A Little Madness to Be Free

A Little Madness to Be Free
Studio album by
The Saints
ReleasedJuly 1984
RecordedA Studio Sydney, Australia. Additional recording at Richmond Recorders Melbourne, Australia. Mixed at Alberts Studio Sydney, Australia[1]
Genre
LabelLost (France)
RCA (Australian 1984)
Mushroom Records (Australian 1989 Reissue)
ProducerLurax Debris (Chris Bailey)
The Saints chronology
Casablanca
(1982) 		A Little Madness to Be Free
(1984) 		All Fools Day
(1986)
Singles from A Little Madness to Be Free
  1. "Ghost Ships"
    Released: 1984
  2. "Imagination"
    Released: 1984
  3. "Angels (Remix)"
    Released: 1984

A Little Madness to Be Free is the sixth album by Australian band The Saints. This time around, frontman Chris Bailey persuaded original members, Kim Bradshaw (bass) and Ivor Hay (drums), to rejoin the band. On the album tour, the bass player was Tracy Pew, formerly of The Birthday Party. The title of the album is a reference to the quote "A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free," by Kazantzakis.[2] The album saw the Bailey moving further towards more ambitious arrangements including horns and strings. Bailey stated in a retrospective interview about this approach that he wanted to "make strings as powerful as Les Pauls and Marshalls".[3]

  1. ^ "A Little Madness To Be Free". The Saints Directory - The Saints Official Homepage. SCANDO BABES INC...!. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  2. ^ Chang, Larry (2006). Wisdom for the soul : five millennia of prescriptions for spiritual healing (1st ed.). Gnosophia Publishers. p. 412. ISBN 978-0977339105.
  3. ^ "Foster Child Fanzine Interview". Foster Child. February 1998. Retrieved 5 December 2019.