Do It Yourself

by Ian Dury & The Blockheads

Do It Yourself cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 May 1979
  • Label: Stiff
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 2:17:53
  • Community rating: 3.16/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Bolstered by a relentlessly tight, funk-infused backing band, the quintessential cockney poet delivered a sharply observational sophomore effort. The album famously omitted their massive hit single 'Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick', yet still achieved massive domestic success on the strength of its infectious, mutant-disco grooves and witty lyricism. The record was originally released with dozens of different wallpaper-themed cover variations.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Inbetweenies (5:18)
  2. Quiet (3:31)
  3. Don't Ask Me (3:17)
  4. Sink My Boats (4:12)
  5. Waiting for Your Taxi (2:52)
  6. This Is What We Find (4:10)
  7. Uneasy Sunny Day Hotsy Totsy (2:10)
  8. Mischief (3:33)
  9. Dance of the Screamers (6:39)
  10. Lullaby for Franci/Es (5:02)
  11. What a Waste (3:25)
  12. Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick (3:43)
  13. There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards (3:03)
  14. Reasons to Be Cheerful, Pt.3 (4:43)
  15. Common as Muck (3:57)
  16. Reasons to Be Cheerful, Pt. 3 (12" Version) (6:41)
  17. This Is What We Find (Demo) (4:48)
  18. Boogie Woogie (Duff 'Em Up) [Demo] (4:01)
  19. Quiet (Demo) (3:19)
  20. Inbetweenies (Backing Track) [Demo] (5:16)
  21. Babies Kept Quiet (Uneasy Sunny Day Hotsy Totsy) [Demo] (2:56)
  22. Blow (Instrumental) [Demo] (5:25)
  23. Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (Live) (4:51)
  24. I'm Partial to Your Abracadabra (Live) (3:04)
  25. Wake up and Make Love with Me (Live) (5:05)
  26. Clevor Trever (Live) (5:06)
  27. Sweet Gene Vincent (Live) (3:55)
  28. Billericay Dickie (Live) (3:50)
  29. My Old Man (Live) (4:15)
  30. If I Was with a Woman (Live) (3:29)
  31. Blockheads (Live) (3:59)
  32. Plaistow Patricia (Live) (4:49)
  33. Blackmail Man (Live) (3:14)

Credits

  • Ian Dury & The Blockheads - primary artist
  • Norman Watt-Roy - bass
  • Charley Charles - drums [drms]
  • John Turnbull - guitar [gtrs], songwriter [songs by]
  • Micky Gallagher - keyboards [keys], songwriter [songs by]
  • Steve Angel - lacquer cut by
  • Kosmo Vinyl - public relations [fromage de pompadour]
  • Davey Payne - saxophone [saxes]

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