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Mad Not Mad is the sixth album by the British ska band Madness, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). It was their only album not to feature founder member Mike Barson, who had left the group the year before.
Only a few weeks after its release, the writers of NME included this LP on their list of the 100 best albums of all time. The band themselves have been less satisfied with the album. In a BBC Radio 1 interview in 1993 Suggs described this Mad not Mad as "a polished turd" (referring to its glossy '80s over-production).
[edit] Track listing
- "I'll Compete"
- "Yesterday's Men"
- "Uncle Sam"
- "White Heat"
- "Mad Not Mad"
- "Sweetest Girl"
- "Burning the Boats"
- "Tears You Can't Hide"
- "Time"
- "Coldest Day"
[edit] Personnel
Back inlay of Mad Not Mad album.
- Gary Barnacle – horns
- Rupert Bowden – strings
- Bill Benham – strings
- Belinda Blunt – strings
- Trevor Ford – strings
- Rusen Gunes – strings
- Adrian Levine – strings
- Basil Smart – strings
- Afrodiziak – backing vocals
- Jimmy Chambers – backing vocals
- Jimmy Helms – backing vocals
- Jimmy Thomas – backing vocals
- Clive Langer – production
- Alan Winstanley – production
- Matt Howe – associate production
- Mark Saunders – associate production
- Richard Sullivan – associate production
- Ian Wright – illustrations
- Simon Halfon – design
- Anton Corbijn – photography
- John Stoddart – photography
- Clare Muller – photography
