Ian Dury discography explained

Artist:Ian Dury
Studio:11
Live:4
Compilation:14
Video:3
Ep:2
Singles:30
1Option:4
1Option Name:Box sets

This is the discography of British musician Ian Dury, including with Kilburn and the High Roads and the Blockheads.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
GER
[4]
NL
[5]
NOR
[6]
NZ
[7]
SPA
[8]
SWE
[9]
US
[10]
Handsome
  • Released: 23 May 1975
  • Label: Dawn
  • Formats: LP
  • As part of Kilburn and the High Roads
New Boots and Panties!!
  • Released: 30 September 1977
  • Label: Stiff
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
51329740168
Wotabunch!
  • Released: October 1978
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • As part of Kilburn and the High Roads
Do It Yourself
  • Released: 18 May 1979
  • Label: Stiff
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
  • With the Blockheads
21959233812188126
  • UK: Gold
Laughter
  • Released: 28 November 1980
  • Label: Stiff
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • With the Blockheads
482729159
  • UK: Silver
Lord Upminster
  • Released: 14 September 1981
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
53442632
4,000 Weeks' Holiday
  • Released: 27 January 1984
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • With the Music Students
54
Apples
  • Released: October 1989
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
The Bus Driver's Prayer & Other Stories
  • Released: 10 November 1992
  • Label: Demon
  • Formats: CD, MC
Mr. Love Pants
  • Released: 29 June 1997
  • Label: CNR Music, Ronnie Harris
  • Formats: CD
  • With the Blockheads
57
Ten More Turnips from the Tip
  • Released: 18 March 2002
  • Label: Ronnie Harris
  • Formats: CD
  • With the Blockheads
60
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
LiveWarts 'n' Audience
  • Released: April 1991
  • Label: Demon
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • With the Blockheads
Straight from the Desk
  • Released: June 2001
  • Label: Blockhead
  • Formats: CD
  • With the Blockheads
Live at Rockpalast 1978
  • Released: 27 July 2012
  • Label: MIG
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • With the Blockheads
Live at the Old Waldorf, San Francisco 1978
  • Released: 15 September 2017
  • Label: Vogon
  • Formats: CD
  • With the Blockheads

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
AUS
NZ
Jukebox Dury
  • Released: 20 November 1981
  • Label: Stiff
  • Formats: LP, MC
4220
  • UK: Silver
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
  • Released: 4 May 1987[12]
  • Label: Demon
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Souled Out to Rock
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, MC
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll: The Best Of
  • Released: 5 May 1992
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD, MC
The Very Best of Ian Dury & the Blockheads – Reasons to Be Cheerful
  • Released: 1 October 1999
  • Label: Papillon/EMI
  • Formats: CD, MC
40
  • UK: Gold
Sex and Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll – Greatest Hits
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Landmark
  • Formats: 2xCD
Reasons to Be Cheerful – The Best of Ian Dury
  • Released: 26 September 2005
  • Label: Music Club Deluxe
  • Formats: 2xCD
80
  • UK: Gold
Essex Boy: An Introduction to Ian Dury
  • Released: September 2006
  • Label: Music Club
  • Formats: CD
The Best of Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
  • Released: 13 November 2007
  • Label: The Great American Music Company
  • Formats: CD
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll - The Essential Collection
  • Released: 5 February 2010
  • Label: DMG TV
  • Formats: CD
51
Greatest
  • Released: 25 May 2015
  • Label: Crimson
  • Formats: CD
What a Waste – The Collection
  • Released: 17 February 2017
  • Label: Music Club Deluxe
  • Formats: CD
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 22 June 2018
  • Label: Demon
  • Formats: LP
Hit MeThe Best of Ian Dury
  • Released: 16 October 2020
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: 3xCD, 2xLP, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

TitleAlbum details
Boxed
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Demon
  • Formats: 3xCD
The Stiff Singles / The Promo Videos / The Peel Session
  • Released: 27 October 2008
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 8xCD+DVD
Classics
  • Released: 25 October 2010
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 5xCD
The Stiff Recordings 1977–1980
  • Released: 11 November 2018
  • Label: Demon
  • Formats: 4xLP

Video albums

TitleAlbum details
Hold On to Your Structure – Live at the Hammersmith Odeon
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: VHS
Rare and Unseen
  • Released: 12 April 2010
  • Label: Wienerworld
  • Formats: DVD
Live at Rockpalast 1978
  • Released: 27 July 2012
  • Label: MIG
  • Formats: DVD

