The Dangermen Sessions, Vol. 1 - Madness
  • Band Name: Madness
  • Record Label: V2
  • Release Date: Aug 16, 2005
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  • Summary: The veteran "nutty" ska band's first album since their 1999 reunion disc 'Wonderful' is a collection of 13 covers, including their takes on classics "Lola" and "Israelites."

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Filter
    84
    Who else but Madness could pull off covers of the Supremes and the Kinks on the same record? [#17, p.94]
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    A dandy little party record. [19 Aug 2005, p.143]
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  3. Q Magazine
    60
    If you dance easily at weddings then this album is very good news. [Aug 2005, p.129]
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  4. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    All done in their trademark chirpy Camden ska way. [30 Jul 2005, p.49]
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  1. SteveOD
    9
    whatta great cd, i can't belive anyone who doesnt like it, whatta mix of everything, great covers!!!!!
  2. SteveJ
    8
    Excellent listening. Critics are too harsh with Madness/Dangermen on this CD. Although the songs are covers, they are thoughtfully arranged and flow smoothly. There is plenty of inspiration on this CD and the Madness sound still resonates. One of the most enjoyable CDs of 2005. Very well done lads!… Expand
  3. ArthurD.
    8
    I think that this album is heavily underrated by other critics, because they may have expected to hear "the old Madness". Here in Holland a lot of people who went to their last concert were disappointed for that same reason, but others loved the concert! Just because a band heads for a slightly different direction (the CD is a Ska-version of some old time classics and other songs) doesn't mean that it's necessairly bad. As a matter of fact I think that they did a really good job at it. Especially the versions of "Ironshirt", "You keep me hanging on", "Lola" and "Israelites" have turned out to be very good in my opinion. But once again....don't expect to hear "the old madness" too much.… Expand

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