Madness
Take It Or Leave It (Download)
Cat. No.: DDSALV111
Barcode: 0698458851185
Playing Time: 75 mins
LC Code: LC20398
In 1981, after a string of Top Ten singles and two smash hit
albums, Madness took to the silver screen. Yet while a group nicknamed the
Nutty Boys might have been expected to indulge in the knockabout japes of ’A
Hard Day’s Night’ or ’Help!’ like The Beatles years before, ’Take It Or Leave
It’ was a grittier, less glossy version of the events that led to them becoming
one of Britain’s most cherished bands.
The film (available on DVD) provides a brilliant snapshot of
late 1970s London, as well as a virtual tour of the venues that Madness played
as they rose to fame to become the biggest selling singles band of the 1980s in
the UK.
This soundtrack album provides an interesting perspective on
the band’s early work and features 25 songs including singles, b-sides and
album tracks including Fats Domino’s ’I’m Walkin’’ which can be heard in the
film.