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"In the Middle of the Night" redirects here. For the novel by Robert Cormier, see In the Middle of the Night (novel)
In the Middle of the Night (novel)

In the Middle of the Night is a Young Adult literature suspense novel by Robert Cormier. It was published in 1995 in literature....
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One Step Beyond... is the 1979 debut album

Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
by the British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
ska

Ska

Ska is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and Calypso music with United States jazz and rhythm and blues....
group Madness

Madness (band)

Madness are an English Pop music/ska band from Camden Town, London, that formed in 1976. As of 2008, the band have continued to perform with their most recognised lineup of seven members, although their lineup has varied slightly over the years....
. It was ranked 90th in a 2005 survey held by British television's Channel 4

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time. The album peaked at number 2 and remained in the British record charts for over a year. One Step Beyond... has a much heavier ska influence than later Madness albums. It was also the first album produced by the team of Clive Langer

Clive Langer

Clive Langer is a United Kingdom record producer active from the mid-1970s onwards. He usually works with Alan Winstanley. He also composed the music for the films Still Crazy and Brothers of the Head....
and Alan Winstanley

Alan Winstanley

Alan Kenneth Winstanley is a United Kingdom record producer active from the mid-1970s onwards. He usually works with Clive Langer....
, who would go on to work with groups such as Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Dexys Midnight Runners

Dexys Midnight Runners

Dexys Midnight Runners are a United Kingdom pop music group with soul music influences, who achieved their major success in the early to mid 1980s....
and They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants is a Grammy Award-winning Music of the United States alternative rock band which began as a duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell, and currently also includes Marty Beller, Dan Miller , and Danny Weinkauf....
, as well as producing all but one of Madness' subsequent albums.

The title track, released as a single, was originally written and recorded by the Jamaican ska

Ska

Prince Buster

Cecil Bustamente Campbell, Order of Distinction , better known as Prince Buster and less known by his muslim name Muhammed Yusef Ali, is a musician from Kingston, Jamaica, Jamaica and regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of ska and rocksteady music....
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