Ian Dury & The Blockheads - The Very Best Of Ian Dury & The Blockheads: Reasons To Be Cheerful

Original Release Date

1999

Release Information

Europe CD 1999 (Papillon/EMI Catalogue - 7243 5 22888 2 3)

1 Reasons To Be Cheerful 4:46
2 Wake Up And Make Love With Me 4:22
3 Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick 3:44
4 Clevor Trever 4:56
5 What A Waste 3:26
6 Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll 3:13
7 This Is What We Find 4:06
8 Itinerant Child 4:46
9 Sweet Gene Vincent 3:33
10 I Want To Be Straight 3:19
11 Blockheads 3:32
12 Mash It Up Harry 4:44
13 There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards 3:03
14 Billericay Dickie 4:16
15 Inbetweenies 5:19
16 Spasticus (Autisticus) 5:11
17 My Old Man 3:39
18 Lullaby For Francis 5:00

Chart Placings

UK Chart Hit: 48, 2 wks

Credits

Blockheads Playing:

Since 1977:
Ian Dury - Vox
Chaz Jankel - Guitars/Keys/Vox
Mickey Gallagher - Keys
John Turnbull - Guitar/Vox
Davey Payne - Saxophones
Norman Watt-Roy - Bass
Charley Charles - Drums

Since 1997:
Steve Monti - Drums

Since 1996:
Gilad Atzmon - Saxophones
Dylan Howe - Drums

Front cover photography by Tom Sheehan
Back cover: Adrian Boot
Inner photographs by Pennie Smith, Jill Furmanovsky, Adrian Boot, Colin Thomas, Barry Plummer, Tom Sheehan, Laurie Lewis, Chris Gabrin, Andy Phillip and Duncan Poundcake
Blockhead logo by Barney Bubbles.

Additional Credits

1: A-Side of Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3 7", released July 1979
2, 4, 9, 11, 14, 17: From New Boots And Panties!! LP, released September 1977
3, 13: Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick 7", released November 1978
5: A-Side of What A Waste! 7", released April 1978
6 : Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll 7", released August 1977
7, 15, 18: From Do It Yourself LP, released May 1979
8, 12: From Mr Love Pants LP, released 1997
10: A-side of I Want To Be Straight 7", released August 1980
16: From Lord Upminster LP, released September 1981

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