The Rise & Fall is the fourth album by the British pop group Madness. This album saw Madness at their most experimental, exhibiting a range of musical styles including jazz, English music hall and Eastern influences. NME described it at the time of its release as "The best Madness record". It has often been retrospectively described as a concept album. Though the album was never released in the USA, several tracks were later placed on the compilation Madness, including "Our House", their biggest stateside hit.

Track listing

1. "Rise and Fall" - 3:16 (McPherson/Foreman)
2. "Tomorrow's " - 3:10 (Smyth/Barson)
3. "Blue Skinned Beast" - 3:22 (Thompson)
4. "Primrose Hill" - 3:36 (McPherson/Foreman)
5. "Mr. Speaker Gets the Word" - 2:59 (McPherson/Barson)
6. "Sunday Morning" - 4:01 (Woodgate)
7. "Our House" - 3:23 (Smyth/Foreman)
8. "Tiptoes" - 3:29 (McPherson/Barson)
9. "New Delhi" - 3:40 (Barson)
10. "That Face" - 3:39 (McPherson/Foreman)
11. "Calling Cards" - 2:19 (Thompson/Foreman)
12. "Are You Coming (With Me)" - 3:17 (Thompson/Barson)
13. "Madness " - 2:53 (Foreman)

Personnel

• Suggs ? lead vocals
• Mike Barson ? keyboards, harmonica, percussion
• Chris Foreman ? guitar
• Mark Bedford ? bass guitar
• Lee Thompson ? saxophones
• Daniel Woodgate ? drums
• Chas Smash ? backing vocals, trumpet, lead vocals on track 13
• David Bedford ? string arrangements
• Clive Langer ? production
• Alan Wistanley ? production
• Greg Fulginiti ? mastering US
• Tim Young ? remastering
• David Wooley ? engineering
• Jeremy Allom ? engineering
• Laurie Lewis ? photography

Charts

External links

• "Our House" music video with lyrics

1982 albumsMadness albumsConcept albumsStiff Records albums

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