EPs

TitleAlbum details
The Best of Kilburn & the High Roads Featuring Ian Dury
  • Released: November 1977
  • Label: Bonaparte
The Pub Ska EP
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: 2 Stick
  • Limited release

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[13]
AUS
BEL (FL)
[14]
GER
IRE
[15]
NL
[16]
NOR
[17]
NZ
[18]
SWE
[19]
US Dance
[20]
"Rough Kids" (as Kilburn and the High Roads)1974Handsome
"Crippled with Nerves" (as Kilburn and the High Roads)1975
"Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll"1977121112
"Sweet Gene Vincent" (with the Blockheads)New Boots and Panties
"Wake Up and Make Love with Me"19782632
"What a Waste" (with the Blockheads)9
"Billy Bentley" (as Kilburn and the High Roads featuring Ian Dury)Wotabunch!
"Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" (with the Blockheads)1214223973979
"Inbetweenies" (with the Blockheads; Continental Europe-only release)1979Do It Yourself
"Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3" (with the Blockheads)365202724rowspan="2"
"I Want to Be Straight" (with the Blockheads)19802218
"Sueperman's Big Sister" (with the Blockheads)5190Laughter
"Spasticus Autisticus"1981504832Lord Upminster
"Funky Disco (Pops)" (Spain and Australia-only release)
"Ban the Bomb" (New Zealand-only release)19824.000 Weeks' Holiday
"Really Glad You Came"198398
"Very Personal" (with the Music Students)1984
"Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" (with the Blockheads; Paul Hardcastle remix)19855528rowspan="2"
"Profoundly in Love with Pandora"45
"Average" (by Box of Frogs featuring Ian Dury)1986Strange Land (by Box of Frogs)
"Burning Beds Salsa" (with Pia Frankenberg)1988
"Apples"1989Apples
"Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" (with the Blockheads; The Flying remix)199173
"Itinerant Child" (with the Blockheads)1997Mr. Love Pants
"Mash It Up Harry" (with the Blockheads)1998
"Sex & Drugs & Rock'n'Roll" (with the Blockheads; Klubbheads remix)1999rowspan="2"
"Y2K the Bug Is Coming" (with Jim's Super Stereoworld and Fuzz Townshend)
"Drip Fed Fred" (Madness featuring Ian Dury)200055Wonderful (by Madness)
"Dance Little Rude Boy" (with the Blockheads)200298Ten More Turnips from the Tip
"One Love" (with the Blockheads)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ian Dury full Official Chart History Official Charts Company. 2022-02-05. www.officialcharts.com.
  2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian)

    . Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. illustrated. St Ives, N.S.W.. 98. David Kent (historian).

  3. Web site: 2013-07-17. Image : RPM Weekly. 2022-02-06. www.bac-lac.gc.ca.
  4. Web site: Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts. 2022-02-05. www.offiziellecharts.de.
  5. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl. 2022-02-05. dutchcharts.nl.
  6. Web site: norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal. 2022-02-05. norwegiancharts.com.
  7. Web site: charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal. 2022-02-05. charts.nz.
  8. Book: Salaverri, Fernando. Sólo éxitos 1959–2012. 2015. Fundación Autor-SGAE. 978-84-8048-866-2. 1st. Spain.
  9. Web site: swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal. 2022-02-05. swedishcharts.com.
  10. Ian Dury and the Blockheads. 2022-02-05. Billboard. en-US.
  11. United Kingdom. Ian Dury. 6 February 2022.
  12. 9 May 1987. Demon Records – May 4th releases. Music Week. 23. 5 February 2022.
  13. Web site: IAN & THE BLOCKHEADS full Official Chart History Official Charts Company. 2022-02-06. www.officialcharts.com.
  14. Web site: ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS. 2022-02-06. www.ultratop.be.
  15. Web site: The Irish Charts - All there is to know. 2022-02-06. irishcharts.ie.
  16. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl. 2022-02-06. dutchcharts.nl.
  17. Web site: norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal. 2022-02-06. norwegiancharts.com.
  18. Web site: charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal. 2022-02-06. charts.nz.
  19. Web site: swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal. 2022-02-06. swedishcharts.com.
  20. Ian Dury and the Blockheads. 2022-02-06. Billboard. en-US.