| Madstock! | ||||
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| Live album by Madness | ||||
| Released | 2 November 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 8 and 9 August 1992, Finsbury Park, London | |||
| Genre | Ska/Pop | |||
| Length | 62:22 | |||
| Label | Go! Discs | |||
| Producer | Clive Langer Alan Winstanley |
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Madstock! is a live album by ska/pop band Madness, released on 2 November 1992 (see 1992 in music). The album includes highlights from Madness' first concerts since their disbanding in 1986, on 8 and 9 August 1992 at Finsbury Park in London. The bill included Flowered Up, Ian Dury and The Blockheads, Morrissey and Madness. At the Saturday show, Morrissey wrapped himself in a Union Jack flag, attracting a group of right-wing types to gather close to the stage. This controversy ended up garnering more attention than the re-union of Madness.
The full concert was released on a corresponding video, but both the album and video are now out of print, But is available in the box-set A Guided Tour Of Madness as a DVD. The concert became a biennial event being held again in 1994, 1996, and 1998 (this last Madstock is available on DVD). In December 2008 the band announced that they would be staging a 5th Madstock concert in 2009 to celebrate their 30th anniversary held on 17 July in Victoria Park, East London.
The album reached #22 in the UK album charts.[2] "The Harder They Come", a cover of the Jimmy Cliff song, was released as the only single off this album and reached #44 in the UK charts.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "One Step Beyond" | Cecil Campbell | 3:29 |
| 2. | "The Prince" | Lee Thompson | 2:32 |
| 3. | "Embarrassment" | Thompson, Mike Barson | 3:17 |
| 4. | "My Girl" | Barson | 2:57 |
| 5. | "The Sun and the Rain" | Barson | 3:24 |
| 6. | "Grey Day" | Barson | 4:59 |
| 7. | "It Must Be Love" | Labi Siffre | 3:38 |
| 8. | "Shut Up" | Graham McPherson, Chris Foreman | 3:28 |
| 9. | "Driving in My Car" | Barson | 3:22 |
| 10. | "Bed & Breakfast Man" | Barson | 2:28 |
| 11. | "Close Escape" | Thompson, Foreman | 2:52 |
| 12. | "Wings of a Dove" | McPherson, Carl Smyth | 3:16 |
| 13. | "Our House" | Foreman, Smyth | 3:31 |
| 14. | "Night Boat to Cairo" | McPherson, Smyth | 3:43 |
| 15. | "Madness" | Campbell | 3:10 |
| 16. | "House of Fun" | Thompson, Barson | 2:52 |
| 17. | "Baggy Trousers" | McPherson, Foreman | 2:38 |
| 18. | "The Harder They Come" | Jimmy Cliff | 5:44 |