Madness / Theatre of the Absurd presents C’est La Vie deluxe reissue

Madness are reissuing last year’s studio album Theatre of the Absurd presents C’est La Vie as a special four-disc deluxe edition and as a two-CD set.

The Nutty Boys’ 13th studio album was, amazingly, their first UK number one. It is now expanded with five brand new songs from the original studio sessions and seven unreleased live tracks recorded on last year’s tour.

The band’s shop has the deluxe set as an exclusive; it includes a 12-inch Zoetrope vinyl record, two CDs and a flexi-disc, packaged in large format bookset. Interestingly, the Zoetrope vinyl doesn’t feature the album, it hosts the five new tracks. Likewise, the flexidisc features the band’s cover of the Specials ‘Friday Night Saturday Morning’. All six of these songs are on the second CD.

If the deluxe, with its vinyl elements, is more than you need, then a 2CD casebound book edition looks decent and as mentioned above offers all of the audio found in the exclusive deluxe, across the two CDs.

Theatre of the Absurd presents C’est La Vie will be reissued on 28 June 2024, via BMG (was 7 June).

Madness shop highlights

• Exclusive deluxe set (£47)
• 2CD casebound book edition

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Theatre of the Absurd Presents C’est La Vie (Enhanced Edition)

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Tracklisting

C’est La Vie Madness /

• 2CD set
  • CD 1
    1. Prologue: ‘Mr Beckett Sir.’
    2. Theatre of the Absurd
    3. If I Go Mad
    4. Baby Burglar
    5. Act One: ‘Surrounded On All Sides…’
    6. C’est La Vie
    7. What On Earth Is It (You Take Me For?)
    8. Hour of Need
    9. Act Two “the Damsel in Distress…’
    10. Round We Go
    11. Act Three: ‘The Situation Deteriorates…’
    12. Lockdown and Frack Off
    13. Beginners 101
    14. Is There Anybody Out There?
    15. The Law According to Dr. Kippah
    16. Epilogue: “and So Ladies and Gentlemen…’
    17. Run for Your Life
    18. Set Me Free (Let Me Be)
    19. In My Street
    20. Fin.: ‘Ladies and Gentlemen…’
  • CD 2
    1. I’d Do Anything (If I Could)
    2. No Reason
    3. Hello Sun
    4. Long Goodbye
    5. Culture Vulture
    6. Theatre of the Absurd (Live from the C’est La Vie Tour)
    7. C’est La Vie (Live from the C’est La Vie Tour)
    8. Hour of Need (Live from the C’est La Vie Tour)
    9. Round We Go (Live from the C’est La Vie Tour)
    10. Run for Your Life (Live from the C’est La Vie Tour)
    11. In My Street (Live from the C’est La Vie Tour)
    12. Friday Night, Saturday Morning (Live from the C’est La Vie Tour)