''Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da'' is the tenth studio album by the British band

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, released on their own

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label through

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in the United Kingdom on 29 October 2012 and in the United States on 13 November 2012. The album does not feature founding member and bassist

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, who was on hiatus from the band at the time. The album cover is by Peter Blake and features rejected titles for the album crossed out. The album was preceded by a 'teaser' song, "Death of a Rude Boy", available as a digital download from 12 August 2012 (along with a remix by

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). ''Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da'' debuted at number No. 10 in the

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on 4 November 2012, becoming Madness' seventh studio album out of ten to reach the top 10 in the UK. It received favourable reviews in '' Q'', ''

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'' and London evening newspaper ''

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'' amongst others, the notable exception being a poor review in the ''

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''.

Critical reception

The review aggregating website

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gave ''Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da'' a "generally favorable" rating of 71% based on eight reviews. Among the most positive reviews were those from

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and ''

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'', giving the album 4 stars out of 5. AllMusic called the album a "mini latter-day gem," while ''Metro'' wrote, "If you wondered if this could be a classic Madness album, the answer's in the affirmative." AllMusic described the album as a "clever and confident collection of savvy pop and

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, tunes that are effervescently melodic, lyrically nimble, and giddy with their dexterity." Rating it 3 stars out of 5, the ''

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'' called it a "rather good new album" that "may lack a little of the energy of the early albums." The Punknews.org website gave it 3½ stars out of 5, writing that it is "a perfect example of the band's ability to mix a wide array of styles held together by ska and

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rhythms." They added, "''Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da'' isn't a perfect Madness album, but it is indeed a solid and fun listen." In a 1-star review in the ''

'', the reviewer felt that Madness is "half-arseing" their way through "a thick slurry of clod-hopping ska-by-numbers," and that it is "time to hang it up for good."

Singles

The first single from the album – "My Girl 2" – was released in September 2012. "Never Knew Your Name" was the second single off the album, released in January 2013. It became their biggest

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hit since 1999's Top 10 hit "Lovestruck", reaching the UK Airplay Chart Top 25 and No. 88 in the

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. After the song was performed on ''

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'' on 19 January, the album re-entered the UK Album Top 75 at No. 16 on 27 January. On 22 February 2013,

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Chris Evans played "How Can I Tell You", the third single from the album, during his ''

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'' on which lead singer

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was his guest. The single was released on Monday 8 April on iTunes with an extra live version and a demo version by second singer

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. The fourth single off the album – "Misery" – was released in July 2013.

Deluxe 3-CD version

Guitar player

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mentioned a planned box set version of the album, expected to be released in May 2013. On 28 February 2013, it was revealed that the album would be re-released in a deluxe version, with an extra CD containing 20 songs, including various original tracks not included on the album, a series of band demos and remixes and a

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cover. This second CD's demo versions do not all feature Suggs on vocals, with "Black and Blue", "My Girl 2" and "Never Knew Your Name" having

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on vocals, "Death of a Rude Boy", "Misery" and "So Alive" featuring

, and "Rules of Deolali" and "Check Mate La Luna" being instrumentals. The final demo, "I Got You (Kitchen Floor)" features

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's brother Nick on vocals and a variety of instruments instead of regular band members. A DVD of the band's performance of the album at the

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"House of Fun" Weekender from 2011, along with a live CD of the following year's gig is also included. The latter CD also features Foreman's karaoke version of the

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". The deluxe version features new artwork, featuring the band in various fancy dress costumes representing the different rejected titles for the album, in a similar vein to the cover of their ''

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'' album from 1982.

Track listing

*Note that tracks 12-14 appear on all versions of the album, but are nonetheless promoted as bonus tracks.

2013 deluxe edition

;Disc 1 – Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da *The first disc contains the fourteen tracks from the original album. ;Disc 2 – Bonus tracks + ;Disc 3 – Live from the House of Fun Weekender November 23rd 2012 *Recorded live at

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, England. ;DVD disc 4 – Live from the House of Fun Weekender November 25th 2011 *Filmed live at Butlin's Minehead, Minehead, Somerset, England.

