Madness discography
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| Madness discography | |
|---|---|
 Madness performing at Bimbos in 2005. | |
| Studio albums | 13 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Soundtrack albums | 2 |
| Live albums | 4 |
| Compilation albums | 16 |
| Singles | 43 |
| Video albums | 5 |
| Music videos | 37 |
| Box sets | 4 |
The discography of Madness, a British pop/ska band, comprises 13 studio albums, 16 compilation albums, four live albums, two soundtrack albums, three extended plays, four box sets, 43 singles and 37 music videos.
Albums
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
BEL [3] |
CAN [4] |
GER [5] |
IRE [6] |
NED [7] |
NZ [8] |
NOR [9] |
SWE [10] |
US [11] | |||
| One Step Beyond... |
|
2 | 29 | — | — | 14 | — | 22 | 27 | 24 | 12 | 128 | |
| Absolutely |
|
2 | 56 | — | — | 21 | — | 2 | 31 | 26 | 15 | 146 |
|
| 7 |
|
5 | 35 | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | 41 | — |
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| The Rise & Fall |
|
10 | 28 | — | — | 15 | — | — | 29 | 34 | 1 | — |
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| Keep Moving |
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6 | 94 | — | 66 | 47 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 109 |
|
| Mad Not Mad |
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16 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 | — |
|
| The Madness (as The Madness) |
|
65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wonderful |
|
17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1 |
|
11 | — | 39 | — | 81 | 39 | 59 | — | — | — | — | |
| The Liberty of Norton Folgate |
|
5 | — | 70 | — | — | 31 | 52 | — | — | 47 | — |
|
| Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da |
|
10 | — | 140 | — | — | 25 | 37 | — | — | — | — |
|
| Can't Touch Us Now |
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5 | — | 141 | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Theatre of the Absurd Presents C'est la Vie |
|
1 | — | 172 | — | 40 | 73 | 88 | — | — | — | — | |
Live albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | ||
| Dance Craze |
|
5 |
| Madstock! |
|
22 |
| Universal Madness |
|
— |
| Madness Live: To the Edge of the Universe and Beyond (Inlay in The Mail on Sunday) |
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— |
Soundtrack albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | |||
| Our House |
|
45 | |
| Take It or Leave It |
|
77 | |
| The Get Up! |
|
97 |
Compilation albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
CAN [4] |
FRA [14] |
IRE [6] |
NED [7] |
NZ [8] |
NOR [9] |
US [11] | |||
| Complete Madness |
|
1 | 2 | — | — | — | 7 | 11 | — | — | |
| Madness |
|
— | — | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | |
| Utter Madness |
|
29 | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | — |
|
| It's... Madness |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
| It's... Madness Too |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Divine Madness |
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1 | 37 | — | 1 | — | 56 | 7 | — | — | |
| Total Madness |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Heavy Heavy Hits |
|
19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | — |
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| Complete Madness (re-issue) |
|
38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total Madness |
|
11 | — | — | — | 62 | — | — | — | — |
|
| Ultimate Madness |
|
27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
| Forever Young: The Ska Collection |
|
99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Very Best of Madness |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Full House: The Very Best of Madness |
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23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| I Do Like to Be B-Side the A-Side |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Our House: The Very Best of Madness |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| I Do Like to Be B-Side the A-Side Volume 2 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| I Do Like to Be B-Side the A-Side Volume 3 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Box sets
[edit]| Title | Album details | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|
| The Business – the Definitive Singles Collection |
|
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| The Lot (Box Set: First 6 studio albums) |
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| The Singles Box: Vol. 1 |
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| A Guided Tour of Madness |
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Extended plays
[edit]| Title | EP details | Chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | ||
| Work Rest and Play |
|
6 |
| The Peel Sessions |
|
— |
| Theatre of the Absurd Introduces C'est La Vie |
|
—[a] |
Singles
[edit]| Year | Single | Chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1][18] |
