Total Madness – The Very Best of Madness

For the 2009 compilation, see Total Madness.

Total Madness – the Very Best of Madness
Greatest hits album by Madness
Released	9 September 1997
Recorded	1979–1985
Genre	Ska pop[1]
Label	Geffen
Producer	Clive Langer Alan Winstanley
Madness chronology
The Business – the Definitive Singles Collection (1993) Total Madness – the Very Best of Madness (1997) Universal Madness (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Total Madness – the Very Best of Madness is a greatest hits album by a British ska/pop band Madness, released in 1997. It was released exclusively in the United States and Canada.

Critical reception

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album three out of five stars and wrote that the album "[is] an overview of Madness in their decline, with a couple of earlier hits thrown in for good measure."

Track listing

1. "Our House" (Cathal Smyth, Chris Foreman) – 3:20
2. "It Must Be Love" (Labi Siffre) – 3:18
3. "Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)" (Smyth, Michael Barson) – 3:09
4. "Shut Up" (Foreman, Graham McPherson) – 3:26
5. "Grey Day" (Barson) – 3:38
6. "The Sun and the Rain" (Barson) – 3:30
7. "Wings of a Dove (A Celebratory Song)" (Smyth, McPherson) – 3:03
8. "Michael Caine" (Smyth, Daniel Woodgate) – 3:36
9. "One Better Day" (McPherson, Mark Bedford) – 4:06
10. "Uncle Sam" (Foreman, Lee Thompson) – 4:16
11. "Yesterday's Men" (Foreman, McPherson) – 4:32
12. "One Step Beyond" (Cecil Campbell) – 3:33 (Version exclusive to compilation)

References

1. Considine, J. D. (2004). "Madness". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 508. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
2. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r315569

External links

• Total Madness – The Very Best of Madness at Discogs (list of releases)