Lord Upminster
1981 studio album by Ian Dury / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lord Upminster is the second solo studio album by the English rock and roll singer-songwriter Ian Dury.[2] It was released by Polydor Records in September 1981.
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Released | September 1981 | |||
Recorded | April – May 1981 | |||
Studio | Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas | |||
Genre | New wave, funk[1] | |||
Length | 36:04 | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
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It was recorded over a period of one month at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas with his old writing partner Chas Jankel and the reggae duo Sly and Robbie. It is also the first Dury album distributed by Polydor. It was his first solo album in four years, since New Boots and Panties!! (1977), and like that album covers a diverse range of musical styles reflecting Dury's influences and background in pub rock, taking in funk, disco, British music hall and early rock and roll, courtesy of Dury's musical hero Gene Vincent.
Unlike New Boots..., however, the album was received negatively by the majority of music critics, while other reviewers noted good points to the album. It was a commercial disappointment failing to make the Top 40, and the album's only single, "Spasticus Autisticus", failed to chart in the UK.