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One Step Beyond... | 
 enlarge | Artist: Madness
Label: Rhino Encore
Category: Music
List Price: $12.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 11755
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 511109
UPC: 081227992651
EAN: 0081227992651
ASIN: B0018RKELO
Release Date: June 10, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | One Step Beyond... - Madness, Campbell, Cecil | | • | My Girl - Madness, Barson, Mike | | • | Night Boat to Cairo - Madness, Barson, Mike | | • | Believe Me - Madness, Barson, Mike | | • | Land of Hope and Glory - Madness, Thompson, Lee | | • | The Prince - Madness, Thompson, Lee | | • | Tarzan's Nuts - Madness, Barson, Mike | | • | In the Middle of the Night - Madness, Foreman, Chris [1] | | • | Bed and Breakfast Man - Madness, Barson, Mike | | • | Razor Blade Alley - Madness, Thompson, Lee | | • | Swan Lake - Madness, Traditional | | • | Rockin' in a Flat - Madness, | | • | Mummy's Boy - Madness, Bedford, Mark | | • | Chipmunks Are Go! - Madness, |
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Amazon.com
Fuelled by the ska of Prince Buster ("Madness"), and inspired by the insanity of British music, right from the start Madness were a quintessentially English band. Two-tone more by association than fact, they came to the fore at the same time as the Specials, with a ska beat, a pop heart, and a lunatic smile (who else would update "Swan Lake" in such an unorthodox way?). While the title track lives on beyond them, there were plenty of other gems here, including "Night Boat to Cairo" and "My Girl." The Nutty Sound was infectious as measles, but a lot more fun. Chris Nickson
Album Description
2008 reissue of the classic debut album from the Ska/New Wave outfit, available for the first time on CD in the U.S.! Originally released in 1979, One Step Beyond was a stunning debut that used Ska as a starting point but also incorporated bits of Pop, Rock and classic British music hall, creating a sound that was different than their 2-Tone contemporaries like The Specials, The Selecter and English Beat. For the next five years, Madness would become the best singles band of the '80s. Features the hits 'My Girl', 'Night Boat To Cairo', 'The Prince' and the title track. .
Album Details
The Classic, Quintessential Goodtime Boyz First Album Includes the Bonus Track 'Chipmunks Are Go!', a Maddness Army Chant. Also, the Enhanced Component features Videos of Night Boat to Cairo, My Girl, One Step Beyond and the Prince.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 One step beyond... August 22, 2008
This CD is awesome. It sounds wonderful, and the music still stands up 20+ years later. I love it as much today as I did when I bought it on vinyl.
Great debut March 24, 2008
One of the most fun records to come out of the two-tone scene. A lot of the recordings from second-wave bands lack the energy that was present in their live shows, but that's not true here. Check out some of these classics. My favorite is "Night Boat to Cairo."
Old music that does not age April 5, 2007
I am 53 years old and just the past few months started listening to SKA. Maybe out of my love for Sublime and because my 19 year old son loved SKA so much before he was taken from me. Anyway, this CD is great. I plan to purchase another one or two. The beat is always uplifting, but not annoying like some. You can turn it up or down, it is just good.
 The nutty shot heard round the world January 19, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
What a record this is. What fun it generates. To be a young kid when this came out was to know pure, unadulterated, danceable bliss...
I danced to it in '80 when my little brother first brought it home.
I danced to it non-stop with Lynne in the summer of '87.
My four-year old daughter and I danced our hearts out to it last night.
This record is joyous. It's nutty. It's Madness.
It's perfect January 12, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is the cream of the 70's Brittish ska bands.
This finds the perfect balance between the bouncy fun of this style of music with quality songwriting and musicianship. This has got to be almost 30 years old yet it still holds up. You cannot really say that about Madness's cohorts, The Specials and The Selector.
The songs are terrific. "One Step Beyond" is the perfect introduction. It totally establishes the mood. Love that squonkin sax! "My Girl" has such a catchy hook and what a gorgeous chorus. The piano really gives that song it's color. "Bed & Breakfast" is a terrific dance tune with a killer sax solo. "Night Boat to Cairo" is an instrumental for a couple of minutes and then the strum on the upstroke kicks in and the song's tempo speeds up. "The Prince" slows it down where the stye is more reggae than ska.
A greatest hits compilation is good but this album is when the band hit their peak, when they really hit their stride. "My house" is more famous but these songs have a common thread for the era.
I always loved the album cover of this. It depicts these guys having fun and I always imagined that Madness was having fun and strutting like on the cover when playing these songs.
This is a masterpiece! I am not a huge fan of all their works but it all came together/never got any better then "One step beyond"
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