New Boots And Panties

It's a fun, groovy album. Catchy and doesn't take itself too seriously, and not overly long. Rating: 7/10 Favorite Song: Wake Up and Make Love To Me

He does not have the vocals to make the corny disco-punk (ill-advised combination) sound here work. It's like the worst parts of Damon Albarn's music maximized to 100 times more "OY GUVNA" in my ear for 40 minutes. While I think Ian Dury's personal life/story is interesting, the music is just not very good at all.

Nothing stood out but it was fine

Its a good album have to listen to it again to have a definitive opinin

Released in 1977, I describe this album as fun, campy/vaudeville pub rock. Ian Dury has a very English accent with interesting lyrics. The musicians behind him are skilled, tight and very underrated. I get Little Feat and Madness vibes from them. Top songs Wake Up and Make Love with Me My Old Man Clever Trever Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Y'a un peu de Kinks là dedans, mais chanté par ce qui mes emble être un nain nouvellement sappé avec un fort accent: les ingrédients parfaits pour un succès interplanétaire.

J'aimerais qu'on observe une minute de silence en l'honneur de tous ces gens qui n'ont pas eu de plaisir ou ont même été irrités à l'écoute de cet album. 3.5 étoiles

I like this! It’s like a cross between Graham Parker and John Cooper Clarke. Maybe not quite as good as either, lol. Also sadly this album doesn’t have ‘Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick’. But still good! Seems like a complex and difficult guy.

Favorite track: Clever Trevor Well, this was goofy! Seems a bit unnecessary to have this, Barry Adamson, and two Divine Comedy albums on the list, but hey, I liked it. I imagine it goes even harder for the Brits. Waffling between a 3 and a 4, so... let's say 3.5.

It was a decent throwback album but not something I will repeat listening to any time soon.

To use the common British parlance, this album is pure shite. This guy cannot sing but boy does he try anyway. I managed to understand maybe a fourth of the sounds expelled forcefully from his face. Near the end of the track "Blockheads", there is what I can only describe as the wettest, dirtiest diarrhea sound I have ever had the displeasure of hearing. It's almost as if it was put there to weed out the people who are still somehow listening to the album. Seriously, what the ever-loving fuck is that sound effect doing there? Who thought that was a good idea? 0 stars if I could.

quite enjoyed that, and being generous, I realize the regional accent talky shtick was much less tiresome at the time of release. Bonus for not being a nonce too

Several of these actively irritated me, looking at you 'Billericay Dickie' Some ok in here, but don't have a strong wish to ever listen to this again

I had Abbey Road yesterday. This wasn't as good.

It's been a while since I've had an album I truly hated and wow! this sucks a lot.

This album is objectively not very good but it’s also pretty goofy and the goofiness of this album for the most part works in its favor I had fun listening to this and I think if I were to listen to this album more I’d rank it higher 3/5 Favorite: Billericay dickie, clever Trevor, wake up and make love with me

I don't do well with foreign-language albums (I'm american)

The first half is an almost fun listen. But especially the second half is sometimes on the edge to annoying. 2,5

"Clevor Trever" is on every vacation playlist I've made for years. don't know why or how it started knock me down with a fev-va, just got the spelling joke. . .lol this mofo Ian

Some catchy stuff in here. Not great by any measure but satire.

This was baffling, British to a fault, and I kind of hated it - but somehow, I can’t hate it completely. It’s just cheeky enough that there’s something almost admirable about it. Don’t get me wrong, though - I didn’t enjoy it. The audio equivalent of an elementary school class clown who makes you sigh and roll your eyes, but sometimes, the jokes land.

This puts it in perspective.

bory dury tosß c

1.5 Well, I mean, I haven’t heard anything like this before? I can sincerely say that? I didn’t really like what I heard, but it is fully one of one. It’s kinda indescribable. Intentionally off-putting and unpleasant, hyper specific to England, based on public culture but also lounge singing (except Dury can’t sing at all). There’s a couple songs my ears perked up at - “Clever Trevor” and “Blockheads,” but still, each song managed to have something in it that I absolutely hated (usually Dury’s vocal inflections). Just a deeply weird, unpleasant album.

