Madness, Money & Music

Madness, Money & Music is the third album by singer Sheena Easton. It was released in 1982 and produced by Christopher Neil. The album includes the singles "I Wouldn't Beg for Water" (US number 64) and "Machinery" (US number 57, UK number 38), as well as the UK single "Are You Man Enough".

The album featured an early recording of the song "Wind Beneath My Wings", which would later be famously covered by Bette Midler and others. It also included the first recording of "You Do It", subsequently recorded by Diana Ross and Rita Coolidge, and a cover of Janis Ian's classic "In the Winter".

The album was one of Easton's lower-charting efforts, reaching number 85 in the United States and number 44 in the UK, but was more successful in Scandinavia and went Gold in Canada. Easton promoted the album by way of an hour-long special Act One, produced for American television and syndicated worldwide, during which she performed a number of songs from the album and embarked on her first world tour.

A CD reissue in 2000 added the bonus tracks and B-sides from One Way Records. On 23 February 2013, Edsel Records (UK) reissued Easton's You Could Have Been with Me and Madness, Money & Music in two compact disc packages remastered with bonus tracks. On 24 November 2014, the album was included in an Original Album Series box set in the UK with all of Easton's first five albums with EMI through Warner Music Group.

Track listing

UK version

Side one

1. "Weekend in Paris" (Sue Quinn) – 4:10
2. "Are You Man Enough" (Billy Livsey, Graham Lyle) – 3:28
3. "I Wouldn't Beg for Water" (Michael Leeson, Peter Vale) – 4:16
4. "Machinery" (Julia Downes) – 3:01
5. "Ice Out in the Rain" (Michael Leeson, Peter Vale) – 4:46
6. "I Don't Need Your Word" (Michael Leeson, Peter Vale) – 3:22

Side two

1. "Madness Money and Music" (Barry Black, Brian Chatton) – 3:54
2. "There When I Needed You" (John Lewis Parker, Steve Kipner) – 3:01
3. "Wind Beneath My Wings" (Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar) – 4:04
4. "You Do It" (Deborah Allen, Eddie Struzick) – 3:41
5. "In the Winter" (Janis Ian) – 3:10
6. "Please Don't Sympathise" (Steve Thompson) – 3:33

US version

The US version of the album dropped two tracks ("I Don't Need Your Word" and "Please Don't Sympathise"), and reshuffled the track order.

Side one

1. "Machinery"
2. "Weekend in Paris"
3. "I Wouldn't Beg for Water"
4. "Are You Man Enough"
5. "Ice Out in the Rain"

Side two

1. "Madness Money and Music"
2. "Wind Beneath My Wings"
3. "There When I Needed You"
4. "In the Winter"
5. "You Do It"

CD bonus tracks

1. "Some of Us Will" (Phil Palmer) – 3:33
2. "Loner" (Peter Vale) – 2:38
3. "So We Say Goodbye" (Ian Lynn) – 2:08

Personnel

Musicians

• Sheena Easton – lead and backing vocals
• Bias Boshell – keyboards
• Ian Lynn – synthesizers
• Micky Moody – guitars
• Phil Palmer – guitars
• Mo Foster – bass
• Peter Van Hooke – drums
• Frank Ricotti – percussion
• Tony Hall – saxophones
• Chris Hunter – saxophones
• Guy Barker – trumpets
• Alan Carvell – backing vocals
• John Kirby – backing vocals
• Christopher Neil – backing vocals

Production

• Producer – Christopher Neil
• Engineer – Nick Ryan
• Recorded at AIR Studios (Montserrat, West Indies).
• Mastered by Steve Rooke at Strawberry Mastering (London, England).
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk (NYC)
• Design – Roy R. Guzman
• Photography – Brian Aris

Charts

References

External links

• Madness, Money & Music at AllMusic