Madness
The Liberty of Norton Folgate (Download)
Cat. No.: DDSALV106
Barcode: 0698458850683
Playing Time: Over 1 hour
LC Code: LC20398
The Liberty Of Norton Folgate is Madness’s tenth studio album. Its release, in 2009,
ushered in a new golden period for a group who first enjoyed immense success in the 1980s as the UK’s biggest selling singles band. They remain a national treasure with appearances at two of the most important events of last year: The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Concert (where they played on top of Buckingham Palace and stole the show) and the closing ceremony of the London Olympics. Not bad for seven nutty boys from Camden Town. Norton Folgate is a powerhouse of a record, not to mention an incredible return to form for a band whose last album, Wonderful, had been released back in 1999. A veritable loveletter to London, The Liberty Of Norton Folgate (named after a peculiar, formerly autonomous, part of East London, near Spitalfields) features its subject city heavily, capturing it in all its seedy, triumphant glory. This is the album
Madness were born to make and it has been hailed as their masterpiece.