Wonderful es un álbum de Madness, publicado en 1999 por Virgin. El disco incluye 11 canciones, entre ellas «Lovestruck», «Johnny The Horse», «Communicator» y «4am».
Sobre el álbum
La discografía de Madness nos regala la alegría de "Wonderful", un álbum que, de inmediato, se percibe como un regreso a sus raíces ska-pop con un toque de madurez. Además, este disco irradia un optimismo contagioso y un sentido del humor que siempre los ha caracterizado, con canciones que celebran la vida y sus pequeñas maravillas. El álbum se siente como un soplo de aire fresco, una inyección de vitalidad y buen rollo.
Las canciones combinan melodías pegadizas con arreglos de vientos vibrantes y una instrumentación que invita al baile y a la celebración. La voz de Suggs brilla con su particular carisma, adaptándose a las diferentes facetas de cada tema. Por otra parte, las letras mantienen ese toque observacional y a menudo irónico, pero con una mayor positividad en las temáticas abordadas. En consecuencia, el álbum suena fresco y atemporal, una joya para los amantes de la música con buen humor.
"Wonderful" consolidó la reputación de Madness como una banda capaz de seguir creando música relevante y emocionante, manteniendo su esencia. Su impacto en la escena musical fue notable, reafirmando su posición como una fuerza creativa inagotable. Para los amantes del pop-ska con mensaje y las voces que empoderan, este disco es una adquisición imprescindible. Es una prueba irrefutable de que la genialidad de Madness se manifiesta en su habilidad para celebrar la vida en cada nota, incluso en su sencillez.
Listado de Canciones
- Lovestruck3:50
Letra
Staggering home the headlights throw a shadow up and upon Friends and loved ones that have done no wrong But no longer mean anything to me Mumbling on into a crystal glass that echoes a song The enticement invites you along A path of exterior colour But came the morning shivering and contorting To border on the brink for just another sink Oh take me down for one more round Oh involve me in libation Stick a rock in my foundation soak me in stagnation Tackle my translation and I'll take you down For one last round Love struck I've fallen for a lamppost given her my utmost Spilling out my deepest feelings Now all I want to do is snuggle up to you A night cap in the early morning dew Look what have I become? Distancing myself so far and front But gazing up I wave the night boat on For now its heaven in deepest Tottenham What have I done to deserve this fate? It's all gone wrong Even my cab fares been and gone Now I'm lagging in deepest Tottenham - Johnny The Horse3:19
Letra
Johnny the horse was kicked to death He died for entertainment.. Would you believe he came out well He had a bright inquiring mind His family knew that he'd go far If he applied his time But he started out Standing on corners And talking out loud too loud You see he couldn't believe in himself the world Or anything he heard It seems like a million years ago That he left his life behind The moment came for him to go He said goodbye to his wife and child He started out walking Never looked back It was too much pain Between Glasgow and London One hot summer he forgot his name Can you remember his name? Doo doodle eh do do But he started out Standing on corners And talking out loud too loud You see he couldn't believe in himself the world Or anything he heard Can you remember his name? Doo doodle eh do do Can you remember his name? Doo doodle eh do do Ditto Woooh! Will you remember his name? Doo doodle eh do do Ditto Woooh! He took his battered bones to Regents Park at sunset - Communicator3:20
- 4am3:50
- The Wizard3:27
Letra
I can read what's going through your mind I can see what you hide in your eyes Yes I'm going to put a spell on you Just to see what you will do I'm a wizard and there's magic in the air I'm a sinner and my friend you'd best beware There's music everywhere Can you see the full moon in the sky? Time like water flows by till we die Every moment wasted leaves its mark Each setting sun leaves us standing in the dark One must forgive the noisy rushing fools Who have no time for nature's natural school They cannot see the life that's in their hands Like ghosts they disappear across the land - Drip Fed Fred4:30
Letra
