Ian Dury discography

Ian Dury discography
Studio albums11
EPs2
Live albums4
Compilation albums14
Singles30
Video albums3
Box sets4

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

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
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!! 5 13 — 29 — — 7 — 40 168
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
 2 19 59 23 38 12 18 — 8 126
Laughter
  • Released: 28 November 1980
  • Label: Stiff
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • With the Blockheads
 48 27 — — — — — — 29 159
Lord Upminster
  • Released: 14 September 1981
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
 53 44 — — — — — 26 32 —
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

Title Album details
Live! Warts '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

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1] 		AUS
[2] 		NZ
[7]
Jukebox Dury
  • Released: 20 November 1981
  • Label: Stiff
  • Formats: LP, MC
 — 42 20
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 — —
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 — —
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 Me! The 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

Title Album 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

Title Album 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

Title Album 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

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1][13] 		AUS
[2] 		BEL (FL)
[14] 		GER
[4] 		IRE
[15] 		NL
[16] 		NOR
[17] 		NZ
[18] 		SWE
[19] 		US Dance
[20]
"Rough Kids" (as Kilburn and the High Roads) 1974 — — — — — — — — — — Handsome
"Crippled with Nerves" (as Kilburn and the High Roads) 1975 — — — — — — — — — —
"Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" 1977 — — 12 — — 11 — — 12 — Non-album single
"Sweet Gene Vincent" (with the Blockheads) — — — — — — — — — — New Boots and Panties!!
"Wake Up and Make Love with Me" 1978 — — 26 — — 32 — — — —
"What a Waste" (with the Blockheads) 9 — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"Billy Bentley" (as Kilburn and the High Roads featuring Ian Dury) — — — — — — — — — — Wotabunch!
"Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" (with the Blockheads) 1 2 14 22 3 9 7 3 9 79 Non-album single
"Inbetweenies" (with the Blockheads; Continental Europe-only release) 1979 — — — — — — — — — — Do It Yourself
"Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3" (with the Blockheads) 3 65 — — 20 27 — — 24 — Non-album singles
"I Want to Be Straight" (with the Blockheads) 1980 22 18 — — — — — — — —
"Sueperman's Big Sister" (with the Blockheads) 51 90 — — — — — — — — Laughter
"Spasticus Autisticus" 1981 — 50 — — — 48 — — — 32 Lord Upminster
"Funky Disco (Pops)" (Spain and Australia-only release) — — — — — — — — — —
"Ban the Bomb" (New Zealand-only release) 1982 — — — — — — — — — — 4.000 Weeks' Holiday
"Really Glad You Came" 1983 98 — — — — — — — — —
"Very Personal" (with the Music Students) 1984 — — — — — — — — — —
"Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" (with the Blockheads; Paul Hardcastle remix) 1985 55 — — — — — — 28 — — Non-album singles
"Profoundly in Love with Pandora" 45 — — — — — — — — —
"Average" (by Box of Frogs featuring Ian Dury) 1986 — — — — — — — — — — Strange Land (by Box of Frogs)
"Burning Beds Salsa" (with Pia Frankenberg) 1988 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"Apples" 1989 — — — — — — — — — — Apples
"Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" (with the Blockheads; The Flying remix) 1991 73 — — — — — — — — —
"Itinerant Child" (with the Blockheads) 1997 — — — — — — — — — — Mr. Love Pants
"Mash It Up Harry" (with the Blockheads) 1998 — — — — — — — — — —
"Sex & Drugs & Rock'n'Roll" (with the Blockheads; Klubbheads remix) 1999 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album singles
"Y2K the Bug Is Coming" (with Jim's Super Stereoworld and Fuzz Townshend) — — — — — — — — — —
"Drip Fed Fred" (Madness featuring Ian Dury) 2000 55 — — — — — — — — — Wonderful (by Madness)
"Dance Little Rude Boy" (with the Blockheads) 2002 — — — — — 98 — — — — Ten 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

References

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