The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1

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The Dangermen Sessions, Vol. 1 is a cover album by the British ska band Madness. It was released in 2005 (see 2005 in music).

Track listing

1. "This Is Where"
2. "Girl, Why Don't You?"
3. "Shame & Scandal"
4. "I Chase the Devil A.K.A. Ironshirt"
5. "Taller Than You Are"
6. "You Keep Me Hanging On"
7. "Dangerman A.K.A. High Wire"
8. "Israelites"
9. "John Jones"
10. "Lola"
11. "You'll Lose a Good Thing"
12. "Rain"
13. "So Much Trouble in the World"

Notes/trivia

• "Girl, Why Don't You?", originally performed by Prince Buster
• "Shame & Scandal", originally performed by Sir Lancelot as "Scandal in the Family"
• "I Chase the Devil", originally performed by Max Romeo
• "Taller Than You Are", originally performed by Lord Tanamo
• "You Keep Me Hanging On", written by Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriter team and originally performed by The Supremes
• "Dangerman A.K.A. High Wire" is a version of theme song to British television series Danger Man, originally performed by Bob Leaper & His Orchestra
• "Israelites" and "John Jones", originally performed by Desmond Dekker & The Aces
• "Lola", originally performed by The Kinks
• "You'll Lose a Good Thing", originally performed by Barbara Lynn
• "Rain", originally performed by José Feliciano
• "So Much Trouble in the World", originally performed by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Personnel

• Suggs – lead vocals
• Mike Barson – keyboards
• Chris Foreman – guitar
• Mark Bedford – bass guitar
• Lee Thompson – saxophones
• Daniel Woodgate – drums
• Chas Smash – backing vocals
• Steve Dub – synthesizer, programming, drums, backing vocals, production, mixing, engineering
• Simon Wilcox – trumpet
• Dennis Bovell – timbales, production
• Patrick Kiernan – violin
• Boguslaw Kostecki – violin
• Julian Leaper – violin
• Perry Mason – violin
• Jackie Shave – violin
• Chris Tombling – violin
• Gavyn Wright – violin
• Warren Zielinski – violin
• Ellie Hajee – backing vocals
• Janet Kay – backing vocals
• David Bedford – string arrangements, musical direction
• Isobel Griffiths – string contraction
• Ingo Vauk – programming
• Joe Auckland – engineering
• Steve Masters – engineering
• Jason Olliffe – engineering
• Ben Thackeray – engineering
• Steve Turner – engineering
• Jill Furmanovsky – photography
• Tony McGee – photography