The Rise & Fall (album)

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The Rise & Fall
Studio album by Madness
Released	October 8, 1982
Recorded	Air Studios 1982
Genre	Pop
Length	43:04
Label	Stiff Records
Producer	Clive Langer Alan Winstanley
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Madness chronology
Complete Madness (1982) The Rise & Fall (1982) Madness (1983)

The Rise & Fall is the fourth album by the British pop group Madness. This album saw Madness at their most experimental, exhibiting a range of musical styles including jazz, English music hall and Eastern influences. NME described it at the time of its release as "The best Madness record". It has often been retrospectively described as a concept album. Though the album was never released in the USA, several tracks were later placed on the compilation Madness, including the melancolic pop of "Our House".

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Charts 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "Rise and Fall" - 3:16 (McPherson/Foreman)
2. "Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)" - 3:10 (Smyth/Barson)
3. "Blue Skinned Beast" - 3:22 (Thompson)
4. "Primrose Hill" - 3:36 (McPherson/Foreman)
5. "Mr. Speaker Gets the Word" - 2:59 (McPherson/Barson)
6. "Sunday Morning" - 4:01 (Woodgate)
7. "Our House" - 3:23 (Smyth/Foreman)
8. "Tiptoes" - 3:29 (McPherson/Barson)
9. "New Delhi" - 3:40 (Barson)
10. "That Face" - 3:39 (McPherson/Foreman)
11. "Calling Cards" - 2:19 (Thompson/Foreman)
12. "Are You Coming (With Me)" - 3:17 (Thompson/Barson)
13. "Madness (Is All in the Mind)" - 2:53 (Foreman)

[edit] Personnel

• Suggs – lead vocals
• Mike Barson – keyboards, harmonica, percussion
• Chris Foreman – guitar
• Mark Bedford – bass guitar
• Lee Thompson – saxophones
• Daniel Woodgate – drums
• Chas Smash – backing vocals, trumpet, lead vocals on track 13
• David Bedford – string arrangements
• Clive Langer – production
• Alan Wistanley – production
• Greg Fulginiti – mastering US
• Tim Young – remastering
• David Wooley – engineering
• Jeremy Allom – engineering
• Laurie Lewis – photography

[edit] Charts

Date	Single	Chart	Position
November 1982	Our House	UK	No. 5
November 1982	Our House	US	No. 7
February 1983	Tomorrow's (Just Another Day) / Madness (Is All in the Mind)	UK	No. 8

[edit] External links

• "Our House" music video with lyrics

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