AUS [2] |
BEL [19] |
CAN [20] |
FRA [21][22] |
IRE [23] |
NED [24] |
NZ [8] |
SWI [25] |
US [26] | ||||
| 1979 | "The Prince" | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | One Step Beyond... | |
| "One Step Beyond" | 7 | — | — | — | 1 | 28 | 29 | — | 3 | — | |||
| 1980 | "My Girl" | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 46 | — | — |
| |
| "Night Boat to Cairo" | 6 | — | 25 | — | — | 12 | 29 | — | — | — |
| ||
| "Baggy Trousers" | 3 | 30 | 23 | — | 30 | 5 | 6 | 3 | — | — |
|
Absolutely | |
| "Embarrassment" | 4 | — | 11 | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| ||
| 1981 | "The Return of the Los Palmas 7" | 7 | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — |
| |
| "Grey Day" | 4 | 82 | 28 | — | — | 4 | 18 | — | — | — |
|
7 | |
| "Shut Up" | 7 | — | 38 | — | — | 3 | 25 | — | — | — |
| ||
| "It Must Be Love" | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | 5 | 43 | — | — | 33 |
|
Complete Madness | |
| 1982 | "Cardiac Arrest" | 14 | — | 24 | — | — | 4 | 26 | — | — | — | 7 | |
| "House of Fun" | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | 34 | 23 | — | — |
|
Complete Madness | |
| "Driving in My Car" | 4 | 20 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
|
stand-alone single | |
| "Our House" | 5 | 17 | 15 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 49 | 4 | 7 |
|
The Rise & Fall | |
| 1983 | "Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)"/ "Madness (Is All in the Mind)" |
8 | 98 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Wings of a Dove" | 2 | 72 | 32 | — | 41 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
|
stand-alone single (UK) Keep Moving (US version) | |
| "The Sun and the Rain" | 5 | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | 72 | |||
| 1984 | "Michael Caine" | 11 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | Keep Moving | |
| "One Better Day" | 17 | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1985 | "Yesterday's Men" | 18 | 54 | 28 | — | — | 7 | 41 | 38 | — | — | Mad Not Mad | |
| "Uncle Sam" | 21 | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1986 | "Sweetest Girl" | 35 | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "(Waiting For) The Ghost Train" | 18 | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | Utter Madness | ||
| 1992 | "It Must Be Love" (re-issue) | 6 | 48 | — | — | — | 14 | — | 21 | — | — | Divine Madness | |
| "House of Fun" (re-issue) | 40 | 73 | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "My Girl" (re-issue) | 27 | 145 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Harder They Come" | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Madstock! | ||
| 1993 | "Night Boat to Cairo" (re-issue) | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Divine Madness | |
| 1999 | "Lovestruck" | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Wonderful | |
| "Johnny the Horse" | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2000 | "Drip Fed Fred" (with Ian Dury) | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005 | "Shame & Scandal" | 38 | — | 56 | — | 12 | — | 100 | — | 69 | — | The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1 | |
| "Girl Why Don't You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2007 | "Sorry" | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| 2008 | "NW5" | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Liberty of Norton Folgate | |
| 2009 | "Dust Devil" | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Sugar and Spice" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2010 | "Forever Young" | 199 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012 | "Our House" (digital re-entry) | — | — | — | — | 132 | — | — | — | — | — | Divine Madness | |
| "My Girl 2" | —[b] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da | ||
| 2013 | "Never Knew Your Name" | 88 | — | — | — | 174 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "How Can I Tell You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Misery" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "La Luna" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2016 | "Mr Apples" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Can't Touch Us Now | |
| "Can't Touch Us Now" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2017 | "Another Version of Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019 | "The Bullingdon Boys" | —[c] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| 2023 | "C'est La Vie" | —[d] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Theatre of the Absurd Presents C'est la Vie | |
| "Baby Burglar" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2024 | "Round We Go" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "No Reason" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Hour of Need" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Videos
[edit]Video albums
[edit]- 1982: Complete Madness
- 1986: Utter Madness
- 1992: Divine Madness
- 1992: Madstock!
