Following the release in 2025 of the complete ‘Too Nutty To Be Naughty’ career encompassing CD boxset and the accompanying vinyl album reissue campaign, Demon now proudly present a brand new 2CD collection showcasing the very best of Ian Dury throughout his incredible career.
With 35 tracks across 2 CDs this collection features the biggest hits, most streamed tracks and captures the period from 1974 with his early Kilburn and the High Roads single ‘Rough Kids’ all the way through to the posthumously released singles from 2002 ‘One Love’ and ‘Dance Little Rude Boy’.
Featuring the Number 1 single ‘Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick’ and the Top 3 follow up ‘Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 3)’, this collection includes key songs from the seminal album ‘New Boots and Panties!!’, classic singles including ‘What A Waste’ and non album tracks such as ‘There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards’ as well as Ian’s final chart foray featuring on the Madness single ‘Drip Fed Fred’ which they asked him to appear on.
Featuring tracks from every Ian Dury studio album this collection is a fantastic entry point into an incredible career including his classic studio works as a solo artist as well as with bands The Blockheads and The Music Students.
This collection takes you on an exhilarating musical journey that travelled through pub rock, punk, rock ‘n’ roll, jazz and R&B, spoken word poetry, ska and just about all points in-between.
These songs showcase his innate genius for lyric writing, with songs at turns, political, confrontational, tender, witty, wry, poetic and occasionally downright hilarious – all having a huge impact and influence on music fans and artists alike.
Tracklisting
CD1:
1. Ian Dury - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
2. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 3)
3. Ian Dury - Wake Up And Make Love With Me
4. Ian Dury - Billericay Dickie
5. Ian Dury - Sweet Gene Vincent
6. Ian Dury - Blockheads
7. Ian Dury - My Old Man
8. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - What A Waste
9. Kilburn and the High Roads - Rough Kids (Single Mix)
10. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Inbetweenies
11. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Sink My Boats
12. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - I Want To Be Straight
13. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Sueperman's Big Sister
14. Ian Dury - Funky Disco (Pops)
15. Ian Dury and The Music Students - Really Glad You Came
16. Ian Dury - Profoundly in Love with Pandora
17. Ian Dury - Apples
18. Ian Dury - Love Is All
CD2:
1. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
2. Ian Dury - I'm Partial to Your Abracadabra
3. Ian Dury - Spasticus Autisticus
4. Ian Dury - Clevor Trever
5. Ian Dury - Plaistow Patricia
6. Ian Dury - If I Was with a Woman
7. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards
8. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Fucking Ada
9. Ian Dury and The Music Students - You're My Inspiration
10. Ian Dury - The Bus Driver's Prayer
11. Ian Dury - Poo-Poo in the Prawn
12. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Itinerant Child
13. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Mash It Up Harry
14. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Jack Shit George
15. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Dance Little Rude Boy
16. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - One Love
17. Madness featuring Ian Dury - Drip Fed Fred (The Conspiracy Mix)
