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Wonderful (Madness album)

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Released
  
1 November 1999 (UK)

Length
  
41:54

Release date
  
1 November 1999

Genres
  
Ska, Pop music

Recorded
  
1999

Artist
  
Madness

Label
  
Virgin Records

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Wonderful (1999)
  
Our House the Original Songs (2002)

Producers
  
Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley

Similar
  
Mad Not Mad, Keep Moving, The Rise & Fall, The Dangermen Sessions, Absolutely

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Wonderful is an album by the British ska band Madness. It was released in 1999 (see 1999 in music). It's the first studio album since 1984's Keep Moving to feature the original line-up.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Lovestruck" (Lee Thompson, Mike Barson)
  2. "Johnny the Horse" (Cathal Smyth)
  3. "The Communicator" (Graham McPherson, Smyth)
  4. "4 am" (McPherson, Barson)
  5. "The Wizard" (Smyth)
  6. "Drip Fed Fred" (Thompson, Barson)
  7. "Going to the Top" (Barson)
  8. "Elysium" (Thompson, Daniel Woodgate)
  9. "Saturday Night Sunday Morning" (McPherson)
  10. "If I Didn't Care" (Jack Lawrence)
  11. "No Money" (Thompson, Woodgate, Nick Woodgate)

2010 reissue

Disc 1 contains the full album plus three "promo" videos:

  1. "Lovestruck" [promo video]
  2. "Johnny the Horse" [promo video]
  3. "Drip Fed Fred" [promo video]

Disc 2 contains the "bonus tracks":

  1. "You're Wonderful" [remix] [bonus track] (Smyth)
  2. "Round and Round" [b-side "Lovestruck"] (Thompson, Barson)
  3. "We Are Love" [b-side "Lovestruck"] (Smyth)
  4. "Johnny the Horse" [radio edit] (Smyth)
  5. "I Was the One" [b-side "Johnny the Horse"] (Barson)
  6. "Dreaming Man" [b-side "Johnny the Horse"] (Smyth, Chris Foreman)
  7. "Light of the Way" [b-side "Drip Fed Fred"] (Smyth)
  8. "We Want Freddie" [b-side "Drip Fed Fred"] (Thompson, Barson)
  9. "Drip Fed Fred" [The Conspiracy Mix] [single version] (Thompson, Barson)
  10. "Maddley" [b-side "Lovestruck" album sampler] (McPherson, Smyth, Barson, Thompson, Woodgate)
  11. "Simple Equation" ["Our House" musical] (McPherson, Foreman)
  12. "Sarah's Song" ["Our House" musical] (Thompson, Barson)
  13. "It Must Be Love" [2002 mix] ["Our House" musical] (Labi Siffre)
  14. "My Old Man" [Brand New Boots and Panties Ian Dury tribute album] (Ian Dury, Steve Nugent)

Reception

The BBC's Chris Charles' review was very favourable. He said "... Wonderful finds the boys in their best form since 1981's Madness 7."

Allmusic's Evan Cater gave the album 4 out of 5 stars and said "On the whole, it's a pretty successful return."

Personnel

  • Suggs (Graham McPherson) – Lead Vocals
  • Mike Barson – Keyboards
  • Chris Foreman – Guitar
  • Mark Bedford (Bedders) – Bass
  • Lee Thompson – Saxophones and Guest Vocals on track 6
  • Daniel Woodgate (Woody) – Drums
  • Chas Smash (Cathal Smyth) – Backing Vocals and Lead Vocals on track 3
    • Additional personnel
  • Ian Dury – guest vocals on track 6
  • Michael Kearsey – trombone
  • Jason McDermid – trumpet
  • Jason Bruer – saxophone
  • Terry Edwards – saxophone, brass arrangements
  • Pablo Cook – percussion
  • The London Session Orchestra – strings
  • Gavyn Wright – orchestral and strings leader
  • Simon Hale – string arrangements, conductor
  • Steve Donnelley – dobro guitar on track 5
  • Mitch – backing vocals on track 4
  • Sarah Cracknell – backing vocals on track 8

    • Production personnel

  • Clive Langer – production
  • Alan Winstanley – production
  • Mark Bishop – engineer
  • Martin Parr – front cover photography
  • Mark Bedford – original graphic design
  • Robert Stimpson – original graphic design
  • Dani Golfieri – assistant
  • Neil Evans – assistant
  • Nik Rose – re-jigging, fettling
  • Martin 'Cally' Callomon – art direction, design

    • Songs

    1Lovestruck3:50
    2Johnny the Horse3:20
    3The Communicator3:20

    References

    Wonderful (Madness album) Wikipedia
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