Madness - The Rise & Fall (2026 Reissue) Madness
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New 2026 vinyl master, cut from transfers of the original ¼" master tapes prepared for the 2010 reissue, on 180g heavyweight vinyl. Gatefold packaging. Complete lyrics to the Madness-composed songs are printed on the inner sleeve. Original artwork reproduced.
Red / Black Vinyl LP
New 2026 vinyl master, cut from transfers of the original ¼" master tapes prepared for the 2010 reissue, on 180g heavyweight vinyl in gatefold
packaging. For the first time, the complete lyrics to the Madness-composed songs are printed on the inner sleeve. The original artwork from the album’s initial release in 1982 has been reproduced for this reissue
CD edition
CD: the 2010 remaster from the original ¼" master tapes, in a mini-LP gatefold replica of the original vinyl sleeve. The complete lyrics to the Madness-composed songs are printed in the CD booklet.
Released on 5 November 1982, The Rise & Fall started out as a concept album about childhood nostalgia, and that theme still runs through the title track and ‘Our House’. This is Madness at their most experimental, ranging across jazz, English music hall and Eastern influences.
On release, NME called it “the best Madness record”, and it is included in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. ‘Our House’ won Best Pop Song at the 1983 Ivor Novello Awards and became the band’s only US Top 10 hit. The album reached No.10 in the UK, No.28 in Australia and No.29 in New Zealand.
Track List
SIDE ONE
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
SIDE TWO
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)
CD: same running order, tracks 1–13.