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| {{Infobox album | |||
| | name = Method to the Madness | |||
| | type = studio | |||
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| | released = 1976 | |||
| | recorded = 1976 | |||
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| | genre = ], ], ], ] | |||
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| | label = ] | |||
| | producer = ] | |||
| | prev_title = Higher than High | |||
| | prev_year = 1975 | |||
| | next_title = Smokin' | |||
| | next_year = 1979 | |||
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| '''''Method to the Madness''''' is the seventh album by ] group ]. | |||
| ==Details== | |||
| This was the group's first release on Whitfield Records and their most highest charting album since their debut. Founding member and male lead singer Joe Harris was joined by ] (sister of ]), Tyrone "Lil Ty" Barkeley and Calvin "Dhaak" Stephenson. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/undisputed-truth-method-madness-smokin-album-reviews/|title=The Undisputed Truth : Method To The Madness and Smokin’ – Robinsongs Collection of the last 2 albums by the Psych-Funk legends|first=Ian|last=Canty|date=December 27, 2015}}</ref> | |||
| As usual, Norman Whitfield handled most of the compositions and overall production and direction of the record. It includes their only entry into the UK Singles Chart in January 1977 (#43) with the disco single "You + Me = Love". The song reached #48 on the American Billboard Hot 100, their second highest position ever on the chart. The Undisputed Truth nevertheless disbanded in the early 1980s following the collapse of Whitfield Records.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dubman.eu/nl/product/the-undisputed-truth--method-to-the-madness--smokin-2-cd/|title=The Undisputed Truth – Method To The Madness & Smokin' 2-cd - Dubman Home Entertainment|website=www.dubman.eu}}</ref> | |||
| ==Track listing== | |||
| All tracks are written by ], except where noted. | |||
| #"Cosmic Contact" – 3:50 | |||
| #"Method to the Madness" – 3:55 | |||
| #"Sunshine" – 5:12 | |||
| #"You + Me = Love" – 11:10 | |||
| #"Hole in the Wall" (Rochelle Runnells, Norman Whitfield) – 3:20 | |||
| #"Loose" (Runnells, Whitfield) – 3:21 | |||
| #"Life Ain't So Easy" – 3:57 | |||
| #"Take a Vacation from Life (And Visit Your Dreams)" (John McGhee, Whitfield) – 4:30 | |||
| #"Let's Go Down to the Disco" – 9:10 | |||
| ==Personnel== | |||
| *Norman Whitfield (Arranger, Composer, Cover Illustration, Design, Engineer, Mixing, Producer) | |||
| *Tyrone Barkley | |||
| *Kenji Brown (Guitar) | |||
| *Kenny Copeland (Trumpet) | |||
| *Mark Davis (Keyboards) | |||
| *Freddie Dunn (Trumpet) | |||
| *Henry Garner (Percussion) | |||
| *Joe Harris (Vocalist) | |||
| *Learnard "Colonel Disco" Jackson (Engineer, Mixing) | |||
| *Jobe "Duke" Lequeint (Bass) | |||
| *Steve Maslow (Engineer, Mixing) | |||
| *John McGhee (Composer, Guitar) | |||
| *Michael Moore (Saxophone) | |||
| *Michael Nash (Keyboards) | |||
| *Victor Nix (Keyboards) | |||
| *Melvin Ragin (Guitar) | |||
| *Terral "Terry" Santiel (Bongos) | |||
| *Steve Smith (Engineer, Mixing) | |||
| *Calvin Stephenson (Vocalist) | |||
| *Taka Boom (Vocalist) | |||
| ==References== | |||
| {{Reflist}} | |||
| ==External links== | |||
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| {{The Undisputed Truth}} | |||
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