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- Artist: Madness
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- Release Date: 1980 10
- Genre: Rock
Review
For their second album, Madness continued the bright and bouncy fun of their debut. Absolutely placed slightly more emphasis on their novelty aspect, creating something of a fun-house atmosphere with stray sounds, exaggerated accents, faster tempos, and often unintelligible lyrics rattled off by Suggs at breakneck speed. Although the album shows a dip in quality control and much less diversity than One Step Beyond, it is nevertheless a charming romp with its share of inspired moments, like the classic singles "Baggy Trousers" and "Embarrasment." ~ Chris Woodstra, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Baggy Trousers (Lyrics) | Madness | (2:46) | |
| Embarrassment (Lyrics) | Madness | (3:10) | |
| E.R.N.I.E. | Madness | (2:09) | |
| Close Escape | Madness | (3:32) | |
| Not Home Today | Madness | (2:04) | |
| On the Beat Pete | Madness, |
Madness | (2:43) |
| Solid Gone | Madness | (3:04) | |
| Take It or Leave It (Lyrics) | Madness | (2:19) | |
| Shadow or Fear | Madness | (3:27) | |
| Disappear | Madness | (1:59) | |
| Overdone | Madness | (2:58) | |
| In the Rain | Madness, Graham "Suggs" McPherson | Madness | (3:45) |
| You Said (Lyrics) | Madness | (2:43) | |
| The Return of the Los Palmas 7 | Madness | (2:34) |
