Keep Moving (Madness album)

Keep Moving

Studio album by Madness

Released

20 February 1984

Genre

Length

43:18

Label

Stiff

Producer

Madness chronology

Madness
(1983)

Keep Moving
(1984)

Mad Not Mad
(1985)

Singles from Keep Moving (US)

"Wings of a Dove"
Released: 20 August 1983
"The Sun and the Rain"
Released: 29 October 1983

Singles from Keep Moving (UK)

"Michael Caine"
Released: 30 January 1984
"One Better Day"
Released: 2 June 1984

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	^[2]

Keep Moving is the fifth studio album by the British ska/pop band Madness. It was originally released in early 1984, and was their final release on the label Stiff. The album is notably the band's last album to feature their keyboardist and founding member Mike Barson, but Barson did join them for the recording of their one-off single, "(Waiting For) The Ghost Train". It also remained the last Madness album, before their 1999 comeback album Wonderful, to feature Barson.

Keep Moving peaked at number 6 in the UK album charts, and two singles from that album reached the top 20 in the UK music charts.^[3] The album received some good reviews, with Rolling Stone magazine giving the album four out of five stars, applauding the band's changing sound.^[4] This was an improvement as the last album reviewed by the magazine, Absolutely, was heavily criticised.^[5]

The USA/Canadian pressing has a different running order to the UK version and includes the singles "Wings of a Dove" and "The Sun and the Rain" in place of "Waltz Into Mischief" and "Time For Tea" (although the cassette and CD both include all 14 tracks). A vinyl picture disc version, using the USA/Canadian track listing, was also issued in the UK.

The album was re-released in the United Kingdom, in June 2010 on Virgin featuring rare bonus content. The reissue is a 2-CD set with the original album digitally remastered from the original 1/2" mix tapes; the bonus content consists of associated singles, 12" mixes and B-sides. It also features liner notes written by comedian and Madness fan, Phill Jupitus.

Album title

The album takes its name from a phrase used repeatedly in the 1970 post-apocalyptic film The Bed Sitting Room.^[6]

Background

On 5 October 1983 the band were rehearsing and discussing a possible television series, which was being written for them by Ben Elton and Richard Curtis. Barson then informed the band that he would not be able to take part, as he was tired of the music business and wanted to spend more time with his wife. They had recently relocated to Amsterdam.^[7] Barson agreed to finish recording the album "Keep Moving", he left after playing for the last time with the band at the Lyceum Ballroom on 21 December 1983. After leaving the band James Mackie^[8] took Barson's place appearing with Madness on the US hit television show Saturday Night Live on 14 April 1984. After leaving the band, Barson returned to the UK for the filming of two music videos as he'd played on the tracks, "Michael Caine" and "One Better Day". He officially left the band in June 1984, following the release of "One Better Day".^[3]

Track listing

UK Track list

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Keep Moving" (horns – TKO horns)	Cathal Smyth Chris Foreman Graham McPherson	3:33
2.	"Michael Caine" (backing vocals – Afrodiziak, voice – Michael Caine)	Smyth Daniel Woodgate	3:39
3.	"Turning Blue"	Foreman McPherson	3:06
4.	"One Better Day"	McPherson Mark Bedford	4:06
5.	"March of the Gherkins"	Lee Thompson Michael Barson	3:30
6.	"Waltz into Mischief" (backing vocals – general public)	Smyth McPherson	3:36

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Brand New Beat"	Thompson Barson	3:17
8.	"Victoria Gardens" (backing vocals – general public)	Smyth Barson	4:32
9.	"Samantha"	Thompson Barson	3:14
10.	"Time for Tea"	Foreman Thompson	3:08
11.	"Prospects"	Smyth McPherson	4:15
12.	"Give Me a Reason"	Smyth Thompson	3:26

US/CAN Track list

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Keep Moving" (horns – TKO horns)	Cathal Smyth Chris Foreman Graham McPherson	3:33
2.	"Wings of a Dove"	Smyth McPherson	2:59
3.	"The Sun and the Rain"	Mike Barson	3:28
4.	"Brand New Beat"	Lee Thompson Barson	3:17
5.	"March of the Gherkins"	Thompson Barson	3:30
6.	"Michael Caine" (backing vocals – Afrodiziak, voice – Michael Caine)	Smyth Daniel Woodgate	3:39

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Prospects"	Smyth McPherson	4:15
8.	"Victoria Gardens" (backing vocals – general public)	Smyth Barson	4:32
9.	"Samantha"	Thompson Barson	3:14
10.	"One Better Day"	McPherson Mark Bedford	4:06
11.	"Give Me a Reason"	Smyth Thompson	3:26
12.	"Turning Blue"	Foreman McPherson	3:06

