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One Step Beyond…for a group as universally beloved as Madness, whose record, so to speak, needs no explanation, just enough to know that in our lifetimes they appeared and blew people’s minds with their infectious music and consummate wit.
There has never really been a band such as Madness, and likely the fact is that there will never be again, and that in a way is good, because it means in the decades to come, those men of humour, insight, style, and songs that prick the conscious of the listener will be truly respected as one of the pioneers of their craft from the late 20th Century.