A Little Madness to Be Free

A Little Madness to Be Free
Studio album by The Saints
Released July 1984
Recorded A Studio Sydney, Australia. Additional recording at Richmond Recorders Melbourne, Australia. Mixed at Alberts Studio Sydney, Australia
Genre Pop punk
Label Lost (France)
RCA (Australian 1984)
Mushroom Records (Australian 1989 Reissue)
Producer Lurax Debris
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The Saints chronology
I Thought This Was Love, But This Ain't Casablanca
(1982)		 A Little Madness to Be Free
(1984)		 All Fools Day
(1986)

A Little Madness to Be Free was the sixth album to be released by Australian band The Saints. This time around, frontman Chris Bailey persuaded original members, Kim Bradshaw (bass) and Ivor Hay (drums), to rejoin the band. On the album tour, the bass player was ex-The Birthday Party man Tracy Pew.

Contents

Track listing

The Australian version

  1. Ghost Ships
  2. Some One to Tell Me
  3. Down the Drain
  4. It's Only Time
  5. Imagination
  6. Wrapped Up and Blue
  7. Walk Away
  8. Photograph
  9. The Hour
  10. Angel

The 'New Rose' version

The French 'New Rose' release included an extra track "Heavy Metal" and an alternate track listing omitting "Wrapped Up and Blue".

  1. Down the Drain
  2. Walk Away
  3. Photograph
  4. The Hour
  5. Angels
  6. Imagination
  7. Only Time
  8. Someone to Tell Me
  9. Heavy Metal
  10. Ghost Ships

Personnel

Engineers – Tony Cohen & David Hemmings

Trivia

The title of the album is a reference to the quote "A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free," by Kazantzakis.

The Saints

Chris Bailey • Caspar Wijnberg  • Jane Mack  • Peter Wilkinson

Ivor Hay • Ed Kuepper • Jeffrey Wegener • Doug Balmanno • Kym Bradshaw • Algy Ward • Arturo LaRizza • Bruce Callaway • Barry Francis • Janine Hall • Mark Birmingham • Chris Burnham • Laurie Cuffe • Ian Shedden • Tracy Pew • Richard Burgman • Louise Elliott • Arturo LaRizza • Joe Chiofalo • Dror Erez • Tony Faehse • Peter Jones • Michael Bayliss • Marty Bjerregaard • Andy Faulkner • Andreas Jörnvill • Joakim Täck • Ian Walsh • Måns Wieslander • Eddie Nyström • Marty Willson-Piper
Studio albums
Live albums
Live in Mud Hut ... Somewhere in Europe • The Most Primitive Band in the World (Live from the Twilight Zone, Brisbane 1974)
Compilation albums
Best of the Saints • Scarce (1989) • The New Rose Years • Songs of Salvation 1976-1988 • Permanent Revolution • Know Your Product: The Best of The Saints • 7799: Big Hits on the Underground • Wild About You • All Times Though Paradise • The Greatest Cowboy Movie Never Made
Singles / Extended plays
"(I'm) Stranded" • "Erotic Neurotic • One Two Three Four • "This Perfect Day" • "Know Your Product" • "Security" • "Always" • Paralytic Tonight, Dublin Tomorrow • "Let's Pretend" • "Follow the Leader" • "Ghost Ships" • "Imagination" • "Just Like Fire Would" • "(You Can't Tamper with) the Temple of the Lord" • "See You in Paradise" • "The Music Goes Round My Head" • "Stay" • "Cheap Erotica"
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