Madness, Money & Music

Madness, Money & Music
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1982
GenrePop, rock
Length44.26 (UK)
38.31 (US)
LabelEMI
ProducerChristopher Neil
Sheena Easton chronology
You Could Have Been with Me
(1981)
Madness, Money & Music
(1982)
Best Kept Secret
(1983)
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Madness, Money & Music is the third album by singer Sheena Easton. It was released in 1982 and produced by Christopher Neil. The album includes the singles "I Wouldn't Beg for Water" (US number 64) and "Machinery" (US number 57, UK number 38), as well as the UK single "Are You Man Enough" and Dutch hit "Ice Out In The Rain" (Holland number 21).

The album featured an early recording of the song "Wind Beneath My Wings", which would later be famously covered by Bette Midler amongst others. It also included the first recording of "You Do It", subsequently recorded by Diana Ross and Rita Coolidge, and a cover of Janis Ian's classic "In the Winter".

The album was one of Easton's lower-charting efforts, reaching number 85 in the United States and number 44 in the UK, but was more successful in Scandinavia and went Gold in Canada. Easton promoted the album by way of an hour-long special Sheena Easton... Act One, produced for American television and syndicated worldwide, during which she performed a number of songs from the album and embarked on her first world tour.

On 22 September 2023, the album was remastered and re-released as a two-disc Deluxe Edition by Cherry Red Records including five previously unreleased bonus tracks from the sessions and the first official DVD release of the Act One TV special and 3 promotional videos from the album.