Full House (The Very Best of Madness) - Madness (November 2017)

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Full House (The Very Best of Madness) - Madness
Union Square Music
Format: 4LP set or a 2CD set
Released 17th November 2017

(CD Back Cover)

Tracklist for 4LP Edition
A1 The Prince    
A2 One Step Beyond    
A3 My Girl    
A4 Bed And Breakfast Man    
A5 Night Boat To Cairo    
A6 Madness

    
B1 Baggy Trousers    
B2 Embarrassment    
B3 The Return Of The Last Palmas 7    
B4 Grey Day    
B5 Shut Up

    
C1 It Must Be Love    
C2 Cardiac Arrest    
C3 House Of Fun    
C4 Driving My Car    
C5 Our House 

   
D1 Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)    
D2 Wings Of A Dove    
D3 The Sun And The Rain    
D4 Michael Caine    
D5 One Better Day

    
E1 Uncle Sam    
E2 Yesterday's Men    
E3 (Waiting For) The Ghost Train    
E4 Sarah's Song (From the Musical Our House)   
E5 Lovestruck

    
F1 Johnny The Horse    
F2 Drip Fed Fred    
F3 Simple Equation (From the Musical Our House)    
F4 Girl Why Don't You (From The Dangerman Sessions Vol. 1)

    
G1 NW5    
G2 Dust Devil    
G3 Forever Young    
G4 Sugar And Spice    
G5 My Girl 2    
G6 Never Knew Your Name

    
H1 How Can I Tell You?    
H2 Misery    
H3 La Luna    
H4 Mr. Apples    
H5 Can't Touch Us Now    
H6 Another Version Of Me

On the first day of the New Year I wanted to kick off the blog with some bouncy, happy and snappy pop tunes and have turned toward an album that was released in November 2017 and is basically a compilation of the Singles, a couple of B-sides, and some additional tunes from the songbook of that Great British Institution known as Madness.

It seems customary that every couple of years or so that yet another Compilation from Madness appears on the scene. Full House (The Very Best of Madness) released in November was actually the sixth Compilation released by Union Square since 2009!

I usually frown upon bands/artists who seem to continually rehash their back catalogue for an endless stream of Greatest Hits albums but Madness are such loveable rogues that I can't bring myself to do that as everytime I hear a song of theirs it turns that frown upside down! 😀 

Tracks are taken from all parts of their history including the latest Studio Album that was released in 2016, Can't Touch Us Now.

May I take this opportunity to wish one and all a Happy New Year ahead. I trust that for those who had a bad one last year that better days will come your way. For those dealing with health issues that some healing might come your way. For those dealing with loss may comfort come.

So, I hope you enjoy this post, it is indeed the "Nuttiest Sound Around".

Previous Compilations are:

 Complete Madness (Stiff 1982)
Madness (Geffen 1983 US and Canada)
Utter Madness (Zarjazz/Virgin 1986)
Its...Madness (Virgin 1990)
It's Madness Too (Virgin 1991)
Divine Madness (Virgin 1992)
Total Madness (The Very Best of Madness) (Geffen 1997 US and Canada)
The Heavy Heavy Hits (Virgin 1998)
Complete Madness (Union Square 2009 Reissue)
Total Madness (Union Square 2009 not the same as the US album from 1997)
Ultimate Madness (Union Square 2010)
Forever Young: The Ska Collection Union Square 2012)
The Very Best of Madness (Union Square 2014)