With their previous album The Liberty Of Norton Folgate (2009) Madness was suddenly charged with positive reviews. As if critics suddenly found out that this party band had more to offer. Successor Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da is just another old-fashioned party record, but still sounds very different from the 'old' Madness. In addition to a skarhythm, the group just as easily uses disco or Latin. It
… seems as if the group sees it as its duty to always keep smiling: 'If you keep misery as your company you might as well be dead' is the chorus of Misery, which is mainly a call to play as often as possible with a smile on your face walking around. With albums like Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da that is not that difficult either: Madness sounds just as lively as in their golden eighties. (PdK)more
