Madness – Absolutely

Union Square Music's 30th anniversary reissue campaign for Madness continues with Absolutely, the band's second album featuring the classic school anthem "Baggy Trousers."

It also features the upbeat instrumental "The Return Of The Los Palmas 7" and the band's first real foray into the world of social commentary with the excellent 'Embarrassment'. This is classic early Madness, a snapshot of a band on their way from their beginnings as crazy ska boys to international pop superstars.

Reviews

'Absolutely' is an album that clangs in minor keys to lyrics of lottery losers (E.R.N.I.E.), prisoners (Not Home Today) and dejected lovers (In The Rain). There's another brilliant single to be heard in Embarrassment, a gritty sink drama about a family in trouble over their daughter's mixed-race pregnancy..." (4/5 - Simon Goddard, Q Magazine)

"A great document of a particular era as well as a sublime collection of timeless pop music? Absolutely."(Paul Lester)

40th Anniversary Edition of Madness ' second Studio album "Absolutely" [UK #2], re-released on 180g black vinyl with exclusive liner notes by Stevie Chick, including interviews with Chris Foreman and Lee Thompson. Includes the singles Baggy Trousers, Embarrassment and The Return of the Los Palmas 7.