One Step Beyond...

The "Nutty Train" photo on the sleeve, shot by Cameron McVey, was inspired by a photo of Kilburn and the High Roads roadie Paul Tonkin that appeared on the back cover of the band's album Handsome.{{cite web |last=Simpson |first=Dave |title=Suggs and Mike Barson of Madness: how we made One Step Beyond |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/nov/25/how-we-made-one-step-beyond-madness-suggs-mike-barson |work=The Guardian |date=25 November 2014}}

The title track, released as a single, was originally written and recorded by the Jamaican ska musician Prince Buster, and its "Don't watch that, watch this ..." introduction is adapted from another Prince Buster song, "The Scorcher". The track "The Prince" is a tribute to Buster and a re-recording of the band's debut single, originally released on the 2 Tone label.{{cite book |last=Edwards |first=Terry |date=2009 |title=Madness' One Step Beyond... (33 1/3) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FK-x-n0GxOwC&dq=one+step+beyond+the+prince+rerecord&pg=PA67 |publisher=Continuum |isbn=978-0826429063 |page=67}} Its B-side, "Madness", another Prince Buster song, was also re-recorded for the album. "Madness" and "Bed and Breakfast Man" were released as singles in North America through Sire Records.{{cite web |title=Madness – Discography |url=http://www.45cat.com/artist/madness/all |publisher=45cat.com |access-date=11 October 2021}}

After the album's initial release, reissues were released in 2009 and 2014 by Union Square Music's collector's label Salvo,{{cite web|url=http://www.unionsquaremusic.co.uk/shop/labels.asp?label=Salvo|title=Salvo|publisher=Union Square Music |access-date=11 October 2021}} each containing additional material such as video productions featuring the band.

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}

| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

| rev2score = B+{{cite book |chapter=Madness: One Step Beyond |chapter-url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=5398 |access-date=6 July 2016 |title=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s |title-link=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |publisher=Pantheon Books |year=1990 |isbn=0-679-73015-X}}

| rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book |chapter=Madness |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |publisher=Omnibus Press |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}

| rev4 = Mojo

| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Madness: One Step Beyond... |magazine=Mojo |location=London |issn=1351-0193 |issue=192 |date=November 2009 |page=112}}

| rev5 = Q

| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Madness: One Step Beyond... |magazine=Q |location=London |issn=0955-4955 |page=118 |quote=As acutely observed as The Kinks, as saucy as Ian Dury and as raucously tuneful as The Jam ...}}

| rev6 = Record Collector

| rev6score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite magazine |url=http://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/one-step-beyond |title=Madness – One Step Beyond |magazine=Record Collector |location=London |issn=0261-250X |issue=369 |date=December 2009 |access-date=1 September 2016 |last=Wilson |first=Lois}}

| rev7 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev7score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite book |chapter=Madness |last=Considine |first=J.D. |author-link=J. D. Considine |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/508 508]}}

| rev8 = Smash Hits

| rev8score = 6/10{{cite magazine |title=Albums |magazine=Smash Hits |location=London |issn=0260-3004 |volume=1 |issue=25 |date=15–28 November 1979 |last=Starr |first=Red |page=31}}

}}

This album, along with the Specials' self-titled debut—released on the same day in October 1979—played an important part in popularising 2 tone music in the UK. These albums were also a great influence on other bands of the genre.

{{tracklist

| headline = Side one

| title1 =One Step Beyond

| writer1 = Cecil Campbell

| length1 = 2:18

| title2 = My Girl

| writer2 = Mike Barson

| length2 = 2:44

| title3 = Night Boat to Cairo

| writer3 = {{flatlist|

• Graham McPherson
• Barson

}}

| length3 = 3:31

| title4 = Believe Me

| writer4 = {{flatlist|

• John Hasler
• Barson

}}

| length4 = 2:28

| title5 = Land of Hope & Glory

| writer5 = Lee Thompson

| length5 = 2:57

| title6 = The Prince

| writer6 = Thompson

| length6 = 3:18

| title7 = Tarzan's Nuts

| writer7 = {{flatlist|

• Chas Smash
• Barson
• Sydney Lee

}}

| length7 = 2:24

}}

{{tracklist

| headline= Side two

| title8 = In the Middle of the Night

| writer8 = {{flatlist|

• Chris Foreman
• McPherson

}}

| length8 = 3:01

| title9 = Bed and Breakfast Man

| writer9 = Barson

| length9 = 2:33

| title10 = Razor Blade Alley

| writer10 = Thompson

| length10 = 2:42

| title11 = Swan Lake

| writer11 = {{flat list|

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• arranged by Barson

}}

| length11 = 2:36

| title12 = Rockin' in A♭

| writer12 = Willy "Wurlitzer" Smith

| length12 = 2:29

| title13 = Mummy's Boy

| writer13 = Mark Bedford

| length13 = 2:23

| title14 = Madness

| writer14 = Campbell

| length14 = 2:38

| title15 = Chipmunks Are Go!

| writer15 = {{flatlist|

• Brendan Smyth
• Smash

}}

|length15 = 0:51

}}

The 2009 reissue also includes the music videos for "The Prince", "One Step Beyond", "My Girl", "Night Boat to Cairo" and "Bed and Breakfast Man". The first four of these were also included on the version of One Step Beyond... issued as part of the box set The Lot.

