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{{about|the album by Madness|the area after which the album was named|Liberty of Norton Folgate}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Liberty of Norton Folgate
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| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Liberty of Norton Folgate
| type = [[Studio album]]
| single1 = [[NW5]]
| single1date = January 2008
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==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1585403|pure_url=yes}} link]
|rev2=[[BBC]]|rev2Score= (favourable) [https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fdbd link]
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|rev7=''[[The Independent]]''|rev7Score= {{Rating|4|5}} [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-madness-the-liberty-of-norton-folgate-lucky-seven-1689046.html link]
|rev8=''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''|rev8Score= {{Rating|4|5}}
|rev9=''[[musicOMH]]'' |rev9Score={{Rating|4.5|5}} [http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/madness-the-liberty-of-norton-folgate link]
|rev10=''[[PopMatters]]''|rev10Score= {{Rating|9|10}} [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/107307-madness-the-liberty-of-norton-folgate/ link]
|rev11=''[[Rolling Stone]]''|rev11Score= {{Rating|3|5}} [https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/28772704/review/29716077/the_liberty_of_norton_folgate link]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|rev12=''[[Scotland on Sunday]]''|rev12Score= {{Rating|5|5}} [http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/entertainment/Album-review-Madness--The.5272762.jp link]
|rev14=''[[The Times]]'' |rev14Score={{Rating|4|5}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20090521145119/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article6279539.ece link]
|rev15=''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' |rev15Score={{Rating|4|5}} [http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/madness/reviews/13077 link] }}
Critical reception to ''The Liberty of Norton Folgate'' was highly positive, with most critics hailing it as Madness' best album in their thirty-year career. The ''[[Financial Times]]'', in a five-star review, lauded that "[at] a stage of life when they might be endlessly revisiting "[[Our House (Madness song)|Our House]]" and "[[Baggy Trousers]]" on the 1980s nostalgia circuit, the much-loved ska-pop band, 30 years after their debut, have ripped up the form book and delivered a knockout album." The [[BBC]] described it as a "magnificent magnum opus" and "the most sophisticated and satisfying album of their career."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fdbd |title=Michael Quinn: ''A magnificent magnum opus – at last – from Madness.'' (7 May 2009) (retrieved 26 May 2010) |publisher=bbc.co.uk |access-date=4 October 2010}}</ref> ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' and ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' both gave the album four out of five stars, with ''Uncut'' calling the concept album "refreshingly, unexpectedly excellent", and observing that "everything seems to gel – the arrangements are the best ever."<ref>{{cite web |title=Madness – The Liberty Of Norton Folgate |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/madness-the-liberty-of-norton-folgate-6208/ |website=Uncut |access-date=21 April 2023 |date=7 May 2009}}</ref>
Online music magazine ''[[musicOMH]]'' said it "may just be the best thing they have ever recorded" and "it is everything you would expect of Madness and more."
''[[The Word (UK magazine)|The Word]]'' described it as "[[Peter Ackroyd]] writing for [[the Kinks]], it's [[Sherlock Holmes]] in [[EastEnders|Albert Square]], it's a [[Mike Leigh]] movie of ''[[Parklife]]'', it's ''[[Passport To Pimlico]]'' meets [[Brick Lane]], and it is Madness's masterpiece."
 
The album also made 3rd and 9th place, respectively, in the BBC's and ''Mojo'''s "Best albums of 2009" lists (category rock & pop).<ref>{{cite web|author=Mike Diver |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcmusic/2010/01/bbc_musics_best_albums_of_2009.html |title=BBC Music's Best Albums of 2009 |publisher=bbc.co.uk |date=6 January 2010 |access-date=4 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rollogrady.com/mojo-magazine-top-50-albums-of-2009/ |title=MOJO Magazine Top 50 Albums of 2009 |publisher=Rollogrady.com |date=28 November 2009 |access-date=4 October 2010 |archive-date=10 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210032356/http://www.rollogrady.com/mojo-magazine-top-50-albums-of-2009/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
==Track listing==
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==Chart performance==
''The Liberty of Norton Folgate'' reached No. 5 in the UK album charts on 24 May 2009, their highest charting studio album since ''[[7_(Madness_album)|7]]'' in 1981. The album also charted at No. 1 on the UK independent album chart. The album was certified gold in the UK in October 2009.<ref>{{Cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Madness|title=The Liberty Of Norton Folgate |type=album|award=Gold|id=7082-259-2|access-date=July 27, 2021}}</ref>
 
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|align="left"|Belgian Albums Chart (Vl)<ref>{{cite web |title=Madness - The Liberty of Norton Folgate |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/1b12d/Madness-The-Liberty-Of-Norton-Folgate |website=Ultratop.be |access-date=31 May 2021 |language=Dutch}}</ref>
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|align="left"|Belgian Albums Chart (Wa)<ref>{{cite web |title=Madness - The Liberty of Norton Folgate |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/1b12d/Madness-The-Liberty-Of-Norton-Folgate |website=Ultratop.be |access-date=31 May 2021 |language=French}}</ref>
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|align="left"|Dutch Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web |title=Madness - The Liberty of Norton Folgate |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Madness&titel=The+Liberty+Of+Norton+Folgate&cat=a |website=Dutch Charts |access-date=31 May 2021 |language=Dutch}}</ref>
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|align="left"|French Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web |title=Madness - The Liberty of Norton Folgate |url=https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Madness&titel=The+Liberty+Of+Norton+Folgate&cat=a |website=Lescharts.com |access-date=31 May 2021 |language=French}}</ref>
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|align="left"|German Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web |title=Madness - The Liberty of Norton Folgate |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-110893 |website=Offizelle Deutsche Charts |access-date=July 27, 2021 |language=German}}</ref>
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|align="left"|Swedish Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web |title=Madness - The Liberty of Norton Folgate |url=https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Madness&titel=The+Liberty+Of+Norton+Folgate&cat=a |website=swedishcharts.com |access-date=31 May 2021 |language=Swedish}}</ref>
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|align="left"|UK Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web |title=Madness &#124; full Official Chart History |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28003/madness/ |website=Official Charts Company |access-date=27 July 2021}}</ref>
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|align="left"|UK Independent Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20090524/131/ |website=Official Charts Company |access-date=27 July 2021 |date=24 May 2009}}</ref>
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== References ==
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==External links==
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