One Step Beyond...

One Step Beyond...
Studio album by Madness
Released November 1979
Recorded Eden and TW Studios London 1979
Genre Ska/Pop
Length 38:53
Label Stiff Records
Sire Records
Producer Clive Langer
Alan Winstanley
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Madness chronology
One Step Beyond...
(1979)		 Work Rest and Play
(1980)

One Step Beyond... is the 1979 debut album by the British ska group Madness. It was ranked 90th in a 2005 survey held by British television's Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time. The album peaked at number 2 and remained in the British record charts for over a year. One Step Beyond... has a much heavier ska influence than later Madness albums. It was also the first album produced by the team of Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, who would go on to work with artists such as Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Morrissey, Dexys Midnight Runners and They Might Be Giants, as well as producing all but one of Madness' subsequent albums.

The title track, released as a single, was originally written and recorded by the Jamaican ska musician Prince Buster. The spoken line, "Don't watch that, watch this" in the intro is from another Prince Buster song, "The Scorcher." It was their second single after "The Prince" which was a tribute song to this musician. The song heard between the two last titles on the album's original track list is "Madness", a cover of the Prince Buster song. While it is not listed on the UK LP sleeve or label, it was appended to the U.S. Sire LP release and later releases on CD. This recording is different from the version found as the B-side of the "The Prince" single.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "One Step Beyond" - 2:18 (Campbell)
  2. "My Girl" - 2:44 (Barson)
  3. "Night Boat to Cairo" - 3:31 (Barson, McPherson)
  4. "Believe Me" - 2:28 (Barson, Hasler)
  5. "Land of Hope and Glory" - 2:57 (Foreman, Thompson)
  6. "The Prince" - 3:18 (Thompson)
  7. "Tarzan's Nuts" - 2:24 (Barson)
  8. "In the Middle of the Night" - 3:01 (McPherson, Foreman)
  9. "Bed and Breakfast Man" - 2:33 (Barson)
  10. "Razor Blade Alley" - 2:42 (Thompson)
  11. "Swan Lake" - 2:36 (Tchaikovsky arr. Barson)
  12. "Rockin' in A♭" - 2:29 (Wurlitzer; Bazooka Joe cover)
  13. "Mummy's Boy" - 2:23 (Bedford)
  14. "Madness" - 2:38 (Campbell)
  15. "Chipmunks Are Go!" - 0:51 (Smyth)

The 2009 reissue also includes the music videos for "The Prince", "One Step Beyond", "My Girl", "Night Boat to Cairo" and "Bed & Breakfast Man". The first four of these were also included on the version of One Step Beyond... issued as part of the box set The Lot. The bonus disc contains various B-sides as well as all three songs previously only released on the Work Rest and Play EP in April 1980.

2009 reissue – bonus disc

  1. "The Prince" - 2:31 (Thompson) (Peel session)
  2. "Bed and Breakfast Man" - 3:24 (Barson) (John Peel|Peel session)
  3. "Land of Hope and Glory" - 2:42 (Thompson/Foreman) (John Peel|Peel session)
  4. "Stepping Into Line" - 2:38 (Hasler/McPherson/Thompson) (John Peel|Peel session)
  5. "One Step Beyond..." - 2:17 (Campbell) (7" Single version)
  6. "My Girl" - 2:58 (Barson) (Demo version - Mike Barson vocal)
  7. "Mistakes" - 2:52 (Hasler/Barson) (B-Side "One Step Beyond...")
  8. "Un Paso Adelante" - 2:33 (Campbell) ("One Step Beyond..." Spanish version)
  9. "Nutty Theme" - 2:10 (Thompson/McPherson) (B-Side "One Step Beyond..." 12")
  10. "My Girl" (Ballad version) - 2:28 (Barson) (From Flexipop Magazine flexi disc)
  11. "Stepping Into Line" - 2:15 (Hasler/McPherson/Foreman) (B-Side "My Girl")
  12. "Un Passo Avanti" - 2:22 (Campbell) ("One Step Beyond..." Italian version)
  13. "Deceives the Eye" - 2:00 (Bedford/Foreman) (Work Rest and Play EP)
  14. "The Young and The Old" - 2:04 (McPherson/Barson) (Work Rest and Play EP)
  15. "Don't Quote Me on That" - 4:31 (Smyth/Barson/Foreman/McPherson/Bedford/Thompson/Woodgate) (Work Rest and Play EP)
  16. "Razor Blade Alley" - 2:35 (Thompson) (Dance Craze live version)
  17. "Night Boat To Cairo" - 3:12 (McPherson/Barson) (Dance Craze live version)
  18. "One Step Beyond..." - 2:53 (Campbell) (Dance Craze live version)

Chart performance

Chart (1979) Peak
position		 Total
weeks
Austrian Albums Chart[2] 11 10
German Albums Chart[3] ? ?
New Zealand Albums Chart[4] 27 9
Norwegian Albums Chart[5] 24 7
Swedish Albums Chart[6] 12 7
UK Albums Chart[7] 2 78
U.S. Billboard Hot 200[8] 128 ?

Personnel

Additional personnel

Singles

Singles from the album:

References

  1. ^ "Filter Reissues Extra". Mojo (London: Bauer Media Group) (192): 112. November 2009. ISSN 1351-0193. 
  2. ^ http://www.austriancharts.at/
  3. ^ http://charts-surfer.de/
  4. ^ http://www.charts.org.nz/
  5. ^ http://www.norwegiancharts.com/
  6. ^ http://www.swedishcharts.com/
  7. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/
  8. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/
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