Bonus tracks on 2010 reissue
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Wings of a Dove" (Single)	3:00
14.	"Behind the 8 Ball" (B-side "Wings of a Dove")	3:01
15.	"One Second's Thoughtlessness" (B-side "Wings of a Dove" 12")	3:26
16.	"Wings of a Dove" (12" Blue Train Mix)	6:10
17.	"The Sun and the Rain" (Single)	3:28
18.	"Fireball XL5" (B-side "The Sun and the Rain")	1:47
19.	"My Girl" (Live)" (B-side "The Sun and the Rain" 12")	2:55
20.	"The Sun and the Rain" (12" Extended Version)	4:42
21.	"Michael Caine" (12" Extended Version)	4:13
22.	"If You Think There's Something" (B-side "Michael Caine")	3:09
23.	"Guns" (B-side "One Better Day")	3:16
24.	"Sarah" (B-side "One Better Day" 12")	3:45
25.	"Victoria Gardens" (Remix)" (B-side "One Better Day" 12")	3:54

DVD content listing
The Promo Videos "Wings of a Dove" "The Sun and the Rain" "Michael Caine" "One Better Day"

DVD content listing

The Promo Videos

"Wings of a Dove"
"The Sun and the Rain"
"Michael Caine"
"One Better Day"

Personnel

Madness

Suggs (Graham McPherson) – lead vocals
Mike Barson – keyboards, harmonica
Chris Foreman – guitar
Mark Bedford (Bedders) – bass guitar
Lee Thompson – saxophones
Dan Woodgate (Woody) – drums
Chas Smash (Cathal Smyth) – backing vocals, trumpet, lead vocals on "Michael Caine" and "Victoria Gardens"

Additional personnel

Dave Wakeling – guest vocals on "Victoria Gardens"
Ranking Roger – guest vocals on "Victoria Gardens"
Afrodiziak – backing vocals
Luís Jardim – percussion
The TKO Horns: Dave Pleurs, Alan Whetton, Jim Patterson and Brian Maurice

Production personnel

String arrangements: David Bedford
Engineer (mixing): Jim Russell, Phil Tennant
Engineer (recording): Carb, Gavin Greenaway, Matt Butler, Steve Churchyard
Mastering: Denis Blackham
Photography: Tony Duffy
Production: Clive Langer/Alan Winstanley
Management: Matthew Sztumpf

Chart performance

Chart (1984)	Peak position
Canadian Albums Chart^[9]	66
German Albums Chart^[10]	47
Swedish Albums Chart^[11]	29
UK Albums Chart^[12]	6
US Billboard Hot 200	109

References

↑ Keep Moving (Madness album) at AllMusic. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
↑ Archived 25 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
1 2 "The Madness Timeline: 1984". Retrieved on 19 June 2007.
↑ Puterbraugh, Parke."Rolling Stone "Keep Moving" review". Retrieved on 1 August 2007.
↑ Marcus, Greil. "Rolling Stone "Absolutely" review". Archived from the original on 19 June 2008. Retrieved on 1 August 2007.
↑ "Madness Trading Ring". madnesstradingring.com. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
↑ "The Madness Timeline: 1983". Retrieved on 5 June 2007.
↑ Interviews with James Mackie, February 2006; November 2008
↑ "Welcome to the LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA website | Bienvenue au site Web BIBLIOTHÈQUE ET ARCHIVES CANADA". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
↑ http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Madness&titel=Keep+Moving&cat=a
↑ Steffen Hung (10 March 2005). "Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
↑ "UK Singles & Albums Chart Archive". Chart Stats. Retrieved 17 June 2011.

External links

Keep Moving at Discogs (list of releases)

Madness

Chris Foreman Mike Barson Lee Thompson Suggs Dan Woodgate Mark Bedford Chas Smash

Studio albums	One Step Beyond... Absolutely 7 The Rise & Fall Keep Moving Mad Not Mad The Madness Wonderful The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1 The Liberty of Norton Folgate Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da

Compilation albums	Complete Madness Madness Utter Madness It's... Madness It's... Madness Too Divine Madness The Business Total Madness (1997) Our House Total Madness (2009) Ultimate Madness A Guided Tour of Madness Forever Young The Ska Collection

Live albums	Madstock! Universal Madness Madness Live: To the Edge of the Universe and Beyond

Box sets	The Business The Lot The Singles Box: Vol. 1 A Guided Tour of Madness

Singles	"The Prince" "One Step Beyond" "My Girl" "Work Rest and Play EP" "Baggy Trousers" "Embarrassment" "The Return of the Los Palmas 7" "Grey Day" "Shut Up" "It Must Be Love" "Cardiac Arrest" "House of Fun" "Driving in My Car" "Our House" "Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)" / "Madness (Is All in the Mind)" "Wings of a Dove" "The Sun and the Rain" "Michael Caine" "One Better Day" "Yesterday's Men" "Uncle Sam" "Sweetest Girl" "(Waiting For) The Ghost Train" "Night Boat to Cairo" "The Harder They Come" "Lovestruck" "Johnny the Horse" "Drip Fed Fred" "Shame & Scandal" "Girl Why Don't You" "Sorry" "NW5" "Dust Devil" "Sugar and Spice" "Forever Young" "My Girl 2" "Never Knew Your Name"

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