Madness - One Step Beyond... (1979) [Full Album] Vinyl Rip

One Step Beyond... is the debut studio album by the British ska-pop group Madness, released by Stiff Records. Recorded and mixed in about three weeks, the album peaked at number two and remained on the UK Albums Chart for more than a year. The album has received much critical praise. It was ranked 90th in a 2005 survey held by British television station Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time.

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

Tracklist:
Side one
1. "One Step Beyond" 0:00
2. "My Girl" 2:21
3. "Night Boat to Cairo" 5:04
4. "Believe Me" 8:34
5. "Land of Hope & Glory" 11:03
6. "The Prince" 14:00
7. "Tarzan's Nuts" 17:18
Side two
8. "In the Middle of the Night" 19:47
9. "Bed and Breakfast Man" 22:49
10. "Razor Blade Alley"
11. "Swan Lake"
12. "Rockin' in A♭"
13. "Mummy's Boy"
14. "Madness" 35:32
15. "Chipmunks Are Go!" 38:09

Madness
Graham "Suggs" McPherson – lead vocals
Mike Barson – keyboards
Chris Foreman – guitars
Mark Bedford – bass
Lee Thompson – saxophones, backing vocals, lead vocals on tracks 5 and 10
Dan Woodgate – drums, percussion

Additional personnel
Cathal "Chas Smash" Smyth – backing vocals, "various shouts and fancy footwork", lead vocals on tracks 1 and 15
NOTE: Smyth was not an official member of the band at the time of the album's recording or release. He would formally join Madness only a few weeks after One Step Beyond... was issued in October 1979.