I was in a pub 4 weeks ago when I heard that song, "Love struck". It was from one of the best british music band, MADNESS !!!!!! I decided to go and buy the CD, I went to HMV, I bought the CD, I went home. I played the CD, and ever since, I listen to the CD all the time. I listen to it at home, at work in my office, in the car. Well, virtually everywhere. I am french, and adapting my musical taste to the actual british music was a bit difficult. There are all the boys and gilrs bands on the scene now. You really cannot make the difference. The melodies are the same, no originality. But my friends, when you listen to madness, you really ...  Read the complete review

Wonderful is much more than a plain old album... it's a reunion album for the greatest band of all time, IMHO, Madness! With songs such as 'The Communicator', 'Satruday Night, Sunday Morning' and 'The Wizard' we get to see the kind of wacky Madness we all knew and loved early in their career and we also get songs like '4am' and 'Elysium' which epitimised some of their laster music - the best of both worlds in my mind. We also get treated to a song performed alongside the late great Ian Dury, 'Drip Fed Fred', apparently connected with the London Mayoral Campaign of earlier this year. Then, as ...  Read the complete review

Come Suggsy boy, where've you got to? We're all waiting for quality music to grace our ears again and get rid of that tripe like Westlife, Billie etc etc etc. Your latest three song my not have got that high in the charts but around where i live every-one loves you and are longing for your next piece of genius. Everytime i go on Holiday i always end up with some-one else slightly tipsy and singing "OUR HOUSE" on Karaoke. No matter how bad we sing it every-one cheers and shouts for more, not because of us but because of you. Encore, encore, encore. ...  Read the complete review

This is such a good album. Obviously this was never going to compare to some of the earlier stuff that they've done, but it's got a slightly different style whilst maintaining the mad lyrics, the irony in the songs, mad songs, beats, etc. The biggest issue I have is that it doesn't go on for long enough, it's like 45-50minutes long or summit, which is just not long enough. Best track has to be the duet with Ian Dury (shortly before he died) called Drop Ded Fred. ...  Read the complete review