Sex & Drugs & Rock N Roll: Best of

Ian Dury & The Blockheads | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 28, 1992)
• Original Release Date: April 28, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000032DA
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,727 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

2. Razzle In My Pocket (A True Story)

3. Wake Up And Make Love With Me

4. Sweet Gene Vincent

5. Billericay Dickie

6. Clevor Trever

7. Blockheads

8. You're More Than Fair

9. What A Waste!

10. Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

11. There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards

12. Inbetweenies

13. Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3

14. Common As Muck

15. I Want To Be Straight

16. That's Not All

17. Superman's Big Sister

18. You'll See Glimpses

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars He'll be missed!, March 29, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Sex & Drugs & Rock N Roll: Best of (Audio CD)

Aw, now this just isn't fair, Ian Dury dying. Here's one guy from the "new wave" days who was provocative, but in the way that British music hall "bawdy ditties" or Benny Hill were provocative. Naughty, but with a lot of humor and heart. This compilation only scratches the surface ("Dance Of The Crackpots" and "Spasticus Autisticus" are two songs that really should've been included), but you get everything else that made Dury great, including "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick," "Billerickie Dickie," "Superman's Big Sister" and---what else?---"Sex & Drugs & Rock 'N Roll, " a major anthem of the past century. Ta, mate, you'll be missed!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sly lyricist with a calculatedly common touch, July 23, 2000

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This review is from: Sex & Drugs & Rock N Roll: Best of (Audio CD)

Ian Dury wrote lyrics that told stories about British life (in particular, Cockney life). He was a songwriting genius, although his insistence on avoiding pretensions and affecting a common touch tended to deprive him of serious recognition as a lyricist. In addition he put together a tight band of good musicians, sometimes funk-flavored, sometimes barely noticeable behind the stories told in Dury's songs. He was a brilliant man who died too soon. This collection of his few British hits includes some B-sides, which are especially memorable and may be unfamiliar to the US audience. There is relatively little overlap between this CD and Dury's various albums; and his later work (which was musically disappointing) is not represented.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, clever lyrics with good melodies, June 20, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Sex & Drugs & Rock N Roll: Best of (Audio CD)

I first became aware of Ian Dury in the early 80s. His music was often played in the NY discos, with "Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3" probably the most popular. But this is not just disco music, it's good rock with very funny lyrics, such as the ones on "...Clever Bastards" which include comments on Noel Coward and Albert Einstein. In summary, good and FUNNY rock.