The bonus disc contains B-sides as well as all three songs previously only released on the Work Rest and Play EP in April 1980.

A 35th-anniversary edition was released in 2014. It includes 14 of 20 tracks from a 1979 rehearsal tape entitled "Fab Toones" and a DVD featuring videos, Top of the Pops and Old Grey Whistle Test appearances and a BBC documentary.{{cite web|url=https://www.shieldsgazette.com/whats-on/music/album-review-madness-one-step-beyond-35th-anniversary-edition-1-6897462|title=ALBUM REVIEW: Madness – One Step Beyond (35th Anniversary Edition)|website=shieldsgazette.com}}

;Disc 1

;The original album

• The first disc contains the fifteen tracks from the original album plus five promo videos.

;The promo videos:

{{track listing

| headline =

| title1 = The Prince

| title2 = One Step Beyond...

| title3 = Bed and Breakfast Man

| title4 = My Girl

| title5 = Night Boat to Cairo

}}

;Disc 2

;The John Peel Session

{{track listing

| headline =

| title1 = The Prince

| writer1 = Thompson

| length1 = 2:31

| title2 = Bed and Breakfast Man

| writer2 = Barson

| length2 = 3:24

| title3 = Land of Hope & Glory

| writer3 = Thompson

| length3 = 2:42

| title4 = Stepping into Line

| writer4 = {{flat list|

• Hasler
• McPherson
• Foreman

}}

| length4 = 2:38

}}

;The bonus tracks

{{track listing

| headline =

| title5 = One Step Beyond

| note5 = 7" single version

| writer5 = Campbell

| length5 = 2:17

| title6 = My Girl

| note6 = demo version with Mike Barson on vocals

| writer6 = Barson

| length6 = 2:58

| title7 = Mistakes

| note7 = B-side of "One Step Beyond"

| writer7 = {{flat list|

• Hasler
• Barson

}}

| length7 = 2:52

| title8 = Un Paso Adelante

| note8 = "One Step Beyond" Spanish version

| writer8 = Campbell

| length8 = 2:33

| title9 = Nutty Theme

| note9 = B-side of "One Step Beyond" 12"

| writer9 = {{flat list|

• Thompson
• McPherson

}}

| length9 = 2:10

| title10 = My Girl

| note10 = ballad version) (from Flexipop flexi disc

| writer10 = Barson

| length10 = 2:28

| title11 = Stepping into Line

| note11 = B-side of "My Girl"

| writer11 = {{flat list|

• Hasler
• McPherson
• Foreman

}}

| length11 = 2:15

| title12 = Un Passo Avanti

| note12 = "One Step Beyond" Italian version

| writer12 = Campbell

| length12 = 2:22

| title13 = Deceives the Eye

| note13 = Work Rest and Play EP

| writer13 = {{flat list|

• Bedford
• Foreman

}}

| length13 = 2:00

| title14 = The Young and the Old

| note14 = Work Rest and Play EP

| writer14 = {{flat list|

• McPherson
• Barson

}}

| length14 = 2:04

| title15 = Don't Quote Me on That

| note15 = Work Rest and Play EP

| writer15 = {{flat list|

• Smyth
• Barson
• Foreman
• McPherson
• Bedford
• Thompson
• Woodgate

}}

| length15 = 4:31

| title16 = Razor Blade Alley

| note16 = Dance Craze live version

| writer16 = Thompson

| length16 = 2:35

| title17 = Night Boat to Cairo

| note17 = Dance Craze live version

| writer17 = {{flat list|

• McPherson
• Barson

}}

| length17 = 3:12

| title18 = One Step Beyond

| note18 = Dance Craze live version

| writer18 = Campbell

| length18 = 2:53

}}

;Notes

• Tracks 1-4 recorded 14 August 1979 at BBC's Maida Vale Studios.
• Track 6 recorded at Pathway Studios during sessions for 2 Tone single "The Prince".

;Original album

• Contains the fifteen tracks from the original album plus fourteen bonus tracks.

