 In 1980 , the band 's second album , Absolutely reached number 2 in the UK album charts . Absolutely spawned some of the band 's biggest hits , most notably " Baggy Trousers " , which peaked at number 3 in the UK singles chart . " Embarrassment " reached number 4 in the charts , and the instrumental song " The Return of the Los Palmas 7 " climbed to number 7 . Although the album reviews were generally less enthusiastic than those of One Step Beyond ... , they were mostly positive . Robert Christgau gave the album a favourable B- grade , but Rolling Stone awarded the album just one out of five stars . Rolling Stone was particularly scathing of the ska revival in general , stating that " The Specials wasn 't very good " and Madness were simply " the Blues Brothers with English accents " . 
