Madness discography
Madness performing at Bimbos in 2005.
Studio albums13
Live albums4
Compilation albums16
Video albums5
EPs2
Singles43
Soundtrack albums2
Box sets4

The discography of Madness, a British pop/ska band, comprises thirteen studio albums, sixteen compilation albums, four live albums, two soundtrack albums, two extended plays, four box sets and forty-three singles.

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...
  • Released: 19 October 1979
  • Label: Stiff
2 29 14 22 27 24 12 128
Absolutely
  • Released: 26 September 1980
  • Label: Stiff
2 56 21 2 31 26 15 146
7
  • Released: 2 October 1981
  • Label: Stiff
5 35 5 41
The Rise & Fall
  • Released: 5 November 1982
  • Label: Stiff
10 28 15 29 34 1
Keep Moving
  • Released: 20 February 1984
  • Label: Stiff
6 94 66 47 29 109
Mad Not Mad
  • Released: 30 September 1985
  • Label: Zarjazz
16 66 42
The Madness
(as The Madness)
  • Released: 3 May 1988
  • Label: Virgin
65
Wonderful
  • Released: 1 November 1999
  • Label: Virgin
17
The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1
  • Released: 1 August 2005
  • Label: V2
11 39 81 39 59
The Liberty of Norton Folgate 5 70 31 52 47
Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da
  • Released: 29 October 2012
  • Label: Lucky Seven
10 140 25 37
Can't Touch Us Now
  • Released: 28 October 2016
  • Label: Lucky Seven
5 141 25
Theatre of the Absurd Presents C'est la Vie
  • Released: 17 November 2023
  • Label: BMG
1 172 40 73
[14]
88

Live albums

Title Album details Chart positions
UK
[1]
Dance Craze
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: 2-Tone / Chrysalis
  • Formats: LP
5
Madstock!
  • Released: November 1992
  • Label: Go! Discs
  • Formats: LP, CD
22
Universal Madness
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Golden Voice
  • Formats: CD
Madness Live: To the Edge of the Universe and Beyond (Inlay in The Mail on Sunday)
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: The Mail on Sunday
  • Formats: CD

Soundtrack albums

Title Album details Chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
Our House
  • Released: October 2002
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
45
Take It Or Leave It
  • Released: October 2013
  • Label: Union Square
  • Formats: CD/DVD
77
The Get Up!
  • Released: November 2022
  • Label: Union Square
  • Formats: CD/DVD
97

Compilation albums

Title Album details Chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[4]
FRA
[15]
IRE
[6]
NED
[7]
NZ
[8]
NOR
[9]
US
[11]
Complete Madness
  • Released: April 1982
  • Label: Stiff
1 2 7 11
Madness
  • Released: January 1983
  • Label: Geffen
48 41
Utter Madness
  • Released: November 1986
  • Label: Zarjazz/Virgin
29 24
It's... Madness
  • Released: September 1990
  • Label: Virgin
It's... Madness Too
  • Released: October 1991
  • Label: Virgin
Divine Madness
  • Released: February 1992
  • Label: Virgin
1 37 1 56 7
  • BPI: 3× Platinum[12]
  • SNEP: 2× Gold[13]
Total Madness
  • Released: September 1997
  • Label: Geffen
The Heavy Heavy Hits
  • Released: June 1998
  • Label: Virgin
19 20
Complete Madness (re-issue)
  • Released: April 2009
  • Label: Union Square
38
Total Madness
  • Released: October 2009
  • Label: Union Square
11 62
Ultimate Madness
  • Released: June 2010
  • Label: Union Square
27
Forever Young: The Ska Collection
  • Released: September 2012
  • Label: Union Square
99
The Very Best of Madness
  • Released: April 2014
  • Label: Union Square
Full House: The Very Best of Madness
  • Released: 17 November 2017
  • Label: Union Square
23
I Do Like to Be B-Side the A-Side
Our House: The Very Best of Madness
  • Released: March 2021
  • Label: BMG
I Do Like to Be B-Side the A-Side Volume 2
  • Released: Record Store Day 2021
  • Label: Warner Music/ADA
I Do Like to Be B-Side the A-Side Volume 3
  • Released: Record Store Day 2023
  • Label: BMG/Union Square

Box sets

Title Album details Certifications
(sales thresholds)
The Business – the Definitive Singles Collection
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
The Lot (Box Set: First 6 studio albums)
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
The Singles Box: Vol. 1
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
A Guided Tour of Madness
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Union Square / Salvo
  • Formats: CD/DVD

Extended plays

Title EP details Chart positions
UK
[1]
Work Rest and Play
  • Released: March 1980
  • Label: Stiff
  • Formats: 7", 12", CD
6
The Peel Sessions

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
"The Harder They Come" 44 Madstock!
1993 "Night Boat to Cairo" (re-issue) 56 Divine Madness
1999 "Lovestruck" 10 Wonderful
"Johnny the Horse" 44
2000 "Drip Fed Fred" 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" 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" Non-album single
2023 "C'Est La Vie"
2024 "Round We Go"

Video albums

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c Australian chart peaks:
    • Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. pp. 187–188. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
    • Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from 13 June 1988: "australian-charts.com > Madness in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
    • Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 174.
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  11. ^ a b "Madness > Chart History > Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
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  16. ^ "Kent Music Report No 453 – 28 February 1983 > Platinum Albums 1982 (Continued)". Retrieved 26 December 2022 – via Imgur.com.
  17. ^ The Peel Sessions - Madness at Discogs Retrieved 19 June 2013
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  24. ^ "Dutch Chart". Dutch Top 100. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  25. ^ "Swiss Charts" (in German). Charts.de Media Control. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  26. ^ "Madness > Chart History > Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
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