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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.
Despite the poor chart showing, the album was listed as number 55 in NME ' s "All Time 100 Albums". [31] The singles for the album fared even worse, with "Yesterday's Men" peaking at number 18 in the UK charts. The subsequent singles, "Uncle Sam" and "Sweetest Girl", failed to make the top 20, which was a first for Madness singles.
The Business – the Definitive Singles Collection is a 3 disc box set by ska/pop band Madness released in 1993. It contained all the band's singles until that point with their respective b-sides and other bonus tracks, some rare. It also includes a 52-page booklet and snippets of interviews with people associated with Madness between some tracks.
The album peaked at number 1 in the UK charts, and it eventually led to a Madness reunion and their first concert in six years (which was recorded for their Madstock! album). Divine Madness was also released as a video and eventually DVD with all Madness music videos, including the album track "Bed & Breakfast Man", the omitted single "Sweetest ...
"Madness" and "Bed and Breakfast Man" were released as singles in North America through Sire Records. [ 8 ] After the album's initial release, reissues were released in 2009 and 2014 by Union Square Music's collector's label Salvo, [ 9 ] each containing additional material such as video productions featuring the band.
In 1984, Madness made a guest appearance in the series 2 episode "Sick" of The Young Ones, performing "Our House". They had previously appeared in series 1, performing "House of Fun". [10] A musical called Our House, featuring Madness songs, ran in London's West End between October 2002 and August 2003. [11]
The single peaked at No. 64 in the UK Singles Chart. [4] The keyboards were played by Robert Wyatt. [5] The song became a marginally bigger hit five years later, when covered by ska and pop band Madness. Their version of the song peaked at No. 35 in the UK and No. 29 in Ireland in early 1986.
The video received great positive response from the public, [3] and was particularly important as it demonstrated the potential for television shows such as Top of the Pops to show a band's music videos instead of having them perform live. [3] Following the release of "Baggy Trousers", the public began to anticipate future Madness music videos. [3]