Madness discography
Discography of English band Madness
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The discography of Madness, a British pop/ska band, comprises 13 studio albums, 19 compilation albums, four live albums, two soundtrack albums, four box sets, three extended plays, 43 singles, five video albums and 37 music videos.
Studio albums13
EPs3
Soundtrack albums2
Live albums4
| Madness discography | |
|---|---|
Madness performing at Bimbos in 2005 | |
| Studio albums | 13 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Soundtrack albums | 2 |
| Live albums | 4 |
| Compilation albums | 19 |
| Singles | 43 |
| Video albums | 5 |
| Music videos | 37 |
| Box sets | 4 |
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
BEL [3] |
CAN [4] |
GER [5] |
IRE [6] |
NED [7] |
NZ [8] |
NOR [9] |
SWE [10] |
US [11] | |||
| One Step Beyond... |
|
2 | 29 | — | — | 14 | — | 22 | 27 | 24 | 12 | 128 | |
| Absolutely |
|
2 | 56 | — | — | 21 | — | 2 | 31 | 26 | 15 | 146 |
|
| 7 |
|
5 | 35 | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | 41 | — |
|
| The Rise & Fall |
|
10 | 28 | — | — | 15 | — | — | 29 | 34 | 1 | — |
|
| Keep Moving |
|
6 | 94 | — | 66 | 47 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 109 |
|
| Mad Not Mad |
|
16 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 | — |
|
| The Madness (as The Madness) |
|
65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wonderful |
|
17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
| The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1 |
|
11 | — | 39 | — | 81 | 39 | 59 | — | — | — | — | |
| The Liberty of Norton Folgate |
|
5 | — | 70 | — | — | 31 | 52 | — | — | 47 | — |
|
| Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da |
|
10 | — | 140 | — | — | 25 | 37 | — | — | — | — |
|
| Can't Touch Us Now |
|
5 | — | 141 | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — |
|
| Theatre of the Absurd Presents C'est la Vie |
|
1 | — | 172 | — | 40 | 73 | 88 | — | — | — | — | |
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | ||
| Dance Craze |
|
5 |
| Madstock! |
|
22 |
| Universal Madness |
|
— |
| Madness Live: To the Edge of the Universe and Beyond (Inlay in The Mail on Sunday) |
|
— |
Soundtrack albums
| Title | Album details | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | |||
| Our House |
|
45 | |
| Take It or Leave It |
|
77 | |
| The Get Up! |
|
97 |
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
CAN [4] |
FRA [14] |
IRE [6] |
NED [7] |
NZ [8] |
NOR [9] |
US [11] | |||
| Complete Madness |
|
1 | 2 | — | — | — | 7 | 11 | — | — | |
| Madness |
|
— | — | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | |
| Utter Madness |
|
29 | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | — |
|
| It's... Madness |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
| It's... Madness Too |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
| Divine Madness |
|
1 | 37 | — | 1 | — | 56 | 7 | — | — | |
| Total Madness |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Heavy Heavy Hits |
|
19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | — |
|
| Complete Madness (re-issue) |
|
38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total Madness |
|
11 | — | — | — | 62 | — | — | — | — |
|
| Ultimate Madness |
|
27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
| Forever Young: The Ska Collection |
|
99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Very Best of Madness |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
| Full House: The Very Best of Madness |
|
23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
| I Do Like to Be B-Side the A-Side |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Our House: The Very Best of Madness |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| I Do Like to Be B-Side the A-Side Volume 2 |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| I Do Like to Be B-Side the A-Side Volume 3 |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Hit Parade |
|
8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Box sets
| Title | Album details | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|
| The Business – the Definitive Singles Collection |
|
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| The Lot (Box Set: First 6 studio albums) |
|
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| The Singles Box: Vol. 1 |
|
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| A Guided Tour of Madness |
|
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Extended plays
| Title | EP details | Chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | ||
| Work Rest and Play |
|
6 |
| The Peel Sessions |
|
— |
| Theatre of the Absurd Introduces C'est La Vie |
|
—[a] |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1][18] |
AUS [2] |
BEL [19] |
CAN [20] |
FRA [21][22] |
IRE [23] |
NED [24] |
NZ [8] |
SWI [25] |
US [26] | ||||
| 1979 | "The Prince" | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | One Step Beyond... | |
| "One Step Beyond" | 7 | — | — | — | 1 | 28 | 29 | — | 3 | — | |||
| 1980 | "My Girl" | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 46 | — | — |
| |
| "Night Boat to Cairo" | 6 | — | 25 | — | — | 12 | 29 | — | — | — |
| ||
| "Baggy Trousers" | 3 | 30 | 23 | — | 30 | 5 | 6 | 3 | — | — |
|
Absolutely | |
| "Embarrassment" | 4 | — | 11 | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| ||
| 1981 | "The Return of the Los Palmas 7" | 7 | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — |
| |
| "Grey Day" | 4 | 82 | 28 | — | — | 4 | 18 | — | — | — |
|
7 | |
| "Shut Up" | 7 | — | 38 | — | — | 3 | 25 | — | — | — |
| ||
| "It Must Be Love" | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | 5 | 43 | — | — | 33 |
|
Complete Madness | |
| 1982 | "Cardiac Arrest" | 14 | — | 24 | — | — | 4 | 26 | — | — | — | 7 | |
| "House of Fun" | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | 34 | 23 | — | — |
|
Complete Madness | |
