Madhouse (Silver Convention album)

Madhouse
Studio album by Silver Convention
Released	1976
Genre	Disco, pop, girl group, Europop
Producer	Michael Kunze, Sylvester Levay
Silver Convention chronology
Get Up and Boogie (1976) Madhouse (1976) Golden Girls (1977)

Madhouse is a 1976 album by German euro-disco group Silver Convention, which at the time consisted of vocalists Penny McLean, Ramona Wolf and Rhonda Heath, along with producer-songwriters Michael Kunze (aka Stephan Prager) and Sylvester Levay. The album is considered to be "funkier" than their previous releases".^[1] The album proved to be a moderate success, gaining considerable play at disco clubs at the time, but charted lower than Silver Convention's previous two releases, reaching number 65 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, and number 47 on the Billboard Black Albums chart.^[2] The album has since been released on iTunes in several countries.

Track listing

All tracks written by Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay

1. "The World Is a Madhouse"
2. "Plastic People"
3. "I'm Not a Slot Machine"
4. "Fancy Party"
5. "Dancing in the Aisle"
6. "Everybody's Talking 'Bout Love"
7. "Magic Mountain"
8. "Midnight Lady"
9. "Land of Make Believe"
10. "Madhouse (Finale)"

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

"Save Me remains the Silver Convention's most essential album, but Madhouse runs a close second" - Alex Henderson for Allmusic. ^[1]

References

1. Madhouse - Review, allmusic.com
2. Madhouse - Charts & Awards - Billboard Albums, allmusic.com
3. Allmusic review