When I was a lad I KNEW that unless you were playing in Weather Report, Lizzy, Floyd or Purple then .......... yeah.......... not really worth the effort.
I knew for a fact that Madness were a bunch of clueless chancers who were clearly just there for the Craic.
As I have realised in many aspects of my life, I was wrong.
What did I know? Not enough, clearly. I have even read Suggs's autobiogrpahy and it was all "yeah, the lads were learning how to play as we went, we made it all up etc etc". That is clealry a narrative and not the truth.
What there is, is a set of really well crafted songs with solid playing and good production values.
There must be tons of good stuff I have missed over the years.