Madness - The Liberty Of Norton Folgate (2009)

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The Liberty of Norton Folgate is the upcoming album by the British ska band Madness. It will be their ninth studio album. The band have been working on the album for close to three years and it will be their first album of new material since 1999's Wonderful. After showcasing a number of songs from the new album at London's Hackney Empire in June 2008, it was announced in December 2008 that the official release date of the album will be March 2nd 2009.

During a radio interview in January 2008, Suggs stated that "Forever Young" might be a possible future single. A shortened version of the track "The Liberty of Norton Folgate" was made available on Youtube in mid May 2008. In December a boxset of the album was offered for pre-order on the Madness website; those who ordered were entitled to a digital download of the album on December 20th. Subsequently the entire album leaked onto the internet on December 25, 2008.

Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley are back in the producers chair. Recording sessions also took place in Toe Rag studios in late 2006 with Liam Watson who engineered and mixed Elephant by The White Stripes.