| "Driving in My Car" | 4 | 20 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
|
stand-alone single | |
| "Our House" | 5 | 17 | 15 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 49 | 4 | 7 |
|
The Rise & Fall | |
| 1983 | "Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)"/ "Madness (Is All in the Mind)" |
8 | 98 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Wings of a Dove" | 2 | 72 | 32 | — | 41 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
|
stand-alone single (UK) Keep Moving (US version) | |
| "The Sun and the Rain" | 5 | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | 72 | |||
| 1984 | "Michael Caine" | 11 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | Keep Moving | |
| "One Better Day" | 17 | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1985 | "Yesterday's Men" | 18 | 54 | 28 | — | — | 7 | 41 | 38 | — | — | Mad Not Mad | |
| "Uncle Sam" | 21 | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1986 | "Sweetest Girl" | 35 | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "(Waiting For) The Ghost Train" | 18 | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | Utter Madness | ||
| 1992 | "It Must Be Love" (re-issue) | 6 | 48 | — | — | — | 14 | — | 21 | — | — | Divine Madness | |
| "House of Fun" (re-issue) | 40 | 73 | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "My Girl" (re-issue) | 27 | 145 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Harder They Come" | 44 | 136 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Madstock! | ||
| 1993 | "Night Boat to Cairo" (re-issue) | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Divine Madness | |
| 1999 | "Lovestruck" | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Wonderful | |
| "Johnny the Horse" | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2000 | "Drip Fed Fred" (with Ian Dury) | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005 | "Shame & Scandal" | 38 | — | 56 | — | 12 | — | 100 | — | 69 | — | The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1 | |
| "Girl Why Don't You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2007 | "Sorry" | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| 2008 | "NW5" | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Liberty of Norton Folgate | |
| 2009 | "Dust Devil" | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Sugar and Spice" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2010 | "Forever Young" | 199 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012 | "Our House" (digital re-entry) | — | — | — | — | 132 | — | — | — | — | — | Divine Madness | |
| "My Girl 2" | —[b] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da | ||
| 2013 | "Never Knew Your Name" | 88 | — | — | — | 174 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "How Can I Tell You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Misery" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "La Luna" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2016 | "Mr Apples" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Can't Touch Us Now | |
| "Can't Touch Us Now" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2017 | "Another Version of Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019 | "The Bullingdon Boys" | —[c] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| 2023 | "C'est La Vie" | —[d] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Theatre of the Absurd Presents C'est la Vie | |
| "Baby Burglar" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2024 | "Round We Go" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "No Reason" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Hour of Need" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Videography
Video albums
- 1982: Complete Madness
- 1986: Utter Madness
- 1992: Divine Madness
- 1992: Madstock!
- 1998: Madstock! 4
Music videos
| Year | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | "The Prince" (single version & Top of the Pops performance clip) | One Step Beyond... |
| "One Step Beyond" | ||
| "Bed and Breakfast Man" | ||
| "My Girl" | ||
| 1980 | "Night Boat to Cairo" | |
| "Baggy Trousers" | Absolutely | |
| "Embarrassment" | ||
| 1981 | "The Return of the Los Palmas 7" | |
| "Grey Day" | 7 | |
| "Shut Up" | ||
| "It Must Be Love" | non-album | |
| 1982 | "Cardiac Arrest" | 7 |
| "House of Fun" | Complete Madness | |
| "Driving in My Car" | non-album | |
| "Our House" | The Rise & Fall | |
| 1983 | "Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)" | |
| "Wings of a Dove" | Keep Moving (US) | |
| "The Sun and the Rain" | ||
| 1984 | "Michael Caine" | Keep Moving (UK) |
| "One Better Day" | ||
| 1985 | "Yesterday's Men" | Mad Not Mad |
| "Uncle Sam" | ||
| 1986 | "Sweetest Girl" | |
| "(Waiting For) The Ghost Train" | Utter Madness | |
| 1988 | "I Pronounce You" | The Madness |
| 1999 | "Lovestruck" | Wonderful |
| "Johnny the Horse" | ||
| 2000 | "Drip Fed Fred" (with Ian Dury) | |
| 2005 | "Shame & Scandal" (2 versions) | The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1 |
| 2009 | "Dust Devil" | The Liberty of Norton Folgate |
| "Sugar and Spice" | ||
| 2012 | "Never Knew Your Name" | Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da |
| 2022 | "The Prince" (album version) | One Step Beyond... (both with footage taken from the 1981 documentary movie Take It or Leave It) |
| "Madness" | ||
| 2023 | "C'est la Vie" | Theatre of the Absurd Presents C'est la Vie |
| "Baby Burglar" | ||
| "Round We Go" |
See also
Notes
- Did not enter the Official Singles Chart, but peaked at number 1 on the Official Physical Singles Chart.[17]
- "My Girl 2" didn't enter the Official Singles Chart, but it peaked at number 42 on the Official Independent Singles Chart.[28]
- "The Bullingdon Boys" didn't enter the Official Singles Chart, but it peaked at number 78 on the Official Singles Downloads Chart.[29]
- "C'est La Vie" didn't enter the Official Singles Chart, but it peaked at number 94 on the Official Singles Downloads Chart.[30]