A Little Madness to Be Free

A Little Madness to Be Free
Studio album by The Saints
Released July 1984
Recorded A Studio Sydney, Australia. Additional recording at Richmond Recorders Melbourne, Australia. Mixed at Alberts Studio Sydney, Australia
Genre Alternative rock, post-punk
Label Lost (France)
RCA (Australian 1984)
Mushroom Records (Australian 1989 Reissue)
Producer Lurax Debris (Chris Bailey)
The Saints chronology
I Thought This Was Love, But This Ain't Casablanca
(1982)		 A Little Madness to Be Free
(1984)		 All Fools Day
(1986)
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A Little Madness to Be Free was the sixth album to be released by Australian band The Saints. This time around, frontman Chris Bailey persuaded original members, Kim Bradshaw (bass) and Ivor Hay (drums), to rejoin the band. On the album tour, the bass player was ex-The Birthday Party man Tracy Pew.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Chris Bailey

The Australian version

  1. "Ghost Ships" – 3:41
  2. "Some One to Tell Me" – 2:48
  3. "Down the Drain" – 2:28
  4. "It's Only Time" – 3:26
  5. "Imagination" – 3:00
  6. "Wrapped Up and Blue" – 3:35
  7. "Walk Away" – 3:00
  8. "Photograph" – 3:56
  9. "The Hour" – 5:43
  10. "Angel" – 3:34

The 'New Rose' version

The French 'New Rose' release included an extra track "Heavy Metal" and an alternate track listing omitting "Wrapped Up and Blue".

  1. "Down the Drain"
  2. "Walk Away"
  3. "Photograph"
  4. "The Hour"
  5. "Angels"
  6. "Imagination"
  7. "Only Time"
  8. "Someone to Tell Me"
  9. "Heavy Metal"
  10. "Ghost Ships"

Personnel

  • Performers - Chris Bailey, Alex Hamilton, Chris Burnham, Emile Kiss, Fiona Morphett, Iain Shedden, Ivor Hay, Janine Hall, Michael Charles, Pearl Bayly, Richard Daniell, Sally Schinckel-Brown
  • Engineers – Tony Cohen and David Hemmings
  • Executive producers - Neville Bicci Henderson and Paul Comrie-Thompson
  • Photography - Bob King

Trivia

The title of the album is a reference to the quote "A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free," by Kazantzakis.

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