Madness One Step Beyond Vinyl LP 2Tone Specials Selecter Stiff 1979 Excellent EX
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One Step Beyond . . . is the 1979 debut album by the British ska-pop group Madness. It was ranked 90th in a 2005 survey held by British television's Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time.
The album, which was recorded and mixed in about three weeks, peaked at number two and remained in the UK Albums Chart for over a year.
It was the first album produced by the Clive Langer and Alan Winstanleyteam, who would go on to work with artists such as Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Morrissey, Dexys Midnight Runners, They Might Be Giants, and David Bowie as well as producing many more Madness albums.
The "Nutty Train" photo on the sleeve, shot by Cameron McVey, was inspired by the photo of Kilburn and the High Roads roadie, Paul Tonkin, on the back-cover of their album, Handsome.[10]
The title track, released as a single, was originally written and recorded by the Jamaican ska musician Prince Buster. The spoken line, "Don't watch that, watch this ..." in the introduction is adapted from another Prince Bustersong, "The Scorcher". Their first single, "The Prince", was a tribute to the musician.
The other Prince Buster cover on the album, "Madness", wasn't listed on the original LP in the UK, nor many other territories. It was listed, however, on the North American release, primarily because it was issued as a single there.
- "One Step Beyond" (Cecil Campbell) — 2:18
- "My Girl" (Mike Barson) — 2:44
- "Night Boat to Cairo" (Graham McPherson, Barson) — 3:31
- "Believe Me" (Barson / Hasler) — 2:28
- "Land of Hope and Glory" (Chris Foreman, Lee Jay Thompson) — 2:57
- "The Prince" (Thompson) — 3:18
- "Tarzan's Nuts" (Smash, Barson) — 2:24 [A cover of "Tarzan's March" written by Sydney Lee]
- "In the Middle of the Night" (McPherson, Foreman) — 3:01
- "Bed & Breakfast Man" (Barson) — 2:33
- "Razor Blade Alley" (Thompson) — 2:42
- "Swan Lake" (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; arranged by Barson) — 2:36 [Very similar arrangement to The Cats' version]
- "Rockin' in A?" (Willy Wurlitzer; Bazooka Joe cover) — 2:29
- "Mummy's Boy" (Mark Bedford) — 2:23
- "Madness" (Campbell) — 2:38
- "Chipmunks Are Go!" (Smash, Brendan Smyth) — 0:51
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