A lot of fun musical moments but awful lyrics and singing

I'm not sure what it is, but there's something I love about Ian Dury's monotone Cockney delivery! His singing style is often almost like an early form of rap. The music is funky, in a straight way, if that makes sense. The band is very good and tight. Liked Songs Added: Wake Up And Make Love With Me I'm Partial To Your Abracadabra Clever Trevor Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

This album is deranged. It's horrible and I hate it but the longer it goes on the more I respect it. This man committed to the bit. I'm here for new experiences and this is certainly an experience.

I have not heard this before. I’m not sure I’ve even heard Ian Dury before. The genre hopping in this album is wild, he goes from disco to early rock n roll to demented circus music (derogatory) to hard rock to demented circus music (complimentary) to funk, and there’s all a bit of a new wave being sung by Andy Capp feel to it. Each song exploring a different genre is simultaneously incredibly pedestrian and incredibly weird and on first listen I was honestly not sure if I hate it or love it. On a second listen I was able to soak in the weirdness of it and decided I love it, except for the one demented circus music song that isn’t good.

Musically it’s pretty solid. Lyrically, it’s aging like milk

This was lovely and gave a 80s version of bowie

Correcto

I can’t stand this kind of music, don’t understand why it was popular, and don’t think it had a positive impact on anything.

I have plenty of quirky bands and albums I love that I know not everyone needs to hear. Someone will hear this for the first time and love it, and thats great. Im not that guy.

This album was actually kind of a wild journey for me because I started out really not liking it. I knew who Ian Dury was going in, and I’d heard “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll” before and liked it. But during those first few tracks, I was sitting there thinking, “Oh my God, is this how he’s going to sing the entire album?” He’s basically talking his way through these quirky, extremely British songs, and at first it really wasn’t working for me. But somewhere around the middle, I started warming up to it. I realized how much I liked the instrumentals, especially the bass and that funky, almost disco sound running through parts of the album. Then the last stretch suddenly gets much more rock and roll and punk, and I’m sitting there thinking, “Dang, this guy can actually sing!” That was easily my favorite part of the album, and by then I was genuinely having a good time with it. Obviously, that turnaround wasn’t enough to suddenly make this a five-star album, but it did save New Boots and Panties!! from what was looking like a two. I’m giving it a 3 out of 5. So, well done, Ian. You got there.

First song really put me off, and I never really came back

It’s got a quirky charm to it. The music isn’t bad, but the singing is atrocious at times and sometimes downright annoying. Would not recommend to anyone. 1.5/5

Hyvä huumorilevy. Kovin on brittiläinen

Truly a unique and interesting album. After reading the synopsis I was still not expecting how wide ranging the styles of this album were actually going to be. You could hear, early punkesq songs, rock songs and undefinable songs. The one thing that they all had in common was their easy listen ability and humour. All put together this was an album that I really liked listening to and was happy to have been suggested by this project b

Ok

od ovog albuma očekivao sam samo jednu stvar: dobar bas. znao sam da je duryjev basist svirao na par stvari na sandinisti od clasha i da je odradio maestralan posao. i u tom pogledu album me nije razočarao. no sam album kao cjelina, ne znam, počelo je dosta dobro, ali nekako mi nije zadržao kvalitetu do kraja. reći ću da je visoka trojka

6/10 It's ok. Musically it can be quite funky and they are a tight band. I don't really relate to Ian Dury. Lyrically I find him unfunny and unsettling - a world very alien to me (and I'm British).

Billericay dickle klinkt als een kind muziekje.

I have a strong suspicion that the Americans are going to hate this one. And not without reason; Billericay Dicky is a song that I never want to hear again. That being said I did find myself grooving along to the opening track after I had gotten over some of the icky lyrics, and for this I did feel some shame. There are some other highs on this album and I do wonder if Dury's musicianship would be more respected if he had a more conventional voice. Favourites: Blackmail Man Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

I love this record. Yes, some of the lyrics don't quite stand up to scrutiny in these more enlightened, joyless times but Ian Dury was a genuine one-off. There was an edgy sense of humour in almost everything he did that, reasonably enough, won't appeal to everyone. In fact, I love how divisive this record is - I'd never really thought about it but it probably helps to be British and over fifty to really get anything out of this record. He was an extraordinary character, not without his flaws, who lived an extraordinary life - his role as a UNICEF ambassador is wonderfully incongruous with some of the lyrics on this record. Although initially a big part of the late 70s punk scene, their sound and musicianship really sets them aside from all that - and everything else really. Marvellous stuff.

