Released 5/18/09
Editorial ReviewThe Liberty of Norton Folgate is the ninth album by the British ska band Madness. It will be their ninth studio album. The band have been working on the album for close to three years and it will be their first album of new material since 1999's Wonderful. The band showcased a number of songs from the new album at London's Hackney Empire in June 2008. During a radio interview in January 2008, Suggs stated that "Forever Young" might be a possible future single. A shortened version of the track "The Liberty of Norton Folgate" was made available on Youtube in mid May 2008. In December a boxset of the album was offered for pre-order on the Madness website; those who ordered were entitled to a digital download of the album on December 20th and will receive the boxset in March. Subsequently the twelve tracks issued in the digital download leaked onto the internet on December 25, 2008.
We Are London Forever Young Dust Devil The Liberty of Norton Folgate Sugar and Spice Clerkenwell Polka Bingo Rainbows That Close MK II Idiot Child On The Town