Audio CD review:
Madness - Wonderful

Madness - Wonderful

Band: Madness Title: Wonderful Rating: Release Date: 14 December, 1999 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Lovestruck 2: Johnny the Horse 3: Communicator 4: 4AM 5: Wizard 6: Drip Fed Fred 7: Going to the Top 8: Elysium 9: Saturday Night Sunday Morning 10: If I Didn't Care 11: No Money

Customer Reviews Return of the Los Palmas 7 They sound either too much like a grab for former glory or they try too hard to emulate the current flavor of the day. Comeback albums are tricky things. Whatever the case, the group in question rarely pulls it off and the effort leaves fans discontented. Fortunately, Madness is another story. Here's a band that was always on the verge of disappearing but never quite succeeded. Barson's departure after Keep Moving heralded the first ending of Madness, but then we got Mad not Mad, a lackluster album with a great Lear quote that yielded but two average singles. Then came 'The Madness,' which, not entirely true to form, served as another attempt to keep the band going. Then Madstock, a live, richter-scale revival that found its way to Cd, but again, revealed little that was new from the old masters. Again and again, Madness seemed doomed to slog along without a solid comeback worthy of their nutty fame. But all of that changed. Rumors of the group's demise were finally laid to rest with the release of this beautiful recording. Wonderful is what every fan hopes for when their favorite group decides to have another go at it: it echoes their former glory without retreading the tires; it covers new ground without selling out to current fads; it looks back as much as it does forward. It is aptly named and oh so enjoyable. Really Fun and overall Excellent I thought this was a really fun album to have in your collection and I will go on all day recommending this to everyone I meet. I listened to this album for the first time today and at first I was a bit unsure, but I gave it five minutes and I swear this is as good as their original work. Wonderful Madness Madness does it again bringing back their classic tunes and thrilling me once more. The title says it all!!! I waited two weeks for the CD and the wait was worth every second. The is one CD you can play over and over again in you car and never get tired of it! A+++. . You can see a complete list of all Madness discography, or go back to the Madness tabs