Oooh, an itinerant singer. Daniel Woodgate – Daniel Descartes, experimental percussionist born in Paris and leader of touring band, the Daniel Descartes Collective. Mike Barson – Professor Psykoticus, a Hungarian-born musician (his supposed birthplace being the small town of Mezőhegyes) who worked in sonic weapons research in the USSR before being introduced to the music of the Daniel Descartes Collective, which led to the formation of the Dangermen. Suggs – Robert Chaos "The Poet", found in a Gladstone bag at the feet of Miles Davis by Dexter Gordon, and a founding member of the Dangermen. Chris Foreman – Christofos Formantos, of whom nothing is known. Lee Thompson – "Unnamed", atmospheric scientist and part-time sax player. Reception The Guardian called the album "modestly agreeable listening", adding that "the translation from raucous pub to sober recording studio has squeezed out much of the combo's spontaneous lunacy." Although reggae classics such as "Shame & Scandal" and "The Israelites" are faithfully reproduced, according to the Entertainment.ie website, they also felt that the album lacks the band's trademark quirky sense of humour. musicOMH wrote that most of the tracks could easily be a single, but felt that on some of the ska tracks, the production is "a little too clean". PopMatters wrote, "All the songs bop along at about the same pace, all interpreted in the same rocksteady style, and this makes the proceedings a bit wearisome towards the end. But when Madness does it right it's clear they're still very much in possession of the skills that made them so unique." Track listing Chart performance Personnel Madness Graham "Suggs" McPherson – lead vocals Mike Barson – keyboards Chris Foreman – guitar Mark Bedford – bass Lee Thompson – saxophones Daniel Woodgate – drums Cathal Smyth – backing vocals, spoken intro (4) Additional musicians Steve Dub – additional programming and synthesizer John "Segs" Jennings – additional guitar, additional drums (3), backing vocals (3, 11) Ingo Vauk – programming Steve Turner – saxophone Joe Auckland – trumpet Mike Kearsey – trombone Dennis Bovell – timbales (2) Jade Greaves – steel pan (3) Simon Wilcox – trumpet (12) Ellie Hajee – backing vocals (11) Carole Thompson – backing vocals (13) Janet Kay – backing vocals (13) David Bedford – musical direction, string arrangements (10, 12) Isobel Griffiths – string contractor (10, 12) Gavyn Wright – violin (10, 12) Perry Montague-Mason – violin (10, 12) Julian Leaper –