The Rise & Fall
LP by Madness
Released	October 8, 1982
Recorded	Air Studios 1982
Genre	Ska/Pop
Length	43:04
Label	Stiff Records
Producer(s)	Clive Langer Alan Winstanley
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Madness chronology
7 (1981)	The Rise & Fall (1982)	Keep Moving (1984)

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Track listing

1. "Rise and Fall"
2. "Tomorrow's Just Another Day"
3. "Blue Skinned Beast"
4. "Primrose Hill"
5. "Mr. Speaker Gets the Word"
6. "Sunday Morning"
7. "Our House"
8. "Tiptoes"
9. "New Dehli"
10. "That Face"
11. "Calling Cards"
12. "Are You Coming (With Me)"
13. "Madness (Is All in the Mind)"

Our House is a single by British ska band Madness from their album The Rise & Fall. ...

Personnel

• Graham "Suggs" McPherson – lead vocals
• Mike Barson – keyboards, harmonica, percussion
• Chris Foreman – guitar
• Mark Bedford – bass guitar
• Lee Thompson – saxophones
• Daniel Woodgate – drums
• Chas Smash – backing vocals, trumpet, lead vocals on track 13
• David Bedford – string arrangements
• Clive Langer – production
• Alan Wistanley – production
• Greg Fulginiti – mastering US
• Tim Young – remastering
• David Wooley – engineering
• Jeremy Allom – engineering
• Laurie Lewis – photography

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External links

• The Rise & Fall lyrics