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