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| 1. Jack Shit George |
| 2. The Passing Show |
| 3. You’re My Baby |
| 4. Honeysuckle Highway |
| 5. Itinerant Child |
| 6. Geraldine |
| 7. Cacka Boom |
| 8. Bed O’Roses No. 9 |
| 9. Heavy Living |
| 10. Mash it Up Harry |
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Ian Dury was quite rightly proud of this album which is probably his best since 'New Boots & Panties' 20 years earlier.
All the songs are memorable with Dury's brilliantly crafted lyrics and The Blockheads in blistering form. Highlights are the hilarious 'Mash It Up Harry'; 'Jack Shit George', a scathing attack on the British education system and 'The Passing Show', a moving song about mortality.
'Mr Love Pants' is marvellous CD and an essential part of any Ian Dury collection.
All the songs are memorable with Dury's brilliantly crafted lyrics and The Blockheads in blistering form. Highlights are the hilarious 'Mash It Up Harry'; 'Jack Shit George', a scathing attack on the British education system and 'The Passing Show', a moving song about mortality.
'Mr Love Pants' is marvellous CD and an essential part of any Ian Dury collection.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Ian Dury and The Blockheads' final studio album (not counting the posthumously compiled Ten More Turnips From The Tip) Mr Love Pants was released in 1998 and, although being released 21 years after the seminal Dury debut album, New Boots And Panties, I consider the two albums to represent the peak of the man's recording career. In fact, on Mr Love Pants the Blockheads, undoubtedly one of the greatest backing bands ever (along with The E Street Band, The Bad Seeds and The Rumour), have never sounded better. In particular, Mickey Gallagher's keyboards, Davey Payne's sax and the legendary Norman Watt-Roy's inventive, rolling bass-lines are quite outstanding on this recording.
The songs are simply a joy to behold, catchy and infectious, and showcase a set of the most brilliantly witty and erudite lyrics to have emanated from Mr Dury's pen - and that's saying something, given what this modern poet has achieved on previous creations. There is not a weak song here, but my personal favourites would include opener Jack Shi.t George, where Dury dismembers the British education system in one of the most brilliant sequence of rhyming lyrics I've come across, all accompanied by the throbbing rhythm of the Blockheads magical sound. In The Passing Show, Dury seems to be (poignantly) paying tribute, whether for the band or himself personally, to past efforts, successful or otherwise. Honeysuckle Highway, whilst being a relatively straightforward, slow romantic lament is notable for being the album's lyrical highpoint, containing one of the greatest lines ever, namely, 'Cruising down carnality canal in my canoe can I canoodle?' Similarly, Geraldine is another lyrical and comedic gem, being a loving tribute to a sweetheart in the sandwich shop, 'My temperature rises and my pulses quicken when she gets cracking with the coronation chicken'. Musically, the highpoints for me are probably the two pulsating, up-tempo songs Itinerant Child (a tongue-in-cheek warning to society's rebellious youth) and Bed O' Roses No. 9 (a remorseful look at failed personal relationships).
Just a final mention of Dury's lyrics. Anyone who can get the words 'necromancy', 'daffodyllic', 'sybaritic', 'inamorata', 'schtumer', 'cojones' 'polenta' and 'Ponders End' into his songs demands respect. Ian, RIP.
Highly recommended listening.
The songs are simply a joy to behold, catchy and infectious, and showcase a set of the most brilliantly witty and erudite lyrics to have emanated from Mr Dury's pen - and that's saying something, given what this modern poet has achieved on previous creations. There is not a weak song here, but my personal favourites would include opener Jack Shi.t George, where Dury dismembers the British education system in one of the most brilliant sequence of rhyming lyrics I've come across, all accompanied by the throbbing rhythm of the Blockheads magical sound. In The Passing Show, Dury seems to be (poignantly) paying tribute, whether for the band or himself personally, to past efforts, successful or otherwise. Honeysuckle Highway, whilst being a relatively straightforward, slow romantic lament is notable for being the album's lyrical highpoint, containing one of the greatest lines ever, namely, 'Cruising down carnality canal in my canoe can I canoodle?' Similarly, Geraldine is another lyrical and comedic gem, being a loving tribute to a sweetheart in the sandwich shop, 'My temperature rises and my pulses quicken when she gets cracking with the coronation chicken'. Musically, the highpoints for me are probably the two pulsating, up-tempo songs Itinerant Child (a tongue-in-cheek warning to society's rebellious youth) and Bed O' Roses No. 9 (a remorseful look at failed personal relationships).
Just a final mention of Dury's lyrics. Anyone who can get the words 'necromancy', 'daffodyllic', 'sybaritic', 'inamorata', 'schtumer', 'cojones' 'polenta' and 'Ponders End' into his songs demands respect. Ian, RIP.
Highly recommended listening.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Released shortly before Ian's untimely death, this is a fine return to true 'funky music hall' Blockheads form. The music's tight, the words are funny / poignant / well observed and stand as a true memorial to Mr Doo-er-y's genius and to the musicianship of his band.
If you loved New Boots for its wit and Do It Yourself for its funk, you'll love this too......
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A great CD. Every track is good and I am pleased I brought it as I know its the last CD Ian Dury did before he died.
Published 22 months ago by jellybean
Essential Blockheads
This album was Ian Dury's swan-song and perhaps not too much should have been anticipated, especially following a string of rather poor and average works. Read more
Published on 23 Feb 2010 by Mr. A. D. Bickerstaffe
Must have for appreciative Ian Dury Fans...
Now,
I wouldn't say this album is Ian Dury's best album since New Boots & Panties because the guy reviewing above me obviously has about 2 albums of Ian's. Read more
I wouldn't say this album is Ian Dury's best album since New Boots & Panties because the guy reviewing above me obviously has about 2 albums of Ian's. Read more
Published on 7 July 2007 by Mr. R. Last
Will make you laugh, cry and wish there was more to come.
Depsite it's title, Mr Love Pants is a seriously good album. Ian's magnificently manufactured lyrics are always there, driven on by the tightest jazz rock you'll hear. Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2000 by Patrick Stevens
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