Madness discography

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Madness discography
Madness at Bimbos.jpg
Madness performing at Bimbos in 2005.
Studio albums13
EPs3
Soundtrack albums2
Live albums4
Compilation albums16
Singles43
Video albums5
Music videos37
Box sets4

The discography of Madness, a British pop/ska band, comprises 13 studio albums, 16 compilation albums, four live albums, two soundtrack albums, three extended plays, four box sets, 43 singles and 37 music videos.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsChart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
BEL
[3]
CAN
[4]
GER
[5]
IRE
[6]
NED
[7]
NZ
[8]
NOR
[9]
SWE
[10]
US
[11]
One Step Beyond...
  • Released: 19 October 1979
  • Label: Stiff
2291422272412128
Absolutely
  • Released: 26 September 1980
  • Label: Stiff
256212312615146
7
  • Released: 2 October 1981
  • Label: Stiff
535541
The Rise & Fall
  • Released: 5 November 1982
  • Label: Stiff
10281529341
Keep Moving
  • Released: 20 February 1984
  • Label: Stiff
694664729109
Mad Not Mad
  • Released: 30 September 1985
  • Label: Zarjazz
166642
The Madness
(as The Madness)
  • Released: 3 May 1988
  • Label: Virgin
65
Wonderful
  • Released: 1 November 1999
  • Label: Virgin
17
The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1
  • Released: 1 August 2005
  • Label: V2
1139813959
The Liberty of Norton Folgate 570315247
Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da
  • Released: 29 October 2012
  • Label: Lucky Seven
101402537
Can't Touch Us Now
  • Released: 28 October 2016
  • Label: Lucky Seven
514125
Theatre of the Absurd Presents C'est la Vie
  • Released: 17 November 2023
  • Label: BMG
1172407388

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsChart positions
UK
[1]
Dance Craze
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: 2-Tone / Chrysalis
  • Formats: LP
5
Madstock!
  • Released: November 1992
  • Label: Go! Discs
  • Formats: LP, CD
22
Universal Madness
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Golden Voice
  • Formats: CD
Madness Live: To the Edge of the Universe and Beyond (Inlay in The Mail on Sunday )
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: The Mail on Sunday
  • Formats: CD

Soundtrack albums

TitleAlbum detailsChart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
Our House
  • Released: October 2002
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
45
Take It or Leave It
  • Released: October 2013
  • Label: Union Square
  • Formats: CD/DVD
77
The Get Up!
  • Released: November 2022
  • Label: Union Square
  • Formats: CD/DVD
97

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsChart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[4]
FRA
[14]
IRE
[6]
NED
[7]
NZ
[8]
NOR
[9]
US
[11]
Complete Madness
  • Released: April 1982
  • Label: Stiff
12711
Madness
  • Released: January 1983
  • Label: Geffen
4841
Utter Madness
  • Released: November 1986
  • Label: Zarjazz/Virgin
2924
It's... Madness
  • Released: September 1990
  • Label: Virgin
It's... Madness Too
  • Released: October 1991
  • Label: Virgin
Divine Madness
  • Released: February 1992
  • Label: Virgin
1371567
  • BPI: 3× Platinum [12]
  • SNEP: 2× Gold [13]
Total Madness
  • Released: September 1997
  • Label: Geffen
The Heavy Heavy Hits
  • Released: June 1998
  • Label: Virgin
1920
Complete Madness (re-issue)
  • Released: April 2009
  • Label: Union Square
38
Total Madness
  • Released: October 2009
  • Label: Union Square
1162
Ultimate Madness
  • Released: June 2010
  • Label: Union Square
27
Forever Young: The Ska Collection
  • Released: September 2012
  • Label: Union Square
99
The Very Best of Madness
  • Released: April 2014
  • Label: Union Square
Full House: The Very Best of Madness
  • Released: 17 November 2017
  • Label: Union Square
23
I Do Like to Be B-Side the A-Side
Our House: The Very Best of Madness
  • Released: March 2021
  • Label: BMG
I Do Like to Be B-Side the A-Side Volume 2
  • Released: Record Store Day 2021
  • Label: Warner Music/ADA
I Do Like to Be B-Side the A-Side Volume 3
  • Released: Record Store Day 2023
  • Label: BMG/Union Square

Box sets

TitleAlbum details Certifications
(sales thresholds)
The Business – the Definitive Singles Collection
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
The Lot (Box Set: First 6 studio albums)
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
The Singles Box: Vol. 1
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
A Guided Tour of Madness
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Union Square / Salvo
  • Formats: CD/DVD

Extended plays

TitleEP detailsChart positions
UK
[1]
Work Rest and Play
  • Released: March 1980
  • Label: Stiff
  • Formats: 7", 12", CD
6
The Peel Sessions
Theatre of the Absurd Introduces C'est La Vie
  • Released: October 2023
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: CD
[a]

