Length 62:22 Artist Madness Label Go! Discs | Madstock!
(1992) The Business
(1993) Release date 2 November 1992 Genres Ska, Pop music | |
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Released 2 November 1992 (1992-11-02) Recorded 8 and 9 August 1992, Finsbury Park, London Producers Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley Similar Madness albums, Ska albums | ||
Madness madstock 1992 full album
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, Gallon Drunk, 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.
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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. "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.
Madness madstock 1992
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Songs
1One Step Beyond3:32
2The Prince2:33
3Embarrassment3:18