Keep Moving

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Keep Moving was released in February 1984 and was the last Madness album on Stiff. The band was already rehearsing for the record in February 1983, but the keyboardist Mike Barson, tired of the pressure of fame, spent that summer travelling around Europe in a camper van with his wife and dog. That held up the recording. In October he said he was quitting, and after a final performance at the end of 1983 he was gone. It was his last studio album with the group.

The title comes from the film The Bed Sitting Room, and the cover referred to the coming Olympic Games. Rolling Stone gave four out of five stars and praised the band's changing sound. Two singles reached the British top twenty. Wings of a Dove and The Sun and the Rain also belong to this period.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Keep Moving3:32Apple Music ↗
2. 2Michael Caine3:39Apple Music ↗
3. 3Turning Blue3:07Apple Music ↗
4. 4One Better Day4:07Apple Music ↗
5. 5March of the Gherkins3:30Apple Music ↗
6. 6Waltz Into Mischief3:36Apple Music ↗
7. 7Brand New Beat3:17Apple Music ↗
8. 8Victoria Gardens4:31Apple Music ↗
9. 9Samantha3:14Apple Music ↗
10. 10Time for Tea3:09Apple Music ↗
11. 11Prospects4:14Apple Music ↗
12. 12Give Me a Reason3:26Apple Music ↗
13. 13Wings of a Dove2:59Apple Music ↗
14. 14The Sun and the Rain3:28Apple Music ↗

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