The Rise & Fall (Madness)

The Rise & Fall is the fourth studio album by the British ska-pop band Madness . England took the tenth place in the Netherlands was a tight top 50 listing.

History [ edit ]
The Rise & Fall was recorded in the course of 1982 and gave a more serious sound than hits like Baggy Trousers and Embarrassment . The reason was that the nutty boys during the British autumn tour of 1981 were taken aback by what they saw along the way. "Precipitation, unemployment, riots, fans who had no hope of the future," summed singer Suggs in 1985. "And when we started to work on new songs that were (mostly) about the decline of England."

Second vocalist Carl "Chas Smash 'Smyth later claimed that the original plan was to make a record on youth sentiment and that only two songs that's appalling subject; the title track written by Suggs (which hisLiverpudlian youth neighborhood went to the ground) and the first single Our ​​House . Also saxophonist Lee Thompson, seen by many as the greatest joker of the group, showed that it was serious, with lyrics about fallen Falkland Soldiers (Blue Skinned Beast) and addiction (Are You Coming With Me?). Sunday Morning marked the songwriter debut of drummer Daniel 'Woody' Woodgate . Tiptoes, about a man who dreams that he jumps down from a building and a passer crush, already was played in September 1981 at a radio session.

The sepia-toned cover photo was shot on Primrose Hill with the band members dressed as characters from the songs while the back showed a barren plain. The inner sleeve showed a color photograph of a comedy act.

The Rise & Fall appeared in November 1982, but despite gold presale dropped the album in England as early as the second week. Misgivings of the British press that many young fans would sometimes drop out were this style fracture confirmed (retroactively). In the Netherlands welcomed the EAR and Hitkrant it that "the seriousness of life to Madness (started) by reducing", but the image of the letters and fun party songs remained.

The Rise & Fall was promoted with tours through Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany (November-December 1982), England (February to March 1983) and the USA (August- September 1983) where the album titled semi hitverzamelaar was released.