30 days, 30 albums - New Boots and Panties!!

Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!! I never grow tired of this… The wordplay, the funkiness of the playing, the characters that inhabit this world. ‘Sweet Gene Vincent’ remains one of the masterpieces of English rock’n’roll and this album one of its landmarks. The whole thing moves me and grooves me to this day – ‘Clevor Trever’ cracks me up and ‘My Old Man’ chokes me up. I read the Ian Dury biography recently and there was a sense that this remained Dury’s finest sustained hour, despite the odd twinkle before and after. What a geezer. Just make sure your mum's out of the room when 'Plaistow Patricia' starts...