- Audio CD (30 Aug 2004)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Castle
- ASIN: B0002HUXYY
- Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 183,331 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Slated by the critics on its orignal release (1975), this album was re-released when the late lamented Ian Dury first tasted success in the heady days of 1977. Listened to on CD now, most of the songs stand up very well alongside Ian's work with the Blockheads. Check out "Rough Kids" (later covered by the fabulous Wreckless Eric), "Billy Bentley", "Upminster Kid", "The Badger and the Rabbit" and "Twenty Tiny Fingers" and marvel at some good time rock and roll. Ian's trademark Cockney lyrics are there in all their glory too.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
By the time that the Kilburns got around to recording this album, it was basically just about all over for them. Indeed, on its 1975 release, the band promptly spilt up. They'd already recorded pretty much the same album for the Warner Brothers offshoot Raft Records, but they declined to release it. Dawn, a subsidiary of the conservative major label Pye, picked up the band, and re-cut the album. The first single, 'Rough Kids' was tremendous, and it's a matter of great disappointment that the version of 'Rough Kids' on here is the poor album remix of the song, not the original single take. The song was produced by Chris Thomas, and it is because of this that he got to produce The Sex Pistols - the band wanted a similar sound to that which he got with the Kilburns. 'Handsome' will surprise Ian Dury fans, because he actually does some proper singing on it. There's some fine songs, such as the ode to PMT, 'Pam's Moods', and the ska-flavoured 'Roadette Song'. 'Billy Bentley' is one of Dury's 'list' songs, and it's one of his best. Overall the album's a bit under-produced, and could've been so much better if it had been properly funded. A missed opportunity, and Dury would go on to become a much loved and fondly-missed character. 'Handsome' ain't bad, though.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Just finished a book about Ian Dury and The Blockheads which made me curious to hear the Highroads, especially since one of the original band members taught me at Art college in the 80's (Humphrey Ocean). It is an excellant CD and great to paint to!
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