One Step Beyond...

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One Step Beyond...
Studio album by
Madness
Released19 October 1979[1]
RecordedSeptember 1979[2]
Studio
  • Eden, London
  • T.W., London
Genre
Length39:02
Label
Producer
Madness chronology
One Step Beyond...
(1979) 		Work Rest and Play
(1980)
Singles from One Step Beyond...
  1. "The Prince"
    Released: 10 August 1979 (single version from 2 Tone Records)
  2. "One Step Beyond"
    Released: 26 October 1979
  3. "My Girl"
    Released: 21 December 1979
  4. "Night Boat to Cairo"
    Released: March 1980 (from Work Rest and Play EP)

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.

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  2. ^ "The Madness Timeline – 1979". Madness official website. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b Considine, J.D. (2004). "Madness". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 508. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  4. ^ Greene, Jo-Ann. "One Step Beyond... – Madness". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  5. ^ "The 50 Best New Wave Albums". Paste. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2019.