Complete Madness

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Complete Madness
Complete Madness.jpg
Greatest hits album by
Released23 April 1982
Recorded1979–1982
Genre
Length45:24 (original)
47:24 (reissue)
Label Stiff
Producer
Madness chronology
7
(1981)
Complete Madness
(1982)
The Rise & Fall
(1982)
Alternative cover
Madness - Complete Madness (Alternate cover).jpg
Cover of the Virgin Records 1985 CD re-release
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
1."Embarrassment" Absolutely , 19802:59
2."Shut Up" 7 , 19812:48
3."My Girl"Barson One Step Beyond... , 19792:38
4."Baggy Trousers"
  • McPherson
  • Foreman
Absolutely2:26
5."It Must Be Love" Labi Siffre Non-album single, 19813:19
6."The Prince"ThompsonOne Step Beyond...2:27
7."Bed and Breakfast Man"BarsonOne Step Beyond...2:29
8."Night Boat to Cairo"
  • McPherson
  • Barson
One Step Beyond...3:13
Total length:22:24
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
1."House of Fun"
  • Barson
  • Thompson
New track2:47
2."One Step Beyond" Cecil Campbell One Step Beyond...2:17
3."Cardiac Arrest"
72:52
4."Grey Day"Barson73:30
5."Take It or Leave It"
  • Barson
  • Thompson
Absolutely3:17
6."In the City"
  • McPherson
  • Barson
  • Smyth
  • Foreman
  • Bill Crutchfield
  • Daisuke Inoue
B-side of "Cardiac Arrest", 19822:55
7."Madness"CampbellOne Step Beyond...2:35
8."The Return of the Los Palmas 7"Absolutely2:29
Total length:22:49

Personnel

Madness
Production

Chart performance

Chart (1982)Peak
position
UK Albums Chart [6] 1
Australia (Kent Music Report) [7] 2
Dutch Albums Chart [8] 7
New Zealand Albums Chart [9] 11

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [10] Platinum50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [11] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Complete Madness – Madness". AllMusic . Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1990). "Madness: Complete Madness". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. p. 256. ISBN   0-679-73015-X . Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  3. Nicholls, Mike (24 April 1982). "Loony tunes...". Record Mirror . p. 14.
  4. 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.
  5. Millar, Robbi (24 April 1982). "Nut supreme". Sounds . p. 38.
  6. Complete Madness at Official Charts Retrieved 26 August 2016
  7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  8. Complete Madness at Dutch Charts Retrieved 20 June 2013
  9. Complete Madness at Dutch Charts Retrieved 26 August 2016
  10. "Kent Music Report No 453 – 28 February 1983 > Platinum Albums 1982 (Continued)" . Retrieved 26 December 2022 via Imgur.com.
  11. "British single certifications – Madness – Complete Madness". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 12 March 2022.