The Three Pyramids Club

The Three Pyramids Club
Studio album by Suggs
Released September 7, 1998
Recorded 1998
Genre Ska/Pop
Length 38:19
Label Warner Music
Producer Steve Lironi
Suggs chronology
The Lone Ranger
(1995)
The Three Pyramids Club
(1998)
The Platinum Collection
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

The Three Pyramids Club is the second solo studio album by a British singer Suggs known from second wave ska band Madness. It was released in 1998 and reached no. 82 on the UK album chart (see 1998 in music), lasting within the Top 100 for one week.[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Lironi and Graham McPherson unless noted.

  1. "I Am" – 4:06 (Nick Feldman, McPherson)
  2. "So Tired" – 4:34
  3. "Straight Banana" – 4:07
  4. "Invisible Man" – 3:18 (Mike Connaris, Boo Hewerdine, McPherson)
  5. "Sing" – 3:54
  6. "Girl" – 3:40
  7. "The Greatest Show on Earth" – 3:59
  8. "Our Man" – 3:36
  9. "On Drifting Sand" – 3:37
  10. "The Three Pyramids Club" – 3:25

Chart performance

Chart (1998) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[3] 82

Reception

NME were unimpressed by the album which they rated 5/10 commenting "the music swings drunkenly from the vaudeville cheesiness of 'Straight Banana' to the rinky-dink cod-ragtime of 'Our Man', with Suggs out front like some Cockney karaoke king."[4]

Evan Cater of AllMusic said the album was "far more ambitious" than Suggs debut solo album, featuring "buoyantly energetic ska-pop". Cater was critical of "Suggs' regrettable predilection for cheesy female background singers and the eye-rolling stupidity of lyrics like "oh, girl, you got me in a whirl." but despite this noted that the album was "more consistent than the debut, and is not without variety." The review concluded by stating: "A must-have for Madness collectors, The Three Pyramids Club should also appeal to the new generation of ska fans."[5]

Personnel

References

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