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Mad Not Mad
Pop · 1985 · 5 tracks

Mad Not Mad

Madness

A brittle, synth-heavy departure from the band's bouncy roots. Cold digital production meets mature, melancholic songwriting about urban isolation and aging.

1985 · Team Records (4)

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A brittle, urban melancholy wrapped in expensive mid-eighties digital production.

Tracklist · 5 Tracks
04
White Heat
3:48
05
Mad Not Mad
4:10
07
Burning the Boats
4:29
09
Time
4:19
10
Coldest Day
4:22
Moments Worth Listening For
The brittle, isolated synth line that opens White Heat, sounding more like a warning than a pop song.
The way the backing vocals on Coldest Day create a ghostly, detached harmony against the mechanical beat.
The sudden, sharp saxophone interjections in Burning the Boats that cut through the dense digital layering.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Mad Not Mad sound next to the rest of Madness's catalogue?

Brooding+4.0σ

Brooding saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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