Mad Not Mad is the sixth album by the British

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

 ska

Ska

Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...

 band Madness

Madness (band)

In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...

, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music

1985 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1985.-January–March:*January 1 - The newest music video channel, VH-1, debuts on American cable. It is aimed at an older demographic than its sister station, MTV...

). It was their only album not to feature founder member 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:...

, who had left the group the year before.

Only a few weeks after its release, the writers of NME

NME

The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...

 included this LP on their list of the 100 best albums of all time. The band themselves have been less satisfied with the album. In a BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

 interview in 1993 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:...

 described Mad Not Mad as "a polished turd" (referring to its glossy '80s over-production).

Track listing

1. "I'll Compete"
2. "Yesterday's Men
   Yesterday's Men
   "Yesterday's Men" is a single by British band Madness from their 1985 album Mad Not Mad. The song spent 7 weeks in British charts peaking at number 18...
   
   "
3. "Uncle Sam
   Uncle Sam (song)
   "Uncle Sam" is a single by British band Madness from their 1985 album Mad Not Mad.The single spent 11 weeks in British charts peaking at number 21...
   
   "
4. "White Heat"
5. "Mad Not Mad"
6. "Sweetest Girl"
7. "Burning the Boats"
8. "Tears You Can't Hide"
9. "Time"
10. "Coldest Day"

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. "I'll Compete"
2. "Yesterday's Men"
3. "Uncle Sam"
4. "White Heat"
5. "Mad Not Mad"
6. "Sweetest Girl"
7. "Burning the Boats"
8. "Tears You Can't Hide"
9. "Time"
10. "Coldest Day"

The Bonus Tracks

1. "Yesterday's Men" (Extended Version)
2. "Uncle Sam" (Ray Gun Mix)
3. "Sweetest Girl" (Extended Mix)
4. "(Waiting for) The Ghost Train"

CD 2

B-sides

1. "Yesterday's Men" (Demo Version)
2. "All I Knew"
3. "Yesterday's Men" (Harmonica Version)
4. "Uncle Sam" (Demo Version)
5. "Please Don't Go"
6. "Inanity Over Christmas"
7. "Sweetest Girl" (Dub Mix)
8. "Jennie (A Portrait of)"
9. "Call Me"
10. "Maybe in Another Life"

DVD

The Promo Videos

1. "Yesterday's Men
2. "Uncle Sam
3. "Sweetest Girl"
4. "(Waiting for) The Ghost Train"

Wogan 1985

1. "Yesterday's Men"

Top of the Pops 1985

1. "Uncle Sam"

Whistle Test 1985

1. "Burning the Boats"
2. "Time"

Hammersmith Odeon 1985

1. "Yesterday's Men"
2. "Time"
3. "Uncle Sam"
4. "I'll Compete"

Top of the Pops 1986

1. "(Waiting for) The Ghost Train"

Chart performance

Chart (1985)	Peak position	Total weeks
Swedish Albums Chart	42	1
UK Albums Chart	16	9

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
• 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
• Mark Bedford
  Mark Bedford
  Mark Bedford , nicknamed 'Bedders', is a bass guitarist and former member of the band Madness....
  
   (Bedders) – Bass
• Lee Thompson
  Lee Jay Thompson
  Lee Jay Thompson , nicknamed Kix or El Thommo, is an English musician, best known as the saxophonist and songwriter of the second wave ska band, Madness....
  
   – Saxophones
• 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, Drum Programming, Keyboard Sequences
• 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, Lead Vocals on track 8
• Steve Nieve
  Steve Nieve
  Steve Nieve is an English keyboardist, best known for his work with Elvis Costello and the Attractions and Elvis Costello and the Imposters.-Musical career:...
  
   – Keyboards

Additional personnel:

• Roy Davies
  Roy Davies
  Roy Thomas Davies was Bishop of Llandaff from 1985 to 1999.-Life:Davies was educated at St David's College, Lampeter, Wales obtaining a BA degree in 1955, and then at Jesus College, Oxford, where he obtained a BLitt in 1959. He trained for ordination at St Stephen's House, Oxford...
  
   – Piano
• Judd Lander – Harmonica
• Louis Jardim – Percussion
• Tom Morley – Computer Supervision

• Gary Barnacle
  Gary Barnacle
  Gary Barnacle is a saxophonist/flautist, brass instrument arranger, composer and producer, primarily noted for session work, live work Gary Barnacle (born 1959, Dover, England) is a saxophonist/flautist, brass instrument arranger, composer and producer, primarily noted for session work, live work...
  
   – Horns
• David Bedford
  David Bedford
  David Vickerman Bedford , was an English composer and musician. He wrote and played both popular and classical music....
  
   - Strings and MD
• Rupert Bowden – Strings
• Bill Benham – Strings
• Belinda Blunt – Strings
• Trevor Ford – Strings
• Rusen Gunes – Strings
• Adrian Levine – Strings
• Basil Smart – Strings
• Afrodiziak
  Afrodiziak
  Afrodiziak was the collective name used by the British singers Caron Wheeler and Claudia Fontaine in the mid-to-late 1980s. As a duo, they were best known for performing backup vocals on Elvis Costello's 1983 album Punch the Clock, especially its single, the international hit "Everyday I Write the...
  
  – Backing Vocals
• Jimmy Chambers – Backing Vocals
• Jimmy Helms – Backing Vocals
• Jimmy Thomas – Backing Vocals
• Clive Langer – Production
• Alan Winstanley – Production
• Matt Howe – Associate Production
• Mark Saunders – Associate Production
• Richard Sullivan – Associate Production