Wonderful is the seventh studio album by the British band Madness, released on 1 November 1999. It was the band’s first studio album in fourteen years since Mad Not Mad in 1985 and the first to feature their classic seven-piece line-up since 1984’s Keep Moving. The album saw Madness reunite with their original production team, Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, who had produced all of the band’s previous work.

The Rise & Fall is the fourth studio album Madness. It was initially released on 8 October 1982, on the label Stiff. This album saw Madness at their most experimental, exhibiting a range of musical styles including jazz, English music hall, and Eastern influences. NME described it at the time of its release as “the best Madness record”. It has often been retrospectively described as a concept album.

Despite Dave Robinson pushing ahead with “House of Fun” & “Driving in my Car” as a singles prior to the release of “The Rise & Fall” If you were Dave, which track would you choose from the Rise & Fall as the follow-up single to Tomorrow’s (Just Another Day)?

7 (also known as Madness 7) is the third album from Madness. Released in October 1981, it reached No. 5 in the UK album chart. All but one track was recorded at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas in the summer of 1981, the exception being “Grey Day” which was recorded in London earlier in the year. Although in 2011 co-producer Alan Winstanley stated in the Guided Tour of Madness boxed-set that much of the album was re-recorded in London when they returned from Nassau. If you were Dave Robinson of Stiff Records which track would you choose from Madness 7 as the follow-up single to Cardiac Arrest?

Absolutely spawned some of the band’s biggest hits, most notably “Baggy Trousers”, which peaked at number 3 in the UK and spent more than four months in the singles chart. “Embarrassment” reached number 4, and the instrumental “The Return of the Los Palmas 7” climbed to number 7. Although the album reviews were generally less enthusiastic than those of One Step Beyond…, they were mostly positive. If you were Dave Robinson of Stiff Records which track would you choose from Absolutely as the follow-up single to The Return Of The Los Palmas 7?

One Step Beyond… was the first album produced by the Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley team, who would go on to produce more Madness albums and to work with artists such as Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Morrissey, Dexys Midnight Runners, They Might Be Giants and David Bowie.

If you were Dave Robinson of Stiff Records which track would you choose from One Step Beyond… as the follow-up single to Night Boat to Cairo?