Heavy Heavy Hits - Madness

Well this album is such a rip off, it's unbelievable!!! Basically this is Divine Madness with one extra track. It even says on the cd somewhere that this is the same as Divine Madness (back cover I think). The boys are fantastic, the best band to ever walk the earth, but this is commercialism at it's worst! Of the two buy Divine Madness not this one!!! Of even buy the 6 cd set of all of the albums, including pc videos of 20 songs. ...  Read the complete review

I will start of this by listing all of the songs on this album, 1. The Prince 2. One Step Beyond 3. My girl 4. Night boat to Cairo 5. Baggy trousers 6. Embarresment 7. The return of the los palmos 7 8. Grey day 9. Shut up 10. It must be love 11. Cardiac arrest 12. House of fun 13. Driving in my car 14. Our House 15. Tomorrows just another day 16. Wings of a dove 17. The sun and the rain 18. Michael Caine 19. One better day 20. Yesterdays men 21. Uncle Sam This is where the differences occur, with the original Divine Madness, the next song is 22. (Waiting for the) ...  Read the complete review

The thing that instantly struck me about this album was that I knew a hell of a lot more Madness tracks than I thought I did! I can't tell you whether you'll like the unique style of Madness, that's something you'll have to discover for yourself. But this album brings together the very best songs from the group across the ages, including the number 1 hit single "House of Fun". You'll certainly be tapping your feet away to this album, but don't let your Dad anywhere near it (unless you are a dad!) as mine swiped it for a night and began singing a typically dad rendition of "It Must Be Love", ie awful! There's a great mix on ...  Read the complete review