Ian Dury, like Ray Davies and Paul Weller was a very English talent. The colourful, 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 most of all it was the detailed, poetic way he catalogued English life and the melting pot of musical styles used to do so, from punk to funk to jazz and rock 'n' roll, which left the listener in 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, 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 noughties

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Wake Up
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 (12"version)
13. Don't Ask Me
14. Inbetweenies
15. Superman's Big Sister
16. I Wanna Be Straight
17. Yes & No (Paula)
18. That's Not All
19. Fucking Ada

Disc 2:

1. Bus Drivers Prayer
2. Spasticus Autisticus (live)
3. Really Glad You Came (7")
4. Profoundly In Love With Pandora
5. Peter the Painter
6. Bit Of Kit
7. Poo-Poo In The Prawn
8. Poor Joey
9. Jack Shit George
10. Bed O' Roses No.9
11. Heavy Living
12. Mash it Up Harry
13. Books & Water
14. It Ain't Cool
15. Dance Little Rude Boy