Theatre of the Absurd Presents C’est La Vie

Album by Madness

Released 17 November 2023
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Tracklist

  • 1
    Prologue: “Mr Beckett Sir…”
    0:11
  • 2
    Theatre of the Absurd
    4:13
  • 3
    If I Go Mad
    4:36
  • 4
    Baby Burglar
    4:05
  • 5
    Act One: “Surrounded on All Sides...”
    0:10
  • 6
    C’est la vie
    3:10
  • 7
    What on Earth Is It (You Take Me For?)
    3:07
  • 8
    Hour of Need
    4:07
  • 9
    Act Two “The Damsel in Distress...”
    0:12
  • 10
    Round We Go
    4:18
  • 11
    Act Three: “The Situation Deteriorates...”
    0:20
  • 12
    Lockdown and Frack Off
    3:12
  • 13
    Beginners 101
    4:21
  • 14
    Is There Anybody Out There?
    3:22
  • 15
    The Law According to Dr. Kippah
    5:35
  • 16
    Epilogue: “And So Ladies and Gentlemen...”
    0:17
  • 17
    Run for Your Life
    4:00
  • 18
    Set Me Free (Let Me Be)
    3:39
  • 19
    In My Street
    3:38
  • 20
    Fin.: “Ladies and Gentlemen...”
    0:13

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Release credits

  • engineer [1-6, 8-9, 11, 15-16, 20], guitar [2], percussion [2], piano [2]
  • vocal [4]
  • brass [13-14, 17], guitar [2, 2-4, 6-8, 10, 12-15, 17-19], programming [7, 12, 14, 17-18]
  • drums (drum set) [2-3, 3-4, 4, 6, 6-7, 7-8, 8, 10, 12, 12-13, 13-15, 15, 17, 17-18, 18-19, 19], programming [10]
  • baritone saxophone [4], trumpet [2-4, 6-8, 10, 12, 14, 17, 19]
  • background vocals [3-4, 7, 19], lead vocals [7], percussion [15], spoken vocals [2], tenor saxophone [2-4, 6-8, 10, 12-15, 15, 17-19], vocal [15]
  • bass guitar [2-4, 6-8, 10, 12-13, 15, 17-19], double bass [2, 4, 14]
  • spoken vocals [1, 5, 9, 11, 16, 20]
  • additional [19], engineer [19], producer [1-18, 20], synthesizer [3]
  • background vocals [2-4, 10, 12, 14, 17], percussion [2-4, 6-8, 10, 12-15, 17-19]
  • Wurlitzer electric piano [4], crotales [2], electronic organ [4], horn [4], keyboard [1, 5-7, 9, 11-12, 14-16, 20], marimba [3], orchestrator [2], organ [3], piano [2-4], programming [2-4], strings [2]
  • brass [2-4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 17], horn [12], trombone [2-4, 6-8, 10, 12, 14, 17, 19]
  • cello [2]
  • orchestrator [2, 8], strings [2, 8], violin [2, 8]
  • viola [2, 8]
  • background vocals [3-4, 6, 8, 13, 15, 17-18]
  • baritone saxophone [2-3, 6-8, 10, 12, 14, 17, 19]
  • background vocals [2, 2-4, 6-8, 10, 12-13, 18-19], lead vocals [2-4, 6-8, 10, 12-14, 17-19], percussion [6, 8, 14, 17-18], vocal [15]
  • orchestrator [2, 8], strings [2, 8], violin [2, 8]

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