Singles

YearSingleChart positions Certifications Album
UK
[1] [18]
AUS
[2]
BEL
[19]
CAN
[20]
FRA
[21] [22]
IRE
[23]
NED
[24]
NZ
[8]
SWI
[25]
US
[26]
1979"The Prince"16 One Step Beyond...
"One Step Beyond"7128293
1980"My Girl"3346
"Night Boat to Cairo"6251229
"Baggy Trousers"3302330563 Absolutely
"Embarrassment"41144
1981"The Return of the Los Palmas 7"713
"Grey Day"48228418 7
"Shut Up"738325
"It Must Be Love"4654333 Complete Madness
1982"Cardiac Arrest"14244267
"House of Fun"1513423Complete Madness
"Driving in My Car"4203stand-alone single
"Our House"51715134947 The Rise & Fall
1983"Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)"/
"Madness (Is All in the Mind)"
8982
"Wings of a Dove"27232411stand-alone single (UK)
Keep Moving (US version)
"The Sun and the Rain"5872
1984"Michael Caine"113Keep Moving
"One Better Day"178
1985"Yesterday's Men"18542874138 Mad Not Mad
"Uncle Sam"2117
1986"Sweetest Girl"3529
"(Waiting For) The Ghost Train"189 Utter Madness
1992"It Must Be Love" (re-issue)6481421 Divine Madness
"House of Fun" (re-issue)407327
"My Girl" (re-issue)27145
"The Harder They Come"44136 Madstock!
1993"Night Boat to Cairo" (re-issue)56Divine Madness
1999"Lovestruck"10 Wonderful
"Johnny the Horse"44
2000"Drip Fed Fred" (with Ian Dury)55
2005"Shame & Scandal"38561210069 The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1
"Girl Why Don't You"
2007"Sorry"23Non-album single
2008"NW5"24 The Liberty of Norton Folgate
2009"Dust Devil"64
"Sugar and Spice"
2010"Forever Young"199
2012"Our House" (digital re-entry)132Divine Madness
"My Girl 2" [b] Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da
2013"Never Knew Your Name"88174
"How Can I Tell You"
"Misery"
"La Luna"
2016"Mr Apples" Can't Touch Us Now
"Can't Touch Us Now"
2017"Another Version of Me"
2019"The Bullingdon Boys" [c] Non-album single
2023"C'est La Vie" [d] Theatre of the Absurd Presents C'est la Vie
"Baby Burglar"
2024"Round We Go"
"No Reason"
"Hour of Need"

Videos

Video albums

Music videos

YearVideoAlbum
1979"The Prince" (single version & Top of the Pops performance clip)One Step Beyond...
"One Step Beyond"
"Bed and Breakfast Man"
"My Girl"
1980"Night Boat to Cairo"
"Baggy Trousers"Absolutely
"Embarrassment"
1981"The Return of the Los Palmas 7"
"Grey Day"7
"Shut Up"
"It Must Be Love"non-album
1982"Cardiac Arrest"7
"House of Fun"Complete Madness
"Driving in My Car"non-album
"Our House"The Rise & Fall
1983"Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)"
"Wings of a Dove"Keep Moving (US)
"The Sun and the Rain"
1984"Michael Caine"Keep Moving (UK)
"One Better Day"
1985"Yesterday's Men"Mad Not Mad
"Uncle Sam"
1986"Sweetest Girl"
"(Waiting For) The Ghost Train"Utter Madness
1988"I Pronounce You"The Madness
1999"Lovestruck"Wonderful
"Johnny the Horse"
2000"Drip Fed Fred" (with Ian Dury)
2005"Shame & Scandal" (2 versions)The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1
2009"Dust Devil"The Liberty of Norton Folgate
"Sugar and Spice"
2012"Never Knew Your Name"Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da
2022"The Prince" (album version)One Step Beyond...(both with footage taken from the 1981 documentary movie Take It or Leave It)
"Madness"
2023"C'est la Vie"Theatre of the Absurd Presents C'est la Vie
"Baby Burglar"
"Round We Go"

See also

Notes

  1. Did not enter the Official Singles Chart, but peaked at number 1 on the Official Physical Singles Chart. [17]
  2. "My Girl 2" didn't enter the Official Singles Chart, but it peaked at number 42 on the Official Independent Singles Chart. [28]
  3. "The Bullingdon Boys" didn't enter the Official Singles Chart, but it peaked at number 78 on the Official Singles Downloads Chart. [29]
  4. "C'est La Vie" didn't enter the Official Singles Chart, but it peaked at number 94 on the Official Singles Downloads Chart. [30]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "UK Albums". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 Australian chart peaks:
  3. "Belgian Albums". ultratop.be Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Canadian Albums". RPM Canada. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  5. "Discographie von Madness" (in German). GfK Entertainment . Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Irish Albums". irish-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  7. 1 2 "Dutch Albums". GfK Dutch Charts Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 "charts.nz > Madness in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  9. 1 2 "Norwegian Albums". norwegiancharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  10. "Swedish Albums". swedishcharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  11. 1 2 "Madness > Chart History > Billboard 200". Billboard . Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 "British certifications – Madness". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 14 June 2024.Type Madness in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  13. 1 2 "French album certifications – Madness" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 12 March 2022.Select MADNESS and click OK. 
  14. "French Albums". infodisc. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  15. "Kent Music Report No 453 – 28 February 1983 > Platinum Albums 1982 (Continued)" . Retrieved 26 December 2022 via Imgur.com.
  16. The Peel Sessions - Madness at Discogs Retrieved 19 June 2013
  17. "Theatre of the Absurd Introduces C'est La Vie - Madness". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  18. "Madness UK charts". zobbel.de. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  19. Hung, Steffen. "Belian Chart". Belgium Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  20. "Canadian Chart". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  21. "French Charts". lescharts.com. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  22. "French Charts". infodisc.fr. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  23. "Irish Charts". Irish Charts. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  24. "Dutch Chart". Dutch Top 100. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  25. "Swiss Charts" (in German). Charts.de Media Control . Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  26. "Madness > Chart History > Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  27. "French single certifications – Madness" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 12 March 2022.Select MADNESS and click OK. 
  28. "My Girl 2 - Madness". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  29. "The Bullingdon Boys - Madness". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  30. "C'est Lae Vie - Madness". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 October 2024.