Wonderful:Madness

Wonderful is an album by the British ska band Madness. It was released in 1999. It's the first studio album since 1984's Keep Moving to feature the original line-up.



Contents
[hide]  *1 Track listing  ==Track listing[ edit] == ===2010 reissue[ edit] === Disc 1 contains the full album plus three "promo" videos:
 * 1.1 2010 reissue
 * 2 Reception
 * 3 Chart performance
 * 4 Personnel
 * 5 Notes
 * 6 References
 * 1) "Lovestruck" (Thompson / Barson)
 * 2) "Johnny the Horse" (Smyth)
 * 3) "The Communicator" (McPherson / Smyth)
 * 4) "4 am" (McPherson / Barson)
 * 5) "The Wizard" (Smyth)
 * 6) "Drip Fed Fred" (Thompson / Barson)
 * 7) "Going to the Top" (Barson)
 * 8) "Elysium" (Thompson / D Woodgate)
 * 9) "Saturday Night Sunday Morning" (McPherson)
 * 10) "If I Didn't Care" (Jack Lawrence)
 * 11) "No Money" (Thompson / D Woodgate / N Woodgate)

Disc 2 contains the "bonus tracks":
 * 1) "Lovestruck" [promo video]
 * 2) "Johnny the Horse" [promo video]
 * 3) "Drip Fed Fred" [promo video]

==Reception[ edit] == The BBC's Chris Charles' review was very favourable. He said "... Wonderful finds the boys in their best form since 1981's Madness 7."[2]
 * 1) "You're Wonderful" [remix][bonus track]
 * 2) "Round and Round" [b-side "Lovestruck"]
 * 3) "We Are Love" [b-side "Lovestruck"]
 * 4) "Johnny the Horse" [radio edit]
 * 5) "I Was the One" [b-side "Johnny the Horse"]
 * 6) "Dreaming Man" [b-side "Johnny the Horse"]
 * 7) "Light of the Way" [b-side "Drip Fed Fred"]
 * 8) "We Want Freddie" [b-side "Drip Fed Fred"]
 * 9) "Maddley" [b-side "Lovestruck" album sampler]
 * 10) "Simple Equation" ["Our House" musical]
 * 11) "Sarah's Song" ["Our House" musical]
 * 12) "It Must Be Love" [2002 mix]["Our House" musical]
 * 13) "My Old Man" ["Brand New Boots and Panties" Ian Dury tribute album]

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 * Suggs (Graham McPherson) – Lead Vocals
 * Mike Barson – Keyboards
 * Chris Foreman – Guitar
 * Mark Bedford (Bedders) – Bass
 * Lee Thompson – Saxophones and Guest Vocals on track 6
 * Daniel Woodgate (Woody) – Drums
 * Chas Smash (Cathal Smyth) – Backing Vocals and Lead Vocals on track 3
 * Additional personnel
 * Ian Dury – Guest Vocals on track 6
 * Michael Kearsey – Trombone
 * Jason McDermid – Trumpet
 * Jason Bruer – Saxophone
 * Terry Edwards – Saxophone
 * Pablo Cook – Percussion
 * Clive Langer – Production
 * Alan Winstanley – Production
 * Mark Bishop – Engineer
 * "4 am" is a re-recorded version of the song that appeared on Suggs' solo album The Lone Ranger.
 * "If I Didn't Care" is a cover of a song originally recorded by The Ink Spots.
 * Providing the vocals to "Drip Fed Fred" would be Ian Dury's last chart single release and final appearance on Top of the Pops before his death in March 2000.
 * Despite being the title of the album, "Wonderful" only made it as a b-side on one of the editions of the "Johnny the Horse" single. However, it is included on the Japanese version of the album, along with another song which was a b-side in the UK - "Round And Round".