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Theres a certain grandness to the title of Madness Presents the Rise & Fall, the groups fourth album and undeniable pop masterpiece: its clear that the band has ambitions, to go several steps beyond ska, to craft nothing less than a Village Green Preservation Society for the 80s. The Kinks figure heavily in Madness design for The Rise & Fall, both in individual tunes and the overall arc of the concept album, but so does Ian Durys celebration of the riffraff of London, the latter giving Madness an earthiness that Ray Davies crew lacked during their time on the Village Green.

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Tracklist

A1 Rise And Fall
A2 Tomorrow’s (Just Another Day)
A3 Blue Skinned Beast
A4 Primrose Hill
A5 Mr Speaker (Gets The Word)
A6 Sunday Morning
B1 Our House
B2 Tiptoes
B3 New Delhi
B4 That Face
B5 Calling Cards
B6 Are You Coming (With Me)
B7 Madness (Is All In The Mind)