Neil-You said: Compared to the last 3 albums it was a little underwhelming it got to number 10 + 22 weeks on the chart which was quite poor achievement by Madness at that time, And then saying it is obvious people still wanted the old stuff the the new stuff-What a load of SHIT
If this album was a flop in the UK or another country like getting for example to number 48 I could def see your point-But it was a very big hit album in many countries getting top 10 + 20 + 22 weeks- 5 months it spent on the UK chart that is bloody brilliant and had very big/hit singles off the album so what your saying Neil is really irrelevant
NME described it at the time of its release as "The best Madness record". Was also a very big hit in Germany + Sweden as got top 10 + 20 and also a hit album in New Zealand