Absolutely (Madness)

Absolutely is the second studio album by the British ska-pop band Madness . It appeared in 1980 and won the UK in second place in the album charts; in the Netherlands it was a number one listing.

History [ edit ]
At the time of the debut album One Step Beyond ... Madness had the reputation of a loved one by skinheads 2 Tone ska band, but in the run up to the shooting forAbsolutely popularity grew in children and came Motown - and cabaret influences more in the foreground. The cover photo was made ​​in two slightly different versions at the entrance of the London subway station Chalk Farm ; the band members wore long dark coats, except saxophonist Lee Thompson who was wearing the same outfit as in the video of Baggy Trousers Madness which is played permanently in the spotlight of the public. Thompson, moreover, his pose copied from the only album of the 70-pubrockband Kilburn & the High Roads (forerunner of Ian Dury & the Blockheads ). The inside cover shows the logo of the fictional Metro Station Cairo East (reused in 1986 for the clip (Waiting For) The Ghost Train ) as painted by former Kilburns bassist Humphrey Ocean and with childhood pictures illustrated pedigree history of nutty boys.

Absolutely appeared on September 27, 1980 and was praised by the British press; the Dutch newspapers were less elated, but the public did not care about. Beginning in 1981 the board argued for weeks on the album top 50 and achieved platinum status.

Especially for an interview in the British magazine Mojo in 2005 created a new version of the cover photo, but without guitarist Chris Foreman who had temporarily stepped Madness.

In 2010 the deluxe reissue of B-sides and by the BBC utgezonden concert recording from December 23, 1980.

[Tracklist edit ]

 * 1) " Baggy Trousers "- 2:45
 * 2) " Embarrassment "- 3:13
 * 3) "ERNIE" - 2:45
 * 4) "Close Escape" - 3:29
 * 5) "Not Home Today" - 2:30
 * 6) "On the Beat Pete" - 3:05
 * 7) "Solid Gone" - 2:22
 * 8) "Take It or Leave It" - 3:26
 * 9) "Shadow of Fear" - 1:58
 * 10) "Disappear" - 2:58
 * 11) "Overdone" - 3:45
 * 12) "In the Rain" - 2:42
 * 13) "You Said" - 2:35
 * 14) " The Return of the Los Palmas 7 "- 2:01