Pleasantly surprised that their second best album won. I would have expected one of the two first ones to win.
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 02:46 (sixteen years ago) link
weirdly, other than the lack of any love for Wonderful, this list is a perfect representation of my own Madness album rating.
― mark e, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 09:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, good result, though 'Keep Moving' is much better than 'Mad Not Mad' in my opinion.
― zeus, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 10:41 (sixteen years ago) link
hurrah! two votes for MNM. i can die happy.
― grimly fiendish, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 11:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Keep Moving's a great album, maybe my second favourite of theirs.
― stevie, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 12:24 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXFJVsjpfg8
a return to the style of Rise and Fall perhaps ?
― mark e, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 14:22 (sixteen years ago) link
so - anyone going,or went to the hackney shows where the band are playing the new album out in total with orchestra/stage settings etc (ie not just doing the party faves) ?
i get the feeling, (ok, hope), that they are going to be getting the big mojo/word magazine treatments with the release of this album.
from the youtube clips i've seen and heard, i'm still holding out for the possibility that they are pushing this towards the darker edges of their Rise And Fall style.
[awaits the kickback from dingbod about them all being fat old tories b*stards now]
― mark e, Thursday, 26 June 2008 10:24 (sixteen years ago) link
So will The Liberty of Norton Folgate' replace Rise and Fall in the bands catalogue as the ultimate moody/downbeat Madness album ?
Quite possibly.
The team up with Rhoda Darkar is very special.
― mark e, Friday, 1 May 2009 08:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, much better than this old fanboy expected. Negatives: a bit relentlessly midtempo throughout; choruses mostly take easy way out (not unheard of in older days, but not as ubiq).
But arrangements & production is spot on, and damn how good the Barson piano feels to hear. And the unexpected Bollywood (?) break in the title track is hilarious and also promising; I believe these guys could do londonworldmusic decently.
Amusing myself with guessing songwriting credits (bought from emusic, so I've no physical copy). Anyone got the answers?
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 18 June 2009 21:08 (fifteen years ago) link
keep moving is a lot better than i ever remembered.
f*cking love the appearance of general public in victoria gardens which i have now realised is the lost madness gem
― mark e, Monday, 30 April 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
You know, I have a couple of Madness albums here I acquired quite cheaply a few years ago, and it's occurred to me that I haven't given any of them a real deep listen yet. Must rectify that.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 00:30 (twelve years ago) link
i totally agree re the result of this poll : R&F is by far the best Madness album.however .. the cover.it is somewhat troublesome.
― mark e, Thursday, 25 March 2021 23:39 (three years ago) link
I keep flipping between R&F and Keep Moving.
― anecdotal certainly but not nothing (stevie), Friday, 26 March 2021 10:00 (three years ago) link
I assume you refer to the brownface in particular, mark? That indeed looks quite off now, even (or especially?) considering that all the figures are intended as stereotypes of sorts. The corresponding song is also a bit, uh, "hey I went to India and I hated it".
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 26 March 2021 19:51 (three years ago) link
They're back with a so-so live record. But after a quick listen -- Norton Folgate is still incredible (and underappreciated?).
The succeding albums are okay, but "Never Knew Her Name" is an incredible lost track
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 23 November 2022 14:51 (one year ago) link
I need to check out Rise and Fall. I've got the Complete and Utter compilations and they're excellent collections, but I would like to give their albums another chance.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 23 November 2022 15:30 (one year ago) link
How Can I Tell You and Powder Blue off Oui Oui are both fantastic songs as well. They're on the studio working on a new album right now. Norton Folgate is a stupidly brilliant record - vinyl reissue on the horizon.
― his cartoon heart expands, then he relaxes by smoking crack (stevie), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 15:36 (one year ago) link
IMHO Rise & Fall and Keep Moving are their best albums (maybe Norton Folgate is their equal too).
― his cartoon heart expands, then he relaxes by smoking crack (stevie), Wednesday, 23 November 2022 15:37 (one year ago) link
But you can't fuck with any of the first run tbh