If you can't get past the pubbish sing talking, hyper-English lyrics, and childhood rhymes, I don't blame you. But if you can, it's got some pretty interesting and varied music here

This is one of those bands that I have heard of for years in relation to the punk rock and pub rock scenes but I had never checked them out. If all of the albums are like this then I don’t need to listen any further. The only song I recognized was Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll which was near the end of the album. It’s the only song that has stuck with me and one of the few that didn’t sound like a joke. 2/5

I'm familiar with the name Ian Dury, but I'd never listened to any of his music until now. Let me get this out of the way first, I have no idea how this made it on the list. That being said, it fits into my appreciation for the weird/off-kilter/obscene. The lyrics are simplistic in nature, and very 'from the perspective of the common man on the street,' but always backed by some of the funkiest riffs. I'm going to guess that the lyrics probably have a greater impact on people from England, who know the areas Dury is singing about. There's definitely a cultural component that I'm missing. This album was a fun listen, but I could tell from the opening track that this was a love-it or hate-it album. I will probably listen to more in the future, but that's because it is my kind of odd.

Knowing the intent behind the lyrics helps here. Started thinking it was musically a two or three, but some great stuff in the latter half of the album

unbelievably good

Eventually all sounded the same

I have been surprised by the amount of anti-British sentiment expressed in the reviews on this generator. The British have plenty of problems - more than the general American will ever know - but surely one thing we all must acknowledge is the outsize contribution made by the British to popular recorded music. Quite possibly the greatest contribution. Certainly per capita. Pound for pound. Man for man. I think you and I make a decent fist of understanding the cultural context of the American records on here. But, even while we are merely close, interested onlookers of British culture, it is faintly insulting to see how little care is given by American reviewers to grasping the cultural significance of, say, the Boo Radleys. I can't imagine how it feels for actual people on the island of Britain. Several reviews call Ian Dury "the most British man ever." And they intend it as an insult. But, while he could not be mistaken for anything other than a Londoner - as British as Finchley in fact - it ignores how atypical it was to see and hear someone like Dury in British culture at the time: disabled, working-class, and sexualised. The very things for which the reviews either explicitly or implicitly criticise him. He was the very type of figure that was marginalised in British culture. So much so that he would be a cruel caricature if he didn't own the caricature completely. Dury is a filthy music hall version of himself. It is almost nominal determinism. His name calls to mind Drury Lane. The rhythm of Ian Dury calls to mind Punch and Judy. He couldn't really be anything else. So, yes, he is a little naughty seaside postcard, but he is hardly malicious with it: he offers reasons to be cheerful and things that are very good indeed. But despite this defence on principle, I do largely agree with the criticisms of New Boots and Panties. Or I agree with the general direction of criticism. The music hall schtick can make for shallow pleasures. He relies on the same handful of light verse rhyme schemes, which get dull quickly - telegraphing his near witticisms before his matey delivery gets there. Dury's assignation as a great British poet is more accurate than calling him a songwriter or lyricist, but neither was he buried at Westminster Abbey. Similarly, I've never been convinced by the claims that the Blockheads are one of the greatest and tightest backing bands. On Live Stiffs Live alone, they hardly register against the Attractions for power, energy, and creativity. For grooves and vamps, they're certainly good enough, but they don't belong in a conversation about great backing bands anymore than The Invisible Girls do in backing John Cooper Clarke - when the whole act is virtually spoken word, you just stay out of the speaker's way. And maybe Ian Dury is better suited to Speaker's Corner than Poet's Corner. A British institution precisely for the people Brits don't want to see or listen to: cranks. They may not like what they hear, but they will defend the speaker's right to say it. That's largely how i feel here too. 2.5 Ian Dury is difficult to categorise. There is an assured sense of melody - sometimes beautiful melody - beneath the rags of Dury’s delivery. The lyrics are, by design, more unsettling than funny. The band here seem to weave between energetic, expressive clarity and sloppy pastiche. ‘Grotesque’ is probably the best word. Good stuff. 2.5/5

yay more britslop (said no one ever) freaky ass song too wtf

boomer slop, meet brexit-geezer slop. this was an unpleasant listen

britslop

I have accused many albums on this list of being no more than a compilation of pub songs. As far as I can tell this album is actually that, and it's better for it. This one can stay, just get rid of the rest of them.

