Laughter

by Ian Dury & The Blockheads

Laughter cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: November 1980
  • Label: Stiff
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:42:11
  • Community rating: 2.91/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Wilko Johnson, Charley Charles, Norman Watt-Roy, Ray Cooper, Ian Dury, Davey Payne, John Turnbull

Album Notes & Community Reviews

With former Dr. Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson temporarily joining the Blockheads' lineup, Ian Dury delivered a slightly more subdued, deeply introspective follow-up to his previous smash hits. 'Laughter' retains the band's signature fusion of funk, music hall, and pub rock, but serves as a darker lyrical exploration of Dury's personal struggles with depression and alcoholism.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Sueperman's Big Sister (2:49)
  2. Pardon (2:39)
  3. Delusions of Grandeur (2:51)
  4. Yes and No (Paula) (3:06)
  5. Dance of the Crackpots (2:35)
  6. Over the Points (4:08)
  7. (Take Your Elbow out the Soup) You're Sitting on the Chicken (2:34)
  8. Uncoolohol (3:02)
  9. Hey, Hey Take Me Away (2:27)
  10. Manic Depression (Jimi) (3:49)
  11. Oh Mr Peanut (3:21)
  12. Fucking Ada (5:59)
  13. I Want to Be Straight (3:18)
  14. That's Not All (2:47)
  15. You'll See Glimpses (3:42)
  16. Duff 'Em up and Do 'Em Over (Boogie Woogie) [Album Outtake] (3:30)
  17. You Are Here (Album Outtake) (3:26)
  18. Come in No. 9 (Album Outtake) (2:13)
  19. Chicken (Take Your Elbow out of the Soup) [Demo] (4:08)
  20. Cc's Rock (Demo) (2:44)
  21. I Know Your Name (Demo) (2:03)
  22. Public Party (Dance of the Crackpots) [Demo] (3:19)
  23. Black and White (Yes and No (Paula) ) [Demo] (3:57)
  24. Manic Depression (Demo) (2:52)
  25. More Turns for Everyone (Demo) (4:08)
  26. Blue Light (That's Not All) [Demo] (2:30)
  27. Back to Y-Front (Demo) (3:46)
  28. Fatback (Demo) (3:00)
  29. On the Spot (Do the Block) [Demo] (4:31)
  30. Duff 'Em up and Do 'Em Over (Boogie Woogie) [Oh Mr Peanut] [Demo] (3:16)
  31. Peter Gunn (Demo) (3:26)

Credits

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