Ian Dury – Anything That Rocks

Following the release in 2025 of the complete ‘Too Nutty To Be Naughty’ career encompassing CD boxset and the accompanying vinyl album reissue campaign, Demon now proudly present a brand new 2CD collection showcasing the very best of Ian Dury throughout his incredible career.

With 35 tracks across 2 CDs this collection features the biggest hits, most streamed tracks and captures the period from 1974 with his early Kilburn and the High Roads single ‘Rough Kids’ all the way through to the posthumously released singles from 2002 ‘One Love’ and ‘Dance Little Rude Boy’.

Featuring the Number 1 single ‘Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick’ and the Top 3 follow up ‘Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 3)’, this collection includes key songs from the seminal album ‘New Boots and Panties!!’, classic singles including ‘What A Waste’ and non album tracks such as ‘There Ain’t Half Been Some Clever Bastards’ as well as Ian’s final chart foray featuring on the Madness single ‘Drip Fed Fred’ which they asked him to appear on.

Featuring tracks from every Ian Dury studio album this collection is a fantastic entry point into an incredible career including his classic studio works as a solo artist as well as with bands The Blockheads and The Music Students.  This collection takes you on an exhilarating musical journey that travelled through pub rock, punk, rock ‘n’ roll, jazz and R&B, spoken word poetry, ska and just about all points in-between.  These songs showcase his innate genius for lyric writing, with songs at turns, political, confrontational, tender, witty, wry, poetic and occasionally downright hilarious – all having a huge impact and influence on music fans and artists alike.

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TRACKLISTING:

CD1:

Ian Dury – Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 3)

Ian Dury – Wake Up And Make Love With Me

Ian Dury – Billericay Dickie

Ian Dury – Sweet Gene Vincent

Ian Dury – Blockheads

Ian Dury – My Old Man

Ian Dury & The Blockheads – What A Waste

Kilburn and the High Roads – Rough Kids (Single Mix)

Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Inbetweenies

Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Sink My Boats

Ian Dury & The Blockheads – I Want To Be Straight

Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Sueperman’s Big Sister

Ian Dury – Funky Disco (Pops)

Ian Dury and The Music Students – Really Glad You Came

Ian Dury – Profoundly in Love with Pandora

Ian Dury – Apples

Ian Dury – Love Is All

CD2:

Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

Ian Dury – I’m Partial to Your Abracadabra

Ian Dury – Spasticus Autisticus

Ian Dury – Clevor Trever

Ian Dury – Plaistow Patricia

Ian Dury – If I Was with a Woman

Ian Dury & The Blockheads – There Ain’t Half Been Some Clever Bastards

Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Fucking Ada

Ian Dury and The Music Students – You’re My Inspiration

Ian Dury – The Bus Driver’s Prayer

Ian Dury – Poo-Poo in the Prawn

Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Itinerant Child

Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Mash It Up Harry

Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Jack Shit George

Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Dance Little Rude Boy

Ian Dury & The Blockheads – One Love

Madness featuring Ian Dury – Drip Fed Fred (The Conspiracy Mix)