Total Madness – The Very Best of Madness explained

Total Madness – the Very Best of Madness
Type:	Greatest hits
Artist:	Madness
Cover:	Total Madness.jpg
Released:	9 September 1997
Recorded:	1979–1985
Label:	Geffen
Prev Title:	The Business – the Definitive Singles Collection
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	Universal Madness
Next Year:	1998

Total Madness – the Very Best of Madness is a greatest hits album by a British ska/pop band Madness, released in 1997. It was released exclusively in the United States and Canada.

Critical reception

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album three out of five stars and wrote that the album "[is] an overview of Madness in their decline, with a couple of earlier hits thrown in for good measure."

Track listing

1. "Our House" (Cathal Smyth, Chris Foreman) - 3:20
2. "It Must Be Love" (Labi Siffre) - 3:18
3. "Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)" (Smyth, Michael Barson) - 3:09
4. "Shut Up" (Foreman, Graham McPherson) - 3:26
5. "Grey Day" (Barson) - 3:38
6. "The Sun and the Rain" (Barson) - 3:30
7. "Wings of a Dove (A Celebratory Song)" (Smyth, McPherson) - 3:03
8. "Michael Caine" (Smyth, Daniel Woodgate) - 3:36
9. "One Better Day" (McPherson, Mark Bedford) - 4:06
10. "Uncle Sam" (Foreman, Lee Thompson) - 4:16
11. "Yesterday's Men" (Foreman, McPherson) - 4:32
12. "One Step Beyond" (Cecil Campbell) - 3:33 (Version exclusive to compilation)