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There were several different versions of the album released throughout the world. Some territories removed the not so tourist-friendly A Day On The Town while others replaced it with Never Ask Twice aka Aeroplane / Airplane, which was issued on the Shut Up 12" in the UK. In Belgium Never Ask Twice was issued on a one sided 7" single with initial copies of the album. France renamed A Day On The Town as A Place In The City. Australia added It Must Be Love as the first track on side one, and Japan added In The City, which was issued as a single in that country.

Later vinyl pressings featured different mixes of some tracks (most notably Mrs Hutchinson and A Day On The Town). When first issued on CD in 1989 these were the mixes used, and have been ever since.

2010 re-release

In 2009 and 2010, Madness re-released their entire back catalogue of studio albums up until 1999's Wonderful
Wonderful (Madness album)
Wonderful is an album by the British ska band Madness. It was released in 1999 . Wonderful is their first studio album in original lineup since the 1984 Keep Moving LP.-Track listing:#"Lovestruck"...

with a bonus CD and extra tracks.

CD 1

  1. "Cardiac Arrest"
  2. "Shut Up"
  3. "Sign of the Times"
  4. "Missing You"
  5. "Mrs Hutchinson"
  6. "Tomorrow's Dream"
  7. "Grey Day"
  8. "Pac-a-mac"
  9. "Promises Promises"
  10. "Benny Bullfrog"
  11. "When Dawn Arrives"
  12. "The Opium Eaters"
  13. "Day on the Town"


Promo Videos (Enhanced CD content):
  1. "Grey Day"
  2. "Shut Up"
  3. "It Must be Love"
  4. "Cardiac Arrest"

CD 2

The Richard Skinner Sessions
  1. "Missing You"
  2. "Sign of the Times"
  3. "Tiptoes"


The Bonus Tracks
  1. "Memories" - (B-side "Grey Day" 7")
  2. "A Town With No Name" - (B-side "Shut Up" 7")
  3. "Never Ask Twice" - (B-side "Shut Up" 12")
  4. "It Must Be Love" - (Single)
  5. "Shadow On The House" - (B-side "It Must Be Love" 7")
  6. "In the City" - (B-side "Cardiac Arrest" 7")
  7. "Cardiac Arrest" - (12" Extended Version)
  8. "Grey Day" (live) - (From NME Racket Packet Cassette)

Personnel

  • Suggs
    Suggs (singer)
    Graham McPherson , better known as Suggs, is an English singer, actor, former radio DJ, TV personality, and most famous as the frontman of the band Madness.-Early life:...

     (Graham McPherson) – Lead Vocals
  • Mike Barson
    Mike Barson
    Michael "Mike" Barson is a British musician, best known as a founding member and keyboardist of the second wave ska band, Madness.-Biography:...

     – Piano, Organ, Vibes, Marimba, Tubular Bells
  • Chris Foreman
    Chris Foreman
    Chris Foreman , nicknamed Chrissy Boy, is an English guitarist, best known as a member of a second wave ska band, Madness.Foreman started Madness with Mike Barson and Lee Thompson in 1976...

     – Guitar, Sitar
  • Mark Bedford
    Mark Bedford
    Mark Bedford , nicknamed 'Bedders', is a bass guitarist and former member of the band Madness....

     (Bedders) – Bass
  • Lee Thompson – Saxophones, Burps, Squeaks, Lead Vocals on track 10
  • Daniel Woodgate
    Daniel Woodgate
    Dan Woodgate is the drummer of the band, Madness. More commonly known by his nickname Woody, he joined the band after being introduced at a rehearsal by bass player Mark Bedford. Woodgate is one of the less regular songwriters in the group, but is credited as co-writer on the hits 'Return of The...

     (Woody) – Drums, Congas
  • Chas Smash
    Chas Smash
    Cathal Smyth, also known as Chas Smash is an English musician, best known as the backing singer and dancer in the ska/pop band Madness. He also plays trumpet, acoustic guitar and various percussion instruments...

    (Cathal Smyth) – Backing Vocals, Trumpet

Album

Chart (1981) Peak
position
Total
weeks
Swedish Albums Chart 41 1
UK Albums Chart 5 28

Singles

Date Single Chart Position
Apr 1981 Grey Day UK No. 4
Sep 1981 Shut Up (edited to 3.26 for issue as a single) UK No. 7
Feb 1982 Cardiac Arrest (remixed for issue as a single) UK No. 14
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