;'Fab Toones!' rehearsal tape, 1979

{{track listing

| headline =

| title16 = Nutty Sounds

| writer16 = {{flat list|

• McPherson
• Thompson
• Bedford
• Foreman

}}

| length16 = 3:13

| title17 = Mistakes

| writer17 = {{flat list|

• Hasler
• Barson

}}

| length17 = 2:53

| title18 = Sunshine Voice

| writer18 = {{flat list|

• Hasler
• Barson

}}

| length18 = 3:32

| title19 = My Girl

| writer19 = Barson

| length19 = 2:50

| title20 = Memories

| writer20 = Foreman

| length20 = 2:31

| title21 = Believe Me

| writer21 = {{flat list|

• McPherson
• Barson

}}

| length21 = 2:39

| title22 = Lost My Head

| writer22 = {{flat list|

• McPherson
• Barson

}}

| length22 = 2:24

| title23 = Razorblade Alley

| writer23 = Thompson

| length23 = 2:33

| title24 = Land of Hope & Glory

| writer24 = Thompson

| length24 = 2:47

| title25 = Mummy's Boy

| writer25 = Bedford

| length25 = 2:21

| title26 = In the Middle of the Night

| writer26 = {{flat list|

• McPherson
• Foreman

}}

| length26 = 2:51

| title27 = You Said

| writer27 = {{flat list|

• McPherson
• Barson

}}

| length27 = 2:21

| title28 = Stepping into Line

| writer28 = {{flat list|

• Hasler
• McPherson
• Foreman

}}

| length28 = 2:29

| title29 = Bed and Breakfast Man

| writer29 = Barson

| length29 = 4:15

}}

• All bonus tracks are previously unreleased and recorded in mono on a portable cassette recorder on 28 April 1979.
• The remaining six tracks from "Fab Toones!" were not included on the CD due to space constraints. However, these tracks were available as downloads.

;Downloads

{{track listing

| headline =

| title30 = Madness

| writer30 = Campbell

| length30 = 2:20

| title31 = My Mates

| writer31 = {{flat list|

• Bedford
• Barson

}}

| length31 = 2:40

| title32 = Shop Around

| writer32 = {{flat list|

• Smokey Robinson
• Berry Gordy

}}

| length32 = 3:01

| title33 = There's Always Something There to Remind Me

| writer33 = {{flat list|

• Burt Bacharach
• Hal David

}}

| length33 = 4:05

| title34 = Swan Lake

| writer34 = {{flat list|

• Tchaikovsky
• arranged by Barson

}}

| length34 = 2:49

| title35 = Rockin' in A♭

| writer35 = Wurlitzer

| length35 = 2:09

}}

• "The Prince" b/w "Madness" (2-Tone single version), August 1979
• "One Step Beyond" (single mix) b/w "Mistakes" on the 7" single, "One Step Beyond" (12" Mix) b/w "Mistakes", "Nutty Theme" on the 12" single, October 1979
• "My Girl" b/w "Stepping into Line" (plus "In the Rain" as an extra track on the UK 12" single), December 1979
• Work Rest and Play EP ("Night Boat to Cairo", "Deceives the Eye", "The Young and the Old" and "Don't Quote Me on That"), March 1980
• "Madness" b/w "Mistakes", US, March 1980
• "Bed and Breakfast Man" b/w "Night Boat to Cairo", Canada, April 1980
• "Tarzan's Nuts" b/w "Night Boat to Cairo" (Stiff 4338), The Netherlands, May 1980
• "Don't Quote Me on That" (4:08 Mix) b/w "Swan Lake", 1980

Five promotional music videos were filmed to promote the singles during the album's release. All of these, with the exception of "The Prince" (which was in fact a Top of the Pops performance only released in the UK and was used the single version for the video) were in rotation on MTV during its first few years. Some of these promo videos were also featured in other music TV outlets, such as Top of the Pops. However, in 2022 Madness released two new videos for the album versions of "The Prince" and "Madness", with footage taken from the 1981 Madness' documentary movie Take It or Leave It.

• Graham "Suggs" McPherson – lead vocals
• Mike Barson – keyboards
• Chris Foreman – guitars
• Mark Bedford – bass
• Lee Thompson – saxophones, backing vocals, lead vocals on tracks 5 and 10
• Dan Woodgate – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Cathal "Chas Smash" Smyth – backing vocals, "various shouts and fancy footwork", lead vocals on tracks 1 and 15

:NOTE: Smyth was not an official member of the band at the time of the album's recording or release. He would formally join Madness only a few weeks after One Step Beyond... was issued in October 1979.

• John Hasler – minder

Technical

• Clive Langer – producer
• Alan Winstanley – producer
• Stiff Records – cover artwork
• Julian Balme – cover artwork
• Eddie King – cover artwork
• Cameron McVey – front cover and band photography
• Chris Gabrin – back cover photography

2009 reissue

• Tim Turan – remastering
• Bob Sargeant – producer on John Peel sessions
• Malcolm Brown – engineer on John Peel sessions
• Bob Jones – engineer on John Peel sessions
• Madness – producer on bonus tracks 6 and 10
• Martin "Cally" Callomon – design, art direction
• Kerstin Rodgers – photography
• Irvine Welsh – liner notes

2014 reissue

• Tim Turan – remastering
• Stevie Chick – liner notes

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