It was the soundtrack to his shortlived stageshow of same name though it was recorded before the show opened. Ian dury biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. All the singles and albums of ian dury, peak chart positions, career stats, weekbyweek chart runs and latest news. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Ian dury 19422000 was an english singer, songwriter, and bandleader. He was the lead singer of ian dury and the blockheads and before that of. It was recorded over a period of one month at compass point studios in nassau, bahamas with his old writing partner chas jankel and the reggae duo sly and robbie. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. The stiff singles, the promo videos, the peel session kilburn and the high roads ian dury and the blockheads. It was also the last studio album he made with the blockheads, until 1998s mr. The colorful, metropolis inhabiting characters like billericay dickie or plaistow patricia he sung about and the ever so cockney music hall accent he chose to sing in were a big part of that.
The backing band of the legendary ian dury, the blockheads were formed in 1977 to back up and promote dury on tour for his new boots and panties album. Love pants, though a live album warts n audience was produced in 1991. Following the failure of lord upminster, dury quietly backed away from a recording career and began to concentrate on acting. Born may 12, 1942 in harrow, middlesex, england died of cancer in march 27, 2000, upminster, london, england his son baxter dury is also a musician. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. Your eyes are focused on a screen of your own choosing your mind is busy with distractions of its own my imminent departure is the flavour of the. With so many great tracks like hit me with your rhythm stick, i want to be straight and mash it up harry, this album gives the all the best of ian dury and the blockheads from all across their works and listening to it should give you a reason to be cheerful. Ian dury lord upminster remastered ian dury reasons to be cheerful cd 1. Ian robins dury 12 may 1942 27 march 2000 was an english singersongwriter and actor who rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and new wave era of rock music.
Find ian dury discography, albums and singles on allmusic. The body song this song is by ian dury and appears on the album lord upminster 1981. Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps. It is also the first dury album distributed by polydor. A scathing attack on the uks year of the disabling campaign, its one of the angriest, wittiest tracks ever put to vinyl.
Ian dury and the blockheads 1999 live at ronnie scotts full duration. Live stiffs live 1978 greatest hits lp, fameemi 1981 essex boy. Ian robins dury 12 may 1942 27 march 2000 was an english rock and roll singersongwriter, bandleader, artist, and actor who first rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and new wave era of rock music. Wake up and make love with me the song text is absent explore album. And i hope this letter will make things better, i hope. And on this expanded version of lord upminster a further cover version has been unearthed. Internationally obscure, loved by musicians, all around wonderful songwriter from the uk. Ian dury performed solo for much of his career, but had earlier fronted kilburn and the high roads. For more information on the awesomeness of ian dury and spasticus, watch this video. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. Dear bonbon, your chicken lies dead in the fridge, dear porky, i ache for your touch, dear dishy, ill meet you on battersea bridge, dear bonny, come back to our hutch. Deluxe eight 180gm vinyl lp box containing all eight of ian dury s studio albums. The song originally appeared on durys 1981 album lord upminster, which you can download right here its.
When ian dury left stiff records, he also left the blockheads behind, recording lord upminster with reggae superstars robbie shakespeare and sly dunbar as producers. Choose from piano sheet music for such popular songs as hit me with your rhythm stick, sex and drugs and rock and roll, and wake up and make love with me. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. Ian dury, who has died of cancer aged 57, was one of few true originals of the english music scene, the only man to successfully combine the energy and excitement of. Lord upminster turned out to be a set of uninspired funk that lacks the joyful energy of his three previous records. Ian dury full official chart history official charts. Shop vinyl and cds and complete your ian dury collection. Ian dury the studio albums collection releases discogs. Ian dury profoundly in love with pandora album flac download.
He was the lead singer of ian dury and the blockheads and before that of kilburn and the high roads. Download wake up and make love with me mp3 new boots. If youve got to go away dont go far on lord upminster ian dury added to his specific rock sound some new wave aura and gave his tribute to fashionable reggae and dub. All albums by ian dury available to download and stream in high quality. Choose from strings sheet music for such popular songs as hit me with your rhythm stick, wake up and make love with me, and i want to be straight. Shop our newest and most popular ian dury sheet music such as hit me with your rhythm stick. If you like ian dury and the blockheads this album is a must. Ian dury, like ray davies and paul weller, was a very english talent.