Line #37 Music/TheRiseAndFall


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3	->''"I'm happy the way that I do things\
4	Continually feeling okay\
5	I've no worries on what tomorrow brings\
6	Because I live my life day by day\
7	People say that I'm crazy\
8	But I'm not that way inclined\
9	I know what I know and I'll happily show\
10	That madness is all in the mind"''
11	-->--'''"Madness (Is All in the Mind)"'''
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13	''The Rise & Fall'' is a 1982 album by Music/{{Madness\|Band}}, generally seen as one of their best albums. It is most noted for their hit song "Our House".
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15	The record started out as a ConceptAlbum about nostalgia for childhood and a few songs ("The Rise & Fall" and "Our House") still remind of the original idea. However the concept was later dropped. The album was noted for being more experimental than their other albums, trying out new styles such as {{Jazz}}, MusicHall and Eastern influences. They even wrote a ProtestSong with "Blue Skinned Beast", targeting British Prime Minister UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher and her handling of UsefulNotes/TheFalklandsWar (1982). The band had never been political before, but from this album on they became more politically and socially conscious.
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17	''The Rise & Fall'' is also a notable example of NoExportForYou, seeing that it was never released in the USA. However, several tracks later ended up on the compilation ''Madness'', which did make it over to the States.
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19	!!Tracklist
20	!!!Side One
21	# "Rise and Fall" (3:16)
22	# "Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)" (3:10)
23	# "Blue Skinned Beast" (3:22)
24	# "Primrose Hill" (3:36)
25	# "Mr. Speaker (Gets The Word)" (2:59)
26	# "Sunday Morning" (4:01)
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28	!!!Side Two
29	# "Our House" (3:23)
30	# "Tiptoes" (3:29)
31	# "New Delhi" (3:40)
32	# "That Face" (3:39)
33	# "Calling Cards" (2:19)
34	# "Are You Coming (With Me)?" (3:17)
35	# "Madness (Is All in the Mind)" (2:53)
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37	!!''Our tropes... in the middle of the street'':
38	* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "Our House"
39	--> ''Sister is singing in her sleep''
40	* AlbumTitleDrop: "The Rise and Fall".
41	--> ''Being here again''
42	--> ''I can recall''
43	--> ''Forgotten moments''
44	--> ''The rise and fall.''
45	* AlliterativeTitle: "'''C'''alling '''C'''ards"
46	* AllJustADream: The protagonist in "New Delhi" merely dreamt he was in this city.
47	* CirclingVultures: "New Delhi", where the protagonist's car breaks down.
48	--> ''A vulture circled high above in the air''
49	* ContemptibleCover: Suggs is depicted wearing {{Blackface}} as an Indian snake charmer (representing the song "New Delhi") on the album's cover.
50	* ConceptAlbum: The album was intended to feature songs about different aspects of the various band members childhoods. It didn't quite work out and only about three or four songs really fit the concept.
51	* EiffelTowerEffect: The cover photo has one of London's most famous buildings, the [=BT Tower=] (then known as the Post Office Tower), clearly visible on the skyline.
52	* FaceOnTheCover: The band is featured on the album cover, near a river.
53	* JukeBoxMusical: "Our House".
54	* LocationSong:
55	** "New Delhi", set in the eponymous city in India, where a traveller arrives by plane. He has a car crash while being and CirclingVultures appear while being lost. Then it turns out to have been AllJustADream.
56	** "Our House", a melancholic NostalgiaFilter song about childhood and living at their parents' house when they were young.
57	* MotorMouth: "Our House".
58	--> ''I remember way back then when / Everything was true and when / We would have such a very good time / Such a fine time / Such a happy time / And I remember how we'd play / Simply waste the day away / Then we'd say / Nothing would come between us / Two dreamers.''
59	* NationalStereotypes: "New Delhi" imitates Indian music. Near the end of the song a stereotypical Indian accent is imitated.
60	* NostalgiaFilter: "Our House" is a melancholic song about childhood and living at their parents' house when they were young.
61	* OneWordTitle: "Tiptoes".
62	* ProductPlacement: "New Delhi"
63	--> ''Just a ride by KLM''
64	* ProtestSong: "Blue Skinned Beast" is a satire of UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher's Falklands War.
65	* QuestioningTitle: "Are You Coming With Me?"
66	* ShoutOut:
67	** "Mr. Speaker (Gets the Word)" is a reference to a common phrase used in the British House Of Commons.
68	** The band performs "Our House" in ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' episode "Sick".
69	** ''Series/SpittingImage'' spoofed the song in an episode, where they satirized the collapse of the real estate market.
70	** The 2002 musical "Our House", comprised of Madness songs, was titled after the hit of the same name.
71	* StealingFromTheTill: "Calling Cards" is about a gang of criminals who take jobs with the Post Office precisely for this, uh, "perk".
72	* SingerNamedrop: "Madness (Is All In The Mind)" namedrops the band's name.

Context Music / TheRiseAndFall