Audio CD review:
Madness - The Lot

Madness - The Lot

Band: Madness Title: The Lot Rating: Release Date: 08 November, 1999 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: One Step Beyond 2: My Girl 3: Night Boat To Cairo 4: Believe Me 5: Land Of Hope And Glory 6: The Prince 7: Tarzan's Nuts 8: In The Middle Of The Night 9: Bed And Breakfast Man 10: Razor Blade Alley 11: Swan Lake 12: Rockin' In A Flat 13: Mummy's Boy 14: Chipmunks Are Go! 15: Baggy Trousers 16: Embarrassment 17: ERNIE 18: Close Escape 19: Not Home Today 20: On The Beat Pete 21: Solid Gone 22: Take It Or Leave It 23: Shadow Of Fear 24: Disappear 25: Overdone 26: In The Rain 27: You Said 28: Return Of The Los Palmas 7 29: Bed And Breakfast Man 30: Cardiac Arrest 31: Shut Up 32: Sigh Of The Times 33: Missing You 34: Mrs Hutchinson 35: Tomorrows Dream 36: Grey Day 37: Pac-A-Mac 38: Promises Promises 39: Benny Bullfrog 40: When Dawn Arrives 41: The Opium Eaters 42: Day On The Town 43: It Must Be Love 44: Rise And Fall 45: Tomorrow's Just Another Day 46: Blue Skinned Beast 47: Primrose Hill 48: Mr Speaker Gets The Word 49: Sunday Morning 50: Our House 51: Tiptoes 52: New Delhi 53: That Face 54: Calling Cards 55: Are You Coming (With Me) 56: Madness (It's All In The Mind) 57: Driving In My Car 58: House Of Fun 59: Keep Moving 60: Michael Caine 61: Turning Blue 62: One Beter Day 63: March Of The Gherkins 64: Waltz Into Mischief 65: Brand New Beat 66: Victoria Gardens 67: Samantha 68: Time For Tea 69: Prospects 70: Give Me A Reason 71: The Sun And The Rain 72: Wings Of A Dove 73: I'll Compete 74: Yesterday's Men 75: Uncle Sam 76: White Heat 77: Mad Not Mad 78: Sweetest Girl 79: Burning The Boats 80: Tears You Can't Hide 81: Time 82: Coldest Day 83: (Waiting For The) Ghost Train

Customer Reviews less than what you expect the bad news: although all the tracks represented in the track line up are technically on the physical CDs - they are not all in CD audio, therefore not playable on a CD player. the good news: this is a really nice box set from a great band. . . and some of these are the BEST singles. these CDs combine CD audio with CD-ROM data, enabling the ability to view the videos on a computer. however, many of the videos included in the CD-ROM section are omitted from the CD audio. The result: an incomplete reissue of these great albums. when you listen to this on your CD player, you will NOT hear: house of fun, driving in my car, it must be love, the sun and the rain, wings of dove, waiting for the ghost train. if you are a fan who wants to purchase a CD version of all these great albums convienantly: this ain't it. the highly compressed computer videos are cute, but the sound utterly sucks and you can only experience them on your computer. it's too bad amazon didn't catch this and take these songs out of the track line up. the record company (virgin) took a GREAT idea ("the lot") and made it kind of suck. too bad. TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT? TAKE IT!!!! I left England for the USA in 1985 and whenever I get that urge to return to London spritually and mentally I turn on my madness songs! I love this nutty group! I love their videos each one has its own flavor and mood. I was born in London and grew up listening to Madness from the late seventies until mid-eighties. The Lot is a superb collection!. UTTER MADNESS!!!!! Its totaly right on. If your a MADNESS fan then you need to buy this. Granted its the original 7 albums but its even got the videos for the singles off of the specific album. Its totaly kick @$$. . You can see a complete list of all Madness discography, or go back to the Madness tabs