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Artist: Madness


Title:    The Liberty Of Norton Folgate


Label:    Lucky Seven


Genre:    Ska


Bitrate:  191kbit av.


Time:   01:25:04


Size:   122.91 mb


Rip Date: 2009-04-25


Str Date: 2009-05-18








DISC 1:





01. Overture                                                      1:06


02. We Are London                                               3:39


03. Sugar And Spice                                             2:51


04. Forever Young                                               4:36


05. Dust Devil                                                    3:44


06. Rainbows                                                      3:21


07. That Close                                                    4:10


08. Mk II                                                       2:26


09. On The Town                                                 4:32


10. Clerkenwell Polka                                           4:20


11. The Liberty OF Norton Folgate                                10:11





DISC 2:





01. Let's Go                                                      3:30


02. Idiot Child                                                 3:18


03. Mission From Hell                                           3:50


04. Seven Dials                                                 2:54


05. Hunchback Of Torriano                                       3:12


06. Fish & Chips                                                  2:42


07. Bingo                                                       4:06


08. NW5                                                         4:13


09. One Fine Day                                                  3:58


10. The Kiss                                                      4:06


11. Africa                                                        4:19





Release Notes:





Lord, we are truly blessed. The full line-up of Madness reunited with


original producers Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley on their best batch


of songs since The Rise & Fall. Add in sessions at Liam Watson's Toe


Rag studios and this is truly manna from heaven.





The Liberty Of Norton Folgate is Madness's lengthiest album to date and


also boasts a 10-minute title track. The latter would have got the


nutty boys booted off stage in their '80s heyday and shows how far they


have progressed in their musical maturity.





After the musical homage to their ska roots that was 2005's The


Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1, this album is a hymn to Madness's beloved


London. The title refers to the street in London connecting Bishopsgate


with Shoreditch High Street, or more specifically the ancient liberty


(or parish) of Norton Folgate that now encompasses the Spitalfields


district. The fact that the area was a haven for artists and


playwrights obviously rang deep for the members of Madness.





For all the historical overtones that permeate The Liberty Of Norton


Folgate, this is at heart a pop album through and through. It is


everything you would expect of Madness and more. With age the group


seems to have nailed the mixture of jaunty beats and regretful


nostalgia that they struggled to master during the latter part of their


'80s career.





The album opens with a brief 'overture' that betrays the group's love


of music hall and variety shows and also introduces the central melody


of the closing title track (of which more later.)





Was there ever a more perfect title for a Madness track than We Are


London? This bouncy travelogue of London haunts is the perfect


introduction to the album. Suggs may state that "you can make it your


hell or heaven plea/live as you please", but the song is a plea for


universal tolerance that encapsulates the idealism at the heart of much


of Madness's music.





These days Madness is much more of an equal songwriting partnership, a


fact illustrated by the fact that chief songwriter Mike Barson only has


two solo credits on the album. That said, Sugar And Spice is


quintessential Barson, its sweet melody offset by an aching tone of


regret at the passing of time.





Suggs, often seen as the joker in the pack, is responsible for the


album's catchiest melody. Forever Young is a great sing-along, its


slightly daft lyric more than compensated for by the parping horns and


irresistible chorus. He also co-writes the stonking That Close with


guitarist Chris Foreman, whose presence is very welcome after his brief


but acrimonious departure from the line-up during the recording of The


Dangermen Sessions.





Of all the members it is Lee Thompson who pulls out the stops on the


songwriting front, notching up five co-writing credits with Barson,


Foreman and drummer Daniel Woodgate. These include the singles Dust


Devil (irritating at first, but the song gradually worms its way into


your brain) and NW5 (the track on the album closest in spirit to


classic-era Madness).





Even the much-maligned Chas Smash comes up trumps with MK II


(co-written with Suggs) and Clerkenwell Polka, the latter a deranged


jaunt that is more keeping with something from a Tom Waits album than


the group who sang Baggy Trousers.





All of which brings us to the closing title track, a 10-minute epic


that is a first for Madness. It's a bold move but one that largely pays


off, incorporating some sweeteners for the pop fans (Suggs's naughty


refrain "a little bit of this, a little bit of that") and a whole host


of interesting stuff for fans of London, Peter Ackroyd and Guardian


readers ("in the beginning was the fear of the immigrant"). The musical


jerks and twists are all a little mad but perfectly in keeping with the


group's music hall roots.





In a year when Pet Shop Boys and Depeche Mode have returned with strong


albums, it is pleasing to report that Madness (often maligned as pop


lightweights) have matched both these groups blow for blow. The Liberty


Of Norton Folgate may just be the best thing they have ever recorded.
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