| Forever Young: The Ska Collection | ||||
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| Released | 2 April 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 1979–2009 | |||
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| Length | 78:28 | |||
| Label | Salvo/Union Square | |||
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Forever Young: The Ska Collection is a compilation album by English band Madness, released in 2012 by Salvo/Union Square Music as part of their re-issues of the Madness back catalogue. The album consists of a selection of the band's ska sounding songs, including singles, b-sides and album tracks. In addition to the classic Madness tracks, the album contains two previously unreleased covers: Jimmy Cliff's "Vietnam" and Edvard Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King". Both of these bonus tracks were originally recorded for the 2005 Madness album The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1.[1][2] The album includes a fold-out poster booklet with liner notes by Record Collector's Ian McCann, including new interviews with guitarist Chris Foreman and saxophonist Lee Thompson. Foreman said of the album: "It was our take on ska, and the songs on this album have ska as their basis. Not all are full-on; I wanted it to be called The Ska and Reggae Collection, but The Ska Collection it is."[1]
- ^ a b McCann, Ian (16 April 2012). "The House of Fun Never Closes". Record Collector. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ "2012". SevenRaggedMen.com. Retrieved 20 October 2021.