Some decent songs, but in general the vocals don't really do it for me. I see why it was included though - very important album from a certain English point of view.

Might be too British for me to fully 'get'. Definitely one of the better artists to come out of the UK punk scene, but that's not saying too much. You have genuinely touching stuff like My Old Man next to utterly inane music hall bullshit that British rock is so in love with.

Sweet Gene Vincent is one of my favourite tracks so not surprising I love this album. In the heart of the UK punk era this record was a breathe of fresh air edgy but not forced down your throat. The early repressing with the un credited Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll is the one to have.

I'm from the American South (Alabama) and I don't guess Ian Drury would have ordinarily been on my radar. This album is so very English, but I really enjoyed Drury's very unique style and humor. It was vaguely familiar and then when it came to the last song, Sex, Drugs, & Rock n Roll, I realized I am at least familiar with that song. Fun.

A mixed bag for me. For better or worse, it's one of the most utterly British things I've ever listened to. Not entirely convinced it warrants a spot on this list, but as I'm nearly 2/3 of the way through at this point, it's definitely not a surprise given the author's tastes.

First song: Not sure I’ve ever heard anyone talk about sex while sounding less sexy since T-Swift. White British dude doing a Prince impression? What is happening here? Rest of the album: Just why?

That was weird and terrible.

I did like this album. The first song is ridiculous. The whole album is very British. I love the deadpan delivery of the first 3/4 of the album.

I like parts of this album but others are horrible

meh cool piano intro but the voice is a bit of a turn off

The writing is trite, the music goofy. Really bad. And there's two platters of it.

Kivaa discoilua mukana, mutta kuitenkin jotenki sieluton.

Musiikki paikoitellen aika menevää funkkia ja diskoa, aika ympäriinsä matkaa genrejä pitkin levyä. Omaan makuun kinnaa vastaan BRI'ISH ESSEX BLOKE vokaalit, jotka on enempi puhelaulua juntilla brittiaksentilla. Brittiaksentti ja horny lyriikat ei jotenki mätsänny omiin mielenkiinnon kohteisiin, vaikka instrumentaalit uppos aivan hyvin.

467/1001. Cannot help but remembering the great 80s British comedy series who were refreshing the art: The Young Ones, Not the 9 o'clock News, Comic Strip etc. They were also looking at what was going on around them, and using humor to tell about serious issues as well. It is hard not to think Ian Dury and the blockheads as a humor act, so I guess him/they are balancing on the fine line between honest and jokester. I don't have anything bad against listening to this album, but I really don't have anything good for listening to it again.

17. septembar 2026. 20.35h ovaj album cover = brln vise je fanki nego sto sam ocekivala (sto je nula posto) best: sex & drugs & rock & roll

What a drought I've been having.

Instrumentals were much better than expected as I read this was a pub rock album. I don't think I could appreciate the vocals fully ever. Dated.

eh

I just focused on getting through.

I have a buddy who'd probably have more positive things to say about this artist and album. But its mostly lude and crass with a touch of rock n roll. The essex accent udderly ruins any vocal charm this guy may have. And the song structures leave little to no room for creative fun, rock n roll. "Temu David Bowie ahh" as the kids would say.

this was a little silly. Couldn't take it seriously! but fun enough that I didn't hate it. 6/10

3 of my favs on this album , wake up , clever Trevor and sex and drugs . Cockney hip hop

I liked some stuff here but most of it is pretty boring pub rock, some cool riffs sometimes

Sounds like something I found in my grandparents closet. 2/5 ⭐️ 250/1089

Knock me down with a fevver...

4/10

music is love

Is this punk rock Zappa?

That should have been good but it just…wasn’t.