Gentlemen and assassins and ladies of the night I call upon you this evening in the hope of shedding some light I can't go into detail or finger unfounded fools But there are some here amongst us that are not playing to the rules I've rounded up the lowlife and local CID Offered a free massage or else the third degree There is no simple solution in this life we lead So make things easy for yourself to the baronage concede We want Freddie for our leader Freddie is a man of Class We want Freddie for our leader all stand and raise your champagne glass Peace shall not prevail in Purley came the stark warning today From his hospital bed Drip fed Fred vowed he was here to stay I'll tell you something for nothing never in all my days Have I felt so intimidated by the cheap tactics on display And now approaching the pulpit the Rt Hon Rev Green Hank C Burnette BBC News We want Freddie for our leader Freddie is a man of Class We want Freddie for our leader all stand and raise your champagne glass We are gathered here this evening to pay our due respects To Drip-Fed Fred who late last night fell out of his prison bed We know the nonce behind it who slipped the night PD The word is out now without doubt you will answer to me Gentlemen and assassins and ladies of the night I call upon you this evening in the hope of shedding new light There is a simple solution one called honour amongst thieves So we'll take pity on your souls and only cap your knees I'll tell you something for nothing I'll tell you oh yeha yeha No No oh heya No I'll tell ya. Hear me out hear me out hear me out!!! - Going To The Top3:56
Letra
When you're going to the top and you have no time to stop Then you have to travel light and you'd better go by night Cause it's not a pretty sight when you're going to the top And you're never going to stop and you won't let nobody block Your way to the top And though bodies they may fall old friends up against the wall Can't let feelings in the way as if you had some anyway Some will have to move aside true intent you'll always hide Wagging tongues may call you snide you may not know who's on your side When you're going to the top But you could let it go tonight Watch it all fade out of sight There's still some time to mend your ways Don't you know it's love that pays Still you've heard it all before and I don't want to be a bore So I'll just be on my way maybe we will meet one day Probably won't have much to say if I see you passing by Cause you're going much to high and you may well never stop Cause you're going to the top Maybe we will meet one day Probably won't have much to say So I'll just say toodle ooh and the best of luck to you When I see you passing by when you're going much too high When you're going to the top When you're going to the toooooooop When you're going to the toooooooop But you could take my hand tonight We'd let it all fade out of sight There's still some time to mend your ways Don't you know it's love that pays - Elysium3:52
Letra
Elysium Is everyone chipping at your cordiality? Elysium You stand ice bound to the wind a casualty Elysium Is everyone nagging at your reason to believe? Elysium You stare down from a mound with such hostility Listen to me now wipe your eyes Relax your hand and come inside Lift back your head and swallow your pride Don't be ashamed in me confide Oh I've seen you pretend The happy go lucky everything's funky But in the end Your manic obsession turns to depression Elysium Is everyone chipping at your cordiality? Elysium You stand ice bound to the wind a casualty Stand back watch the bright spark fly To catch a glimpse don't blink an eye The touchpaper wrapped around your soul has been lit Lets go with the flow Heaven I'm in heaven Elysium Is everyone tugging at your idea to be free? Elysium Do they cry out for your sensibility? - Saturday Night Sunday Morning4:14
- If I Didn't Care4:25
- No Money3:14
Letra
She'd gotten used to the idle life Following the sun was her full time occupation A lesson to us all footloose for the education Oh but look at her now foxtrotting the globe With her head in the clouds I haven't got no money to keep this affair afloat And I don't think that it's funny it looks like I've sunk my boat But she'll keep me dangling on and on and on Well furs and pearls I'm trapped in your pocket Where six foot toys stumble upon it Your high class ways have seen better days But to me you'll always be complicating infatuating I haven't got no money to keep this affair afloat And I don't think that it's funny it looks like I've sunk my boat I haven't got no money to keep this affair afloat And I don't think that it's funny it looks like I've sunk my boat But she keeps me dangling on and on and on Royal Britannia the jet set dreams on and on Into another sun drenched scene Where kings and queens and jesters preen I haven't got no money to keep this affair afloat And I don't think that it's funny it looks like I've sunk my boat I haven't got no money to keep this affair afloat And I don't think that it's funny it looks like I've sunk my boat