Madness (Guy Sebastian album)
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| Studio album by Guy Sebastian | ||||
| Released | 21 November 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2014 | |||
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| Label | Sony Music Australia | |||
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Madness is the eighth album from Australian singer-songwriter Guy Sebastian. The album was released on 21 November 2014. It debuted at number six on the ARIA Charts, Sebastian's eighth top ten album in Australia, and has been certified gold. Four top 20 singles have been released from the album: "Like a Drum", "Come Home with Me", "Mama Ain't Proud" featuring 2 Chainz and "Linger" which features Lupe Fiasco. Sebastian was nominated for two ARIA Music Awards in 2014, Best Male Artist for "Come Home with Me" and Song of the Year for "Like a Drum".
Sebastian wrote the songs for Madness with a number of different songwriters, with the exception of "Elephant", "Alive" and "One of Us" which he wrote alone. The album is eclectic, with a mixture of soul, R&B and pop songs. Sebastian said the writing of the album took two years. In an interview with BMag he said "I didn’t go into a cabin in the woods for six weeks and write my album, so there’s not that similar, one vibe on the album – it’s quite diverse." He believes it is his most soulful album, and that he was getting back to his roots of what he likes to listen to and write. Sebastian says the songs touch on the little moments in life, including ordinary moments. "There are a couple about how mundane life can be. You get so caught up in the machine of work, trying to keep up with life, your mortgage and kids, that you get lost in it a little bit."
While three of the singles released from the album have been upbeat pop songs many of the songs have darker themes about relationship problems. In an interview with BuzzFeed Sebastian explained that they are not about himself and his wife, saying, "There’s a lot of songs about relationships coming to an end, and even being in denial of that. Not because of anything to do with my own personal relationships! But I’ve had people who are very close to me go through break-ups, and I’ve sort of watched it the whole way through, and it’s been very close to my heart as of late. It’s really occupied my headspace, and my writing space". Sebastian says his family did influence the album however. Missing out of family life because of the damands of work and constant travelling overseas began to frustrate him. Two songs on the album, "Alive" and "Light and Shade", are about making the most of your life and living in the moment, and are reminders to himself that there needs to be a happy medium between career and family life. In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald Sebastian said juggling his career and family life gave him the inspiration for the title of the album, "I found myself writing in planes and in dressing rooms and while I was rocking my kids to sleep. It was definitely a mad sort of time".
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