Madness: Album By Album
Gavin Martin, Uncut, March 2008
2008 WILL SEE Madness' first album of new material for nine years. The Liberty Of Newton Folgate is a concept LP of sorts, inspired by the geography, history and "teeming humanity" of their home town, London. "When we were starting to work on it, I said we should write about what it's like living in this city," says frontman Suggs. "And Chris [Foreman, guitarist] quite rightly replied: 'What the fuck have all the other albums been about?'
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