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`Happy Soup' is worlds away from the darkness and romantic disappointments of previous LPs `Len Parrot's Memorial Lift' (2002) and `Floor Show' (2005), so much so that Dury refers to his new effort as "seaside psychedelia". Its ten tracks narrate everyday tales of dancing on the patio in Marigolds and seedy sex in Portugal, yet Baxter's lyrical playfulness and acute character analysis ensure the songs are anything but mundane. Just take the amusing picture painted of London's Portobello Road in love song `Trellic' or `The Sun' in which Madelaine Heart's honeyed guest vocals swim in-between bursts of Baxter's mad, infectious laughter and colourful, rippling guitars.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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There are echoes of his Dad, but there are also echoes of Damon Albarn and Ray Davies too. Baxter's nicotine stained and gentle mockneyisms sensationally rub up against Madelaine Hart's pure but not so innocent vocals to add up to the strangest vocal pairing since Mark Lanegan and Isobel Campbell. A catalogue of Claires, posh girls and Isabels are left by the wayside, or do the leaving, as Baxter looks for meaning and maybe love in places as disparate as Chiswick Disco, Trellic Tower or a Hotel in Brixton. This eccentricity made odder still by the sparseness of the instrumentation and the sort of analogue fug not heard in many a year. Happy Soup? Sure, mate, pour me a big bowl and I'll stick my aural spoon in it all night.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By mister joe
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Baxter Dury is one cool,cool cat.Most of the time children of famous music artists who embark on their own career its normally a derivative affair soaked in nepotism.Well Baxter Dury is the exception,an individual artist with his own brand of narcoleptic,swooning lo fi pop.After a long wait Happy Soup is finally out and what an album.I am often quizzed about "what type of music do you like?" because i despise Artic Monkeys,Foo Fighters etc.Well Happy Soup pretty much encapsulates what i like.The ten tracks here are simple in execution with the customary savoir faire style of Baxter but also still retaining his sense of hip abstraction.Pretty much loved all the songs from Isabel,the hypnotic spoken word Leak At The Disco to the dainty mockney bounce of Picnic On The Edge.In an alternative universe Hotel In Brixton would be number one.Baxter Dury is a great artist making flawless indie music for those who find the mainstream garish,hollow and superficial.Also Baxter Dury albums are dripping in charisma and charm,you know a real "geezer" not some conveyer belt dullard.Buy all his albums at once.A dude.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Dangerscouse
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...and that is no criticism! If you like Ian Dury's style of almost lazy cockney vocals you'll love this album. This is what I imagine Ian Dury would sound like if he was just starting out now. The beats and production are mid-tempo pop with a strong groove and rhythm.
It's got similarities to Lily Allen, but it's not too similar to make it the same. This is a style that his Dad created and Blake has further refined. Very enjoyable to my ears
It's got similarities to Lily Allen, but it's not too similar to make it the same. This is a style that his Dad created and Blake has further refined. Very enjoyable to my ears
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great sad songs...
I have to admit i had never heard BD before but this album is exactly like living in London. Great, bittersweet and lonely some of the time. Read more
Published 5 months ago by A. M. Campbell
5.0 out of 5 stars
unexpected treats
Baxter Dury...blah, blah...son of famous musician...blah, blah, blah... Forget any preconceptions you may have, this man's sound is very much his own. Read more
Published 6 months ago by JT
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Baxter's Soup!
Saw Baxter Dury at The Secret Garden Party this summer and really loved his music, lyrics, delivery and his charismatic charm on stage. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Sheri
5.0 out of 5 stars
Seriously good
Sometimes you find an album that you know you'll play over and over again, this is one of those. Don't muck about just buy this album you'll not regret it
Published 15 months ago by T. Cousins
4.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoy the feast
This is a good, fun CD, which has you singing along to it with its simple lyrics. It has good rhythm and, whilst reminiscent of his father, he has carved out his own style. Read more
Published 19 months ago by RIH
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Bowlful Of Bittersweet Treats
Baxter Dury's new album 'Happy Soup' is nothing less than a joy!
There's a lightness of being and spirit about it which picks you
up and carries you along willingly from... Read more
There's a lightness of being and spirit about it which picks you
up and carries you along willingly from... Read more
Published 21 months ago by The Wolf
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