- pop, ska, new wave, rock
- 103 min
- 30 tracks
- Salvo
The Rise & Fall is the fourth studio album by English ska band Madness, released on 5 November 1982 by Stiff Records. This album saw Madness at their most experimental, exhibiting a range of musical styles including jazz, English music hall, and Eastern influences. NME described it at the time of its release as "the best Madness record". It has often been retrospectively described as a concept album.
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Classical in form, spare, effortless and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- effortlessdemanding
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
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- 1Rise and Fall3:16
- 2Tomorrow’s (Just Another Day)3:11
- 3Blue Skinned Beast3:23
- 4Primrose Hill3:36
- 5Mr. Speaker (Gets the Word)3:01
- 6Sunday Morning4:01
- 7Our House3:23
- 8Tiptoes3:30
- 9New Delhi3:41
- 10That Face3:40
- 11Calling Cards2:20
- 12Are You Coming (With Me)3:18
- 13Madness (Is All in the Mind)2:52
- 14Rise and Fall (BBC Kid Jensen session)2:33
- 15Tomorrow’s (Just Another Day) (BBC session recording)2:57
- 16Calling Cards (BBC Kid Jensen session)2:01
- 17Are You Coming (With Me) (BBC Kid Jensen session)2:46
- 18House of Fun2:58
- 19Don’t Look Back3:33
- 20Driving in My Car (7″ single)3:18
- 21Animal Farm (Tomorrow’s Dream Warp mix)4:04
- 22Riding on My Bike (B side “Driving in My Car” 12″)4:33
- 23Our House (12″ extended version)5:59
- 24Walking With Mr. Wheeze3:33
- 25Mad House (Our House instrumental mix)4:37
- 26Tomorrow’s (Just Another Day) (Warped 12″ single)3:47
- 27Blue Beast (Warp mix)3:14
- 28Our House (Stretch mix)5:34
- 29Tomorrow’s (Just Another Day) (Warped 12″ single)2:55
- 30The National Anthem1:13
30 tracks, 103 minutes.
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- Madness
- Label
- Salvo
- Type
- Album
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- Digital Media
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- GB
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