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There’s a certain grandness to the title of Madness Presents the Rise & Fall, the group’s fourth album and undeniable pop masterpiece: it’s clear that the band has ambitions, to go several steps beyond ska, to craft nothing less than a Village Green Preservation Society for the ‘80s. The Kinks figure heavily in Madness’ design for The Rise & Fall, both in individual tunes and the overall arc of the concept album, but so does Ian Dury’s celebration of the riffraff of London, the latter giving Madness an earthiness that Ray Davies’ crew lacked during their time on the Village Green. While Madness’ forefathers are evident, The Rise & Fall is recognizably Madness in sound and sensibility; faint echoes of their breakneck nutty beginnings can be heard on “Blue Skinned Beast” and “Mr. Speaker Gets the Word,” the melodies are outgrowths of such early masterpieces as “My Girl,” there’s a charming, open-hearted humor and carnivalesque swirl that ties everything together. All this comes to a head on “Our House,” as divine a pop single as there ever was -- so undeniable that this very British anthem actually crossed over into the American Top Ten in 1983 -- but that’s merely the splashiest evidence of Madness’ popcraft on The Rise & Fall. The rest of the record contains the same wit, effervescence, and joy, capturing what British pop life was all about in 1982, just as Village Green Preservation Society did in 1968 or Blur’s Parklife would do in 1994.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Graham McPherson, Composer - Madness, Performance, MainArtist - Christopher Foreman, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1982 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music, a BMG Company
Madness, Composer, Performance, MainArtist - Cathal Smyth, Composer - Michael Barson, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1983 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music, a BMG Company
Lee Thompson, Composer - Madness, Performance, MainArtist
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1982 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company
Graham McPherson, Composer - Madness, Performance, MainArtist - Christopher Foreman, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1982 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music, a BMG Company
Graham McPherson, Composer - Madness, Performance, MainArtist - Michael Barson, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1982 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music, a BMG Company
Daniel Woodgate, Composer - Madness, Performance, MainArtist
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1982 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited, under exclusive license to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company
Lee Thompson, Composer, Lyricist - Daniel Woodgate, Composer - Graham McPherson, Composer, Lyricist - Mark Bedford, Composer, Lyricist - Madness, Composer, Performance, MainArtist - Christopher Foreman, Composer, Lyricist, Writer - Cathal Smyth, Composer, Lyricist, Writer - Michael Barson, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1982 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music, a BMG Company
Graham McPherson, Composer - Mark Bedford, Composer - Madness, Performance, MainArtist - Christopher Foreman, Composer - Michael Barson, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1982 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company
Madness, Performance, MainArtist - Michael Barson, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1982 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music, a BMG Company
Graham McPherson, Composer - Madness, Performance, MainArtist - Christopher Foreman, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1982 1982 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music, a BMG Company
Lee Thompson, Composer - Madness, Performance, MainArtist - Christopher Foreman, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1982 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company
Lee Thompson, Composer - Madness, Performance, MainArtist - Michael Barson, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1982 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company
Madness, Performance, MainArtist - Christopher Foreman, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1982 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music, a BMG Company
Graham McPherson, Composer - Madness, Performance, MainArtist - Christopher Foreman, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 2010 BBC
Lee Thompson, Composer - Madness, Performance, MainArtist - Cathal Smyth, Composer - Michael Barson, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1982 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company
Lee Thompson, Composer - Madness, Performance, MainArtist - Christopher Foreman, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 2010 BBC
Lee Thompson, Composer - Madness, Performance, MainArtist - Michael Barson, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 2010 BBC
Lee Thompson, Composer - Daniel Woodgate, Composer - Graham McPherson, Composer - Mark Bedford, Composer - Madness, Performance, MainArtist - Christopher Foreman, Composer - Cathal Smyth, Composer - Michael Barson, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company
Madness, Composer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company 2010 ℗ 1982 1982 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company
Lee Thompson, Composer - Daniel Woodgate, Composer - Graham McPherson, Composer - Mark Bedford, Composer - Madness, Composer, Performance, MainArtist - Christopher Foreman, Composer - Cathal Smyth, Composer - Michael Barson, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1982 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music, a BMG Company
Madness, Performance, MainArtist - Michael Barson, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1982 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company
Lee Thompson, Composer - Madness, Performance, MainArtist - Michael Barson, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1982 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music, a BMG Company
Lee Thompson, Composer, Lyricist - Daniel Woodgate, Composer - Graham McPherson, Composer, Lyricist - Mark Bedford, Composer, Lyricist - Madness, Composer, Vocals, Performance, MainArtist - Christopher Foreman, Composer, Lyricist, Writer - Cathal Smyth, Composer, Lyricist, Writer - Michael Barson, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 2013 Blanco y Negro Music
Madness, Performance, MainArtist - Michael Barson, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1982 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music, a BMG Company
Madness, Performance, MainArtist - Christopher Foreman, Composer, Writer - Cathal Smyth, Composer, Writer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1982 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music, a BMG Company
Madness, Composer, Performance, MainArtist - Cathal Smyth, Composer - Michael Barson, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1983 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music, a BMG Company
Lee Thompson, Composer - Madness, Performance, MainArtist
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1983 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company
Lee Thompson, Composer, Lyricist - Daniel Woodgate, Composer - Graham McPherson, Composer, Lyricist - Mark Bedford, Composer, Lyricist - Madness, Composer, Performance, MainArtist - Christopher Foreman, Composer, Lyricist, Writer - Cathal Smyth, Composer, Lyricist, Writer - Michael Barson, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1982 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music, a BMG Company
Madness, MainArtist - Cathal Smyth, Composer - ELVIS COSTELLO, FeaturedArtist - Michael Barson, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1983 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music, a BMG Company
Madness, Performance, MainArtist - Henry Carey, Composer
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 1982 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive license to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company
Album review
There’s a certain grandness to the title of Madness Presents the Rise & Fall, the group’s fourth album and undeniable pop masterpiece: it’s clear that the band has ambitions, to go several steps beyond ska, to craft nothing less than a Village Green Preservation Society for the ‘80s. The Kinks figure heavily in Madness’ design for The Rise & Fall, both in individual tunes and the overall arc of the concept album, but so does Ian Dury’s celebration of the riffraff of London, the latter giving Madness an earthiness that Ray Davies’ crew lacked during their time on the Village Green. While Madness’ forefathers are evident, The Rise & Fall is recognizably Madness in sound and sensibility; faint echoes of their breakneck nutty beginnings can be heard on “Blue Skinned Beast” and “Mr. Speaker Gets the Word,” the melodies are outgrowths of such early masterpieces as “My Girl,” there’s a charming, open-hearted humor and carnivalesque swirl that ties everything together. All this comes to a head on “Our House,” as divine a pop single as there ever was -- so undeniable that this very British anthem actually crossed over into the American Top Ten in 1983 -- but that’s merely the splashiest evidence of Madness’ popcraft on The Rise & Fall. The rest of the record contains the same wit, effervescence, and joy, capturing what British pop life was all about in 1982, just as Village Green Preservation Society did in 1968 or Blur’s Parklife would do in 1994.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 30 track(s)
- Total length: 01:42:47
- Main artists: Madness
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Salvo
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company ℗ 2010 Stirling Holdings Limited under exclusive licence to Union Square Music Limited, a BMG Company
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