Madness - 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Madness

Not Intended To Be A Great Compilation!!

Any fan of Madness who opted to buy their individual albums remastered knows how frustrating it was that either the band or label decided to leave off key singles as bonus tracks. Just to irritate us further they included them as videos within the enhanced portion of the rematers but not the songs themselves. The Specials remastered albums were handled the same way.

This compilation in and of itself is not very comprehensive but is eseential for buyers of the individual remasters in order to have the songs that were not included, such as House of Fun, The Sun And The Rain and Wings of a Dove (A Celebratory Song). If you haven't purchased any of their studio albums remastered yet then I recommend that you pick up The Lot and be done with it. But if you're in the same boat I'm in this is the cheapest way to get the missing songs in a remastered form.

If pressed I'm sure the band or some fan boy would say the usual, "the albums were meant to be released this way...", yadda, yadda, yadda, but the bottom line is that it was lame the way they handled it. Thanks for the videos, but sheesh, what's the point if the songs aren't included as bonus tracks!?! The bottom line is that its just another way to force fans to buy another album that they shouldn't need in the first place.

I hope this helps others avoid the same fate I'm in. January 16, 2006

Incomplete Madness

This CD is not a complete collection of Hits. Prefer the "Complete Madness". This is a great compilation. May 27, 2005

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