Absolutely
by Madness
- Type: Album
- Released: September 1980
- Label: Stiff
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 38:53
- Community rating: 3.9/5 from 6 ratings
Artists on this release: Mike Barson, Chas Smash, Chris Foreman, Woody Woods Woodgate, Clive Langer, Lee "Kix" Thompson, Mark Bedford, Suggs
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Madness' 'Absolutely' consolidated the band's ska-pop identity with character sketches, comic timing, and London-centered storytelling. The album includes several major singles and helped establish Madness as one of the most durable pop acts to emerge from the 2 Tone moment.
Genres
Descriptors: rhythmic, melodic, dance, piano, party, witty
Tracklist
- Baggy Trousers (2:45)
- Embarrassment (3:13)
- E.R.N.I.E. (2:08)
- Close Escape (3:29)
- Not Home Today (2:30)
- On The Beat Pete (3:05)
- Solid Gone (2:22)
- Take It Or Leave It (3:26)
- Shadow Of Fear (1:58)
- Disappear (2:58)
- Overdone (3:45)
- In The Rain (2:42)
- You Said (2:35)
- Return Of The Los Palmas 7 (1:57)
Credits
- Madness - primary artist, written-by
- Lee "Kix" Thompson - baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, written-by
- Mark Bedford - bass, written-by
- Woody Woods Woodgate - drums, other [fire extinguisher]
- Chris Foreman - guitar, sitar, slide guitar, written-by
- Humphrey Ocean - illustration
- Suggs - lead vocals, percussion
- Robbi Millar - sleeve notes