Chart positions

Certifications and sales

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. ;Madness * Graham "Suggs" McPherson *

* Lee Thompson *

;Additional personnel *

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– Graham Bush *

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– Mike Kearsey, Joe Auckland, Steve Turner *

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–

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(2, 4, 11, 13, 14), Lenny Edwards (5, 6, 8, 9), Spider L (1) *

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– Charlie Andrew (7, 10, 14), James Porter (6, 9), Chris Schrier (6, 9), Frank Marshall (6, 9), Bob Walker (6, 9), Vanessa Contenay-Quinones (12, 14), Siobhan Fitzpatrick (10), Spider L (1),

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(3),

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(3) *

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– Brad Magers (3), Keith Douglas (3), Joe Auckland (10) *

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– Joby Ford (3) * Guitar andjarana – Ray Suen (3) * Guitarron – Vincent Hidalgo (3) * Cocktail drum kit –

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(3) *

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– Seamus Beaghen (11) * Programming – Daniel Woodgate (10) *

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– Kirsty Mangan (5, 8, 10),

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(5, 8), Ellie Fagg (5, 8), Vicky Lyon (5, 8), Martin Lissola (5, 8), Amyn Merchant (7, 12), David Juritz (7, 12), Julian Leaper (7, 12), Yuri Kalnits (7, 12), Kerenza Peacock (2), Hayley Pomfrett (2), Jenny Sacha (2), Deborah Widdup (2), Anna Croad (2), Ray Suen *

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–

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(5, 8), Nick Barr (5, 8), Garfield Jackson (7, 12), Jon Thorn (7, 12), Emma Owens (2), Simon Tandree (2) *

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– Rachael Lander (5, 8), Nick Cooper (7, 12), Tim Gill (7, 12), Rosie Danvers (2) *

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– Camilla Pay (2) * Brass arrangements – Madness, Mike Kearsey * String arrangements – Daniel Woodgate (5, 7, 8), Mike Kearsey (5, 8),

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(12), Rosie Danvers (2), Kirsty Mangan (7), Mike Barson (5) * Mariachi trumpet and string arrangements – William V. Malpede, John Avila (3) * Strings conductor – Mike Kearsey (5, 8), Simon Hale (7, 12) ;Technical personnel *

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– mixing (1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 11) * Charlie Andrew –

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(2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11) *

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– vocal production (3) * Peter Blake –

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* Tony McGee –

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* Luke Insect –

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;Deluxe edition *

– bass (2, 5) * Baluji Shrivastav –

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(2) * Mike Kearsey, Joe Auckland, Steve Turner, Steve Hamilton – brass (3-9) * Simon Hale, Julian Leaper, Amyn Merchant – string arrangements and conductors (11) * Nick Woodgate –

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, guitar (15) * Daniel Woodgate –

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, programming (15) * Michael McEvoy – bass (15) * Charlie Brown, Sali-Wyn Ryan, Sarah Chapman, Nerys Richards – strings (15) * Charlie Andrew – pre-production and additional

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(2, 9), mixing (8) * Louis Henry Sarmiento II – additional tracking (2) * Anthony Leung – mixing (3-7, 10, 11), additional tracking (3, 4, 6, 7, 10),

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(5), additional recording (11), mixing (disc 3) * Madness – mixing, recording (5) *

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– mixing (8) * John Avila – additional tracking (9) * Peter Miles – audio mixing (DVD) * John Davies – mastering * Peter Blake – album title text * Paul Agar – design, layout *

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– photography

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2012 albums Madness (band) albums Lucky 7 Records albums Albums produced by Clive Langer Albums produced by Stephen Street Albums produced by Owen Morris Albums with cover art by Peter Blake (artist)