- 1998: Madstock! 4
Music videos
[edit]| Year | Video | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | "The Prince" (single version & Top of the Pops performance clip) | One Step Beyond... |
| "One Step Beyond" | ||
| "Bed and Breakfast Man" | ||
| "My Girl" | ||
| 1980 | "Night Boat to Cairo" | |
| "Baggy Trousers" | Absolutely | |
| "Embarrassment" | ||
| 1981 | "The Return of the Los Palmas 7" | |
| "Grey Day" | 7 | |
| "Shut Up" | ||
| "It Must Be Love" | non-album | |
| 1982 | "Cardiac Arrest" | 7 |
| "House of Fun" | Complete Madness | |
| "Driving in My Car" | non-album | |
| "Our House" | The Rise & Fall | |
| 1983 | "Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)" | |
| "Wings of a Dove" | Keep Moving (US) | |
| "The Sun and the Rain" | ||
| 1984 | "Michael Caine" | Keep Moving (UK) |
| "One Better Day" | ||
| 1985 | "Yesterday's Men" | Mad Not Mad |
| "Uncle Sam" | ||
| 1986 | "Sweetest Girl" | |
| "(Waiting For) The Ghost Train" | Utter Madness | |
| 1988 | "I Pronounce You" | The Madness |
| 1999 | "Lovestruck" | Wonderful |
| "Johnny the Horse" | ||
| 2000 | "Drip Fed Fred" (with Ian Dury) | |
| 2005 | "Shame & Scandal" (2 versions) | The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1 |
| 2009 | "Dust Devil" | The Liberty of Norton Folgate |
| "Sugar and Spice" | ||
| 2012 | "Never Knew Your Name" | Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da |
| 2022 | "The Prince" (album version) | One Step Beyond... (both with footage taken from the 1981 documentary movie Take It or Leave It) |
| "Madness" | ||
| 2023 | "C'est la Vie" | Theatre of the Absurd Presents C'est la Vie |
| "Baby Burglar" | ||
| "Round We Go" |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Did not enter the Official Singles Chart, but peaked at number 1 on the Official Physical Singles Chart.[17]
- ^ "My Girl 2" didn't enter the Official Singles Chart, but it peaked at number 42 on the Official Independent Singles Chart.[28]
- ^ "The Bullingdon Boys" didn't enter the Official Singles Chart, but it peaked at number 78 on the Official Singles Downloads Chart.[29]
- ^ "C'est La Vie" didn't enter the Official Singles Chart, but it peaked at number 94 on the Official Singles Downloads Chart.[30]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "UK Albums". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ a b c Australian chart peaks:
- Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. pp. 187–188. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
- Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from 13 June 1988: "australian-charts.com > Madness in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 174.
- My Girl (1992): "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 26 October 1992". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ "Belgian Albums". ultratop.be Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ a b "Canadian Albums". RPM Canada. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Discographie von Madness" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Irish Albums". irish-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Dutch Albums". GfK Dutch Charts Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ a b c "charts.nz > Madness in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Norwegian Albums". norwegiancharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Swedish Albums". swedishcharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ a b "Madness > Chart History > Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah "British certifications – Madness". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 14 June 2024. Type Madness in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- ^ a b "French album certifications – Madness" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 12 March 2022. Select MADNESS and click OK.
- ^ "French Albums". infodisc. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ "Kent Music Report No 453 – 28 February 1983 > Platinum Albums 1982 (Continued)". Retrieved 26 December 2022 – via Imgur.com.
- ^ The Peel Sessions - Madness at Discogs Retrieved 19 June 2013
- ^ "Theatre of the Absurd Introduces C'est La Vie - Madness". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Madness UK charts". zobbel.de. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Belian Chart". Belgium Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ "Canadian Chart". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ "French Charts". lescharts.com. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ "French Charts". infodisc.fr. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ "Irish Charts". Irish Charts. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ "Dutch Chart". Dutch Top 100. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ "Swiss Charts" (in German). Charts.de Media Control. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ "Madness > Chart History > Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ "French single certifications – Madness" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 12 March 2022. Select MADNESS and click OK.
- ^ "My Girl 2 - Madness". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "The Bullingdon Boys - Madness". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "C'est Lae Vie - Madness". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
