Album dossier / 1980
Absolutely
Madness · Ska/2 Tone
Madness's second album, produced by the Langer-Winstanley team at the height of the 2 Tone/ska revival, spun off three UK top-ten singles including 'Baggy Trousers' and the taboo-breaking 'Embarrassment,' and photographed the band outside Chalk Farm tube station for a sleeve so popular the label swapped in a livelier pose mid-pressing run.
Record facts
- Label
- Stiff Records
- Producer
- Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley
- Chart peak
- UK #2
- Notable tracks
- ★ Baggy Trousers
- ★ Embarrassment
- ★ The Return of the Los Palmas 7
Artist & discography
Complete 1980s Studio Discography
6 studio albums released from 1980–1989 by Madness. Archived records link directly to full dossiers; remaining releases are queued for harvesting. MusicBrainz source.
Complete track listing · 14 tracks
- Baggy Trousers
- Embarrassment
- E.R.N.I.E.
- Close Escape
- Not Home Today
- On the Beat Pete
- Solid Gone
- Take It or Leave It
- Shadow of Fear
- Disappear
- Overdone
- In the Rain
- You Said
- Return of the Los Palmas 7
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en.wikipedia.org, madness-band.fandom.com, discogs.com · track listing: https://musicbrainz.org/release/9688fc48-fa5b-475f-948d-0b083eeca368 · cover art: coverartarchive.org
Last enriched: 2026-08-27