New Boots and Panties!!

Ian Dury's primary appeal lies in his lyrics, which are remarkably clever sketches of British life delivered with a wry wit. Since Dury's accent is thick and his language dense with local slang, much of these pleasures aren't discernible to casual listeners, leaving the music to stand on its own merits. On his debut album with The Blockheads, New Boots and Panties!!, Dury's music is at its best, and even that is a bizarrely uneven fusion of pub rock, punk rock, and disco. Still, Dury's off-kilter charm and irrepressible energy make the album gel, with the disco pulse of "Wake Up and Make Love With Me" making perfect sense next to the gentle tribute "Sweet Gene Vincent," the roaring punk of "Blockheads," and the revamped music hall of "Billericay Dickie" and "My Old Man."

Repertoire's 1996 CD reissue adds five essential bonus tracks -- "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll," "Razzle in My Pocket," "You're More Than Fair," "England's Glory," "What a Waste" -- that nearly make the disc an essential Ian Dury best-of.

Ripped as indicated from the 1996 CD to FLAC

Ian Dury; New Boots And Panties

1.      Wake Up And Make Love With Me

2.      Sweet Gene Vincent

3.      I’m Partial To You Abracadabra

4.      My Old Man

5.      Billericay Dickie

6.      Clevor Trever

7.      If I Was With A Woman

8.      Blockheads

9.      Plaistow Patricia

10.   Blackmail Man

11.   Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll

12.   Razzle In My Pocket

13.   You’re More Than Fair

14.   England’s Glory (Live)

15.   What A Waste