Rated already, again wtf

Even for a disco album, this is silly. If you told me this was a comedy album, I'd believe it. This is like a Monty Python sketch. Billericay Dickie is particularly bad. It sounds like Bricktop from Snatch made an album of goofy songs. Clevor (sp) Trevor is the best song so far...I do like the music to it...the lyrics are still like a bad joke from a 15 year old. This album is terrible...it's like the alternate soundtrack to A Clockwork Orange reboot. The "punk" songs are better than the "disco" songs I suppose? At least the tone fits punk better?

Kannte ich nicht, fand ich stellenweise recht witzig. Nette Überraschung!

Fand es erst irritierend, dann witzig, dann nervte mich der Gesang.

Have I listened to this album before No How familiar am I with this album I know one song (Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll) How do I feel about this artist? I like the one song I know Pre-Listen Thoughts: This is one of many punk albums on this list where I only know one song but I really like it. It's interesting to see if that song if a one-off or if I will like the whole album. When it comes to punk I know a lot of hits, but usually don't find the deep tracks necessary. Could be anywhere from 2–4 stars. Favorite track(s): Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll Post-Listen Thoughts: I liked it. It’s not for everyone, but i enjoyed it quite a bit.

Just because an album is irreverent, ribald and off-beat does not mean it is an album you need to hear before you die. And this is a case in point.

Entirely forgettable

Heard Before? Yup. Notes: - so none of my favorite Ian Dury songs are here, but I'm still thoroughly enjoying it. - stupidly funny lyrics still make me smirk, even after many listens. - flaunts his unconventional frontman charisma in every song. - wild genre variation, with music-hall tunes deserving special mention. - driest cymbals, poppingest snare, funkiest bass. bring it on! - great sequencing, finishes with a bang! one of my favorite power moves. - i would still recommend the Sex n Drugs compilation over this. oh well. of all the new-wave era UK tripe we've had to slog through, this at least deserves a wider audience. Verdict: Gregarious, goofy, gung-ho, grotesque, golden. Listen Again? Sure thing. It's a fun old time.

This album fucking sucks but inexplicably becomes kinda, SORTA, ok in like the last 2 songs but EVERYTHING before that is insufferable

Well not really very enjoyable but not too horrible.

This was a tough listen. Oof.

Wow that was something…another album that I did not need to hear before I die.

I don't really know what was going on in the 70s but it was probably the last time an album like this could be a best seller. Reform will try for years to awkwardly re-mould British patriotism in the American style instead of embracing this very lovable fusion of music hall with a pop/punk rock sound. If Sgt Pepper's sounded more like this people would like it less but I would like it even more.

This album sucks. Might be the worst shit I have ever heard.

I will not include the non-album single "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" in this review. I've heard a few songs here and there from singer-songwriter Ian Dury, including the singles from this solo debut album. He was certainly a very unconventional character, combining music hall with elements of punk, rock & roll, and funk, incorporating observational humor and wordplay into his lyrics. That much is evident from listening to New Boots and Panties!! These songs are character sketches inspired by British everyday life and Ian's musical influences. Whether it's the exaggerated description of his father on "My Old Man", the sexual escapades on "Wake Up and Make Love With Me", or the perceptions of daft people being challenged on "Blockheads", there is some very dry wit that Ian employed in his talk-singing cadence. The humor can come across as sentimental on "Sweet Gene Vincent" with his tribute to the rockabilly icon, or as dire with the portrayal of the girl who ruined herself from taking heroin at a young age on "Plaistow Patricia". Along the way, the music matches the tone across a sampling of genres, from delicious funky licks on "Wake Up and Make Love With Me" and "Clevor Trever" to kinetic hard-hitting riffs on "Blockheads" and "Blackmail Man". The language can come across as very specific to what was going on in Britain at the time, and humor can be very subjective, but for the most part, I can appreciate it. That said, there are a few tracks I wasn't as into. In particular, I didn't care much for the straightforward music hall number "Billericay Dickie", as this character obnoxiously bragged about his time spent with multiple women. Then a little later, I was into the strutting Steely Dan-esque groove of "If I Was With a Woman" until the very end, with the repeated utterance of the word "laughing" slowly pitched higher, to the point where I was legit uncomfortable. Maybe that's how that song was supposed to make me feel, but it makes me hesitate to come back to it. Still, I got some enjoyment out of New Boots & Panties!! It's a solid solo debut from quite the cheeky bastard who truly carved his own path.

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