Eexactly 30 years after forming as madness, the band returned with their ninth studio album, and first album of original songs in 10 years; ‘The Liberty of Norton Folgate’, which was widely considered to be their magnum opus. originally released in may 2009, and taking nearly three years to make, the record was the first with the full band since 1999’s wonderful and was developed as a concept album about the band’s home town.
Available as a digipak with a 24 page booklet which features exclusive new liner notes containing interviews with Suggs, Lee Thompson, Chrissyboy Foreman, Daniel Woodgate and Mike Barson, as well as an exclusive poem by Cathal Smyth.
CD1
1. overture
2. we are london
3. sugar and spice
4. forever young
5. dust devil
6. rainbows
7. that close
8. mkii
9. on the town
10. bingo
11. idiot child
12. africa
13. nw5
14. clerkenwell polka
15. the liberty of norton folgate
CD2
1. let’s go
2. mission from hell
3. seven dials
4. hunchback of torriano
5. fish & chips
6. one fine day
7. the kiss
8. bittersweet
9. the roadette song
