The Comforts of Madness is the debut studio album by English alternative rock band Pale Saints.

[4] On 17 January 2020, 4AD released a remastered and expanded reissue of the album for its 30th anniversary.

[5][6] Reviewing The Comforts of Madness for NME, Simon Williams praised the album as an "unnervingly multi-dimensional collage of melody and friction" with "at least eight Great Pop Tunes, all hooklines and absolutely no stinkers.

[14] In 2016, Pitchfork ranked The Comforts of Madness at number 21 on its list of the 50 best shoegaze albums of all time.

[1] All tracks are written by Pale Saints (Chris Cooper, Ian Masters, and Graeme Naysmith), except where notedCredits are adapted from the album's liner notes.