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Reasons To Be Cheerful: Best Of (Can)
Artist:
Ian Dury
Format: CD
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Formats and Editions
1. Wake Up (CD01)
2. Sex ; Drugs ; Rock ; Roll
3. Sweet Gene Vincent
4. My Old Man
5. What a Waste
6. Razzle in My Pocket
7. Rough Kids (Kilburn ; the High RDS)
8. The Roadette Song (Kilburn ; the High RDS)
9. Pam's Moods (Kilburn ; the High RDS)
10. Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick
11. There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards
12. Reasons to Be Cheerful Part 3 (12In. Version)
13. Don't Ask Me
14. Lnbetweenies
15. Superman's Big Sister
16. I Wanna Be Straight
17. Yes ; No (Paula)
18. That's Not All
19. Fucking Ada
20. Bus Drivers Prayer (CD02)
21. Spasticus Autisticus (Live)
22. Really Glad You Came (7In.)
23. Profoundly in Love with Pandora
24. Peter the Painter
25. Bit of Kit
26. Poo-Poo in the Prawn
27. Poor Joey
28. Jack Shit George
29. Bed 0' Roses No.9
30. Heavy Living
31. Mash It Up Harry
32. Books ; Water
33. It Ain't Cool
34. Dance Little Rude Boy
35. Plaistow Patricia
36. If I Was with a Woman
37. Inbetweenies
38. O'Donegal
39. Poo-Poo in the Prawn
40. D'orine the Cow
More Info:
Ian Dury, like Ray Davies and Paul Weller was a very English talent. The colorful, metropolis-inhabiting characters like Billericay Dickie or Plaistow Patricia he sung about, and the ever so cockney music hall accent he chose to sing in, were a big part of that. But mostly, it was the detailed, poetic way he cataloged English life and the melting pot of musical styles he used to do so, from punk and funk to jazz and rock'n'roll, which left no doubt that Dury's work could only come from one place: The very heart of England. So few were surprised when after his death Sir Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams, Madness and more all lined up to pay their respects with cover versions of some of his best loved songs. You'll find plenty of them here, in their original versions, culled from his entire career from the mid-'70s with pub rockers Kilburn & the High Roads through the golden years with the majestic Blockheads right up to the last studio recordings at the start of the '90s. 2 CD set is comprised of 34 tracks. Music Club. 2005.
