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Ian Dury And The Blockheads – Laughter (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1980
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Laughter is an LP by Ian Dury And The Blockheads from 1980 released on the Stiff Records label.
About this album
Laughter shows Ian Dury And The Blockheads turning post-punk sharpness into sly, danceable pop. Issued in 1980, the album blends new wave, pop rock, funk and disco with Dury’s gift for wordplay and character sketches, while the Blockheads’ tight playing keeps the arrangements brisk and offbeat. Led by the sing-along bite of Sueperman’s Big Sister and the comic swagger of songs such as Pardon and Fucking Ada, it extends the band’s run of inventive, distinctly British work after their breakthrough years. A characteristically skewed and tuneful record, it confirms Dury as one of the era’s most original writers and frontmen.
Genre: Pop & Rock
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AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Artist: Ian Dury And The BlockheadsLabel: Stiff Records – SEEZ 30Format: LP, AlbumUnits: 1Country: AustraliaReleased: 1980Genre: Pop & RockA1 Sueperman'S Big Sister
A2 Pardon
A3 Delusions Of Grandeur
A4 Yes & No (Paula)
A5 Dance Of The Crackpots
A6 Over The Points
B1 (Take Your Elbow Out Of The Soup You'Re Sitting On The Chicken)
B2 Uncoolohol
B3 Hey, Hey, Take Me Away
B4 Manic Depression (Jimi)
B5 Oh Mr Peanut
B6 Fucking Ada