Total Madness – The Very Best of Madness

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1997 greatest hits album by Madness

Total Madness – the Very Best of Madness

Greatest hits album by Madness

Released

9 September 1997

Recorded

1979–1985

Madness chronology

The Business – the Definitive Singles Collection
(1993)

Total Madness – the Very Best of Madness
(1997)

Universal Madness
(1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Total Madness – the Very Best of Madness is a greatest hits album by a British ska/pop band Madness, released in 1997. It was released exclusively in the United States and Canada.

Critical reception

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album three out of five stars and wrote that the album " an overview of Madness in their decline, with a couple of earlier hits thrown in for good measure."

Track listing

"Our House" (Cathal Smyth, Chris Foreman) - 3:20
"It Must Be Love" (Labi Siffre) - 3:18
"Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)" (Smyth, Michael Barson) - 3:09
"Shut Up" (Foreman, Graham McPherson) - 3:26
"Grey Day" (Barson) - 3:38
"The Sun and the Rain" (Barson) - 3:30
"Wings of a Dove (A Celebratory Song)" (Smyth, McPherson) - 3:03
"Michael Caine" (Smyth, Daniel Woodgate) - 3:36
"One Better Day" (McPherson, Mark Bedford) - 4:06
"Uncle Sam" (Foreman, Lee Thompson) - 4:16
"Yesterday's Men" (Foreman, McPherson) - 4:32
"One Step Beyond" (Cecil Campbell) - 3:33 (Version exclusive to compilation)

References

Considine, J. D. (2004). "Madness". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 508. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/r315569

External links

Total Madness – The Very Best of Madness at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e 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 Can't Touch Us Now Theatre of the Absurd Presents C'est la Vie
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 A Guided Tour of Madness
Extended plays	Work Rest and Play The Peel Sessions
Singles	"The Prince" "One Step Beyond" "My Girl" "Night Boat to Cairo" (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" "The Harder They Come" "Night Boat to Cairo" "Lovestruck" "Johnny the Horse" "Drip Fed Fred" "Shame and Scandal in the Family" "Girl Why Don't You" "Sorry" "NW5" "Dust Devil" "Sugar and Spice" "Forever Young"
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