--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, Jason Damas wrote: >snip I know it's old news to most, but to all of you who are fans > of Britpop but who have skipped over this fantastic band, I'd recommend > going back and revisiting. They're far better songwriters than I ever knew > (I thought "nutty" skank-fests like "One Step Beyond" were what made up most > of their catalog, but in fact most of it is well-crafted, Kinksian British > pop of the highest order). The best way to get acquainted, I think, is the > killer 1999 best-of "Heavy Heavy Hits", which collects all of their singles > (including a handful that were never on albums) until 1986 chronologically > and has great cover art. --Jason Hey Jason, First thanks for the info. I've been thinking about checking them out again. The reason that has been on my mind is I bought The Specials self titled disc recently. I had a similar reaction to the one you had with Madness. Many of the songs that I didn't fully appreciate at the time I now do and thus like the full disc now much better then I liked the album back then (that doesn't happen that often). The real stand out track that I didn't appreciate then but LOVE now is "Concrete Jungle". What a terrific song. Anyway, I've been planning to spring to get the the Specials second disc (weaker?) and then maybe I'll revist Madness again. Steve "it doesn't make it alright" D.