In 1981, after a string of Top Ten singles and two smash hit albums, Madness took to the silver screen. Yet while a group nicknamed the Nutty Boys might have been expected to indulge in the knockabout japes of ’A Hard Day’s Night’ or ’Help!’ like The Beatles years before, ’Take It Or Leave It’ was a grittier, less glossy version of the events that led to them becoming one of Britain’s most cherished bands. 

The film provides a brilliant snapshot of late 1970s London, as well as a virtual tour of the venues that Madness played as they rose to fame to become the biggest selling singles band of the 1980s in the UK.
 
The accompanying CD soundtrack album provides an interesting perspective on the band’s early work and features 26 songs including singles, b-sides and album tracks.

CD - Film Soundtrack

01.  Don't Quote Me On That
02.  The Business
03.  I'm Walkin' - Fat's Domino
04.  On The Beat Pete
05.  Don't Look Back
06.  Reach Out I'll Be There - The Four Tops
07.  Embarrassment
08.  Mistakes
09.  That's The Way To Do It
10.  Rocking In Ab
11.  Day On The Town
12.  Swan Lake
13.  In The Middle Of The Night
14.  Razor Blade Alley
15.  Madness
16.  Steppin' Into Line
17.  Night Boat To Cairo
18.  Sign Of the Times
19.  Solid Gone
20.  One Step Beyond…
21.  Bed & Breakfast Man
22.  The Prince
23.  Baggy Trousers
24.  Grey Day
25.  My Girl
26.  Take It Or Leave It

DVD - The Chapters
01.  Opening Credits
02.  Camden Town, 1976
03.  Lee
04.  Mike and Chris
05.  Suggs
06.  The Invaders’ First Apprearance June 1977
07.  Carl
08.  Mark And Woody
09.  "Maybe we should join another band"
10.  Plastered
11.  "Let’s have some fun tonight"
12.  Acklam Hall, November 1978
13.  The Nutty Sound
14.  The Dublin Castle
15.  Pathway Recording Studios
16.  End Credits