Absolutely (album)

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Absolutely
Studio album by Madness
Released	September 1980
Recorded	1980
Genre	Ska/Pop
Length	39:15
Label	Stiff Records
Producer	Clive Langer Alan Winstanley
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Madness chronology
Work Rest and Play (1979) Absolutely (1980) 7 (1981)

Absolutely is the 1980 second album from the British ska band Madness. It peaked at #2 in the UK album charts.

The album is named after one of expressions of the band's then tour manager, and sound man Tony Duffield. ^[1] The inner sleeve features a London Underground-style roundel for a railway station called "Cairo East" on one side (this roundel later reappeared in the video for "(Waiting For) The Ghost Train") and a history of the group on the other.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Charts 4 References

[edit] Track listing

1. "Baggy Trousers" - 2:45 (McPherson/Foreman)
2. "Embarrassment" - 3:13 (Thompson/Barson)
3. "E.R.N.I.E." - 2:45 (McPherson/Foreman)
4. "Close Escape" - 3:29 (Thompson/Foreman)
5. "Not Home Today" - 2:30 (McPherson/Bedford)
6. "On the Beat Pete" - 3:05 (Thompson/Madness)
7. "Solid Gone" - 2:22 (Smyth)
8. "Take It or Leave It" - 3:26 (Thompson/Barson)
9. "Shadow of Fear" - 1:58 (McPherson/Barson)
10. "Disappear" - 2:58 (McPherson/Bedford)
11. "Overdone" - 3:45 (Thompson/Foreman)
12. "In the Rain" - 2:42 (McPherson/Madness)
13. "You Said" - 2:35 (McPherson/Barson)
14. "Return of the Los Palmas 7" - 2:01 (Barson/Woodgate/Bedford)

[edit] Personnel

• Suggs – lead vocals
• Mike Barson – keyboards, harmonica, marimba
• Chris Foreman – guitar
• Mark Bedford – bass guitar
• Lee Thompson – saxophone
• Daniel Woodgate – drums
• Chas Smash – backing vocals, trumpet, lead vocals on track 7

[edit] Charts

Date	Single	Chart	Position
Sep 1980	Baggy Trousers	UK	No. 3
Nov 1980	Embarrassment	UK	No. 4
Jan 1981	Return of the Los Palmas 7	UK	No. 7

[edit] References

v • d • e Madness Suggs • Mike Barson • Lee Thompson • Chris Foreman • Mark Bedford • Daniel Woodgate • Chas Smash Studio Albums One Step Beyond... • Absolutely • 7 • The Rise & Fall • Keep Moving • Mad Not Mad • Wonderful • The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1 • The Liberty of Norton Folgate Compilation Albums Complete Madness • Madness • Utter Madness • It's... Madness • It's... Madness Too • Divine Madness • The Business • Total Madness • Our House Live Albums Madstock! • Universal Madness Singles "The Prince" • "One Step Beyond" • "My Girl" • "Work Rest and Play EP" • "Baggy Trousers" • "Embarrassment" • "The Return of the Los Palmas 7" • "Grey Day" • "Shut Up" • "It Must Be Love" • "Cardiac Arrest" • "House of Fun" • "Driving in My Car" • "Our House" • "Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)" / "Madness (Is All in the Mind)" • "Wings of a Dove" • "The Sun and the Rain" • "Michael Caine" • "One Better Day" • "Yesterday's Men" • "Uncle Sam" • "Sweetest Girl" • "(Waiting For) The Ghost Train" • "Night Boat to Cairo" • "Lovestruck" • "Johnny The Horse" • "Drip Fed Fred" • "Shame & Scandal" • "Girl Why Don't You" • "Sorry" • "NW5" Associated Articles Our House the Musical • 2 Tone • Zarjazz Records • Starvation/Tam Tam Pour L'Ethiopie