# Ian Dury discography

This is the discography of British musician Ian Dury, including with Kilburn and the High Roads and the Blockheads.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | UK | AUS | CAN | GER | NL | NOR | NZ | SPA | SWE | US | Certifications |
| Handsome | Released: 23 May 1975 Label: Dawn Formats: LP As part of Kilburn and the High Roads | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| New Boots and Panties!! | Released: 30 September 1977 Label: Stiff Formats: LP, MC, 8-track | 5 | 13 | — | 29 | — | — | 7 | — | 40 | 168 | UK: Platinum |
| Wotabunch! | Released: October 1978 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: LP, MC As part of Kilburn and the High Roads | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Do It Yourself | Released: 18 May 1979 Label: Stiff Formats: LP, MC, 8-track With the Blockheads | 2 | 19 | 59 | 23 | 38 | 12 | 18 | — | 8 | 126 | UK: Gold |
| Laughter | Released: 28 November 1980 Label: Stiff Formats: LP, MC With the Blockheads | 48 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | 159 | UK: Silver |
| Lord Upminster | Released: 14 September 1981 Label: Polydor Formats: LP, MC | 53 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | 32 | — | |
| 4,000 Weeks' Holiday | Released: 27 January 1984 Label: Polydor Formats: LP, MC With the Music Students | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Apples | Released: October 1989 Label: WEA Formats: CD, LP, MC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Bus Driver's Prayer & Other Stories | Released: 10 November 1992 Label: Demon Formats: CD, MC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Mr. Love Pants | Released: 29 June 1997 Label: CNR Music, Ronnie Harris Formats: CD With the Blockheads | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Ten More Turnips from the Tip | Released: 18 March 2002 Label: Ronnie Harris Formats: CD With the Blockheads | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |||||||||||||

### Live albums

| Title | Album details |
| Live! Warts 'n' Audience | Released: April 1991 Label: Demon Formats: CD, LP, MC With the Blockheads |
| Straight from the Desk | Released: June 2001 Label: Blockhead Formats: CD With the Blockheads |
| Live at Rockpalast 1978 | Released: 27 July 2012 Label: MIG Formats: CD, digital download With the Blockheads |
| Live at the Old Waldorf, San Francisco 1978 | Released: 15 September 2017 Label: Vogon Formats: CD With the Blockheads |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | UK | AUS | NZ | Certifications |
| Jukebox Dury | Released: 20 November 1981 Label: Stiff Formats: LP, MC | — | 42 | 20 | UK: Silver |
| Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll | Released: 4 May 1987 Label: Demon Formats: CD, LP, MC | — | — | — | |
| Souled Out to Rock | Released: 1990 Label: Polydor Formats: CD, MC | — | — | — | |
| Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll: The Best Of | Released: 5 May 1992 Label: Rhino Formats: CD, MC | — | — | — | |
| The Very Best of Ian Dury & the Blockheads – Reasons to Be Cheerful | Released: 1 October 1999 Label: Papillon/EMI Formats: CD, MC | 40 | — | — | UK: Gold |
| Sex and Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll – Greatest Hits | Released: 2004 Label: Landmark Formats: 2xCD | — | — | — | |
| Reasons to Be Cheerful – The Best of Ian Dury | Released: 26 September 2005 Label: Music Club Deluxe Formats: 2xCD | 80 | — | — | UK: Gold |
| Essex Boy: An Introduction to Ian Dury | Released: September 2006 Label: Music Club Formats: CD | — | — | — | |
| The Best of Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll | Released: 13 November 2007 Label: The Great American Music Company Formats: CD | — | — | — | |
| Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll - The Essential Collection | Released: 5 February 2010 Label: DMG TV Formats: CD | 51 | — | — | |
| Greatest | Released: 25 May 2015 Label: Crimson Formats: CD | — | — | — | |
| What a Waste – The Collection | Released: 17 February 2017 Label: Music Club Deluxe Formats: CD | — | — | — | |
| Greatest Hits | Released: 22 June 2018 Label: Demon Formats: LP | — | — | — | |
| Hit Me! The Best of Ian Dury | Released: 16 October 2020 Label: BMG Formats: 3xCD, 2xLP, digital download | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||||

### Box sets

| Title | Album details |
| Boxed | Released: 1991 Label: Demon Formats: 3xCD |
| The Stiff Singles / The Promo Videos / The Peel Session | Released: 27 October 2008 Label: Edsel Formats: 8xCD+DVD |
| Classics | Released: 25 October 2010 Label: Edsel Formats: 5xCD |
| The Stiff Recordings 1977–1980 | Released: 11 November 2018 Label: Demon Formats: 4xLP |

### Video albums

| Title | Album details |
| Hold On to Your Structure – Live at the Hammersmith Odeon | Released: 1985 Label: EMI Formats: VHS |
| Rare and Unseen | Released: 12 April 2010 Label: Wienerworld Formats: DVD |
| Live at Rockpalast 1978 | Released: 27 July 2012 Label: MIG Formats: DVD |

## EPs

| Title | Album details |
| The Best of Kilburn & the High Roads Featuring Ian Dury | Released: November 1977 Label: Bonaparte |
| The Pub Ska EP | Released: 2010 Label: 2 Stick Limited release |

## Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | UK | AUS | BEL (FL) | GER | IRE | NL | NOR | NZ | SWE | US Dance | Album |
| "Rough Kids" (as Kilburn and the High Roads) | 1974 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Handsome |
| "Crippled with Nerves" (as Kilburn and the High Roads) | 1975 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Handsome |
| "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" | 1977 | — | — | 12 | — | — | 11 | — | — | 12 | — | Non-album single |
| "Sweet Gene Vincent" (with the Blockheads) | 1977 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | New Boots and Panties!! |
| "Wake Up and Make Love with Me" | 1978 | — | — | 26 | — | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | New Boots and Panties!! |
| "What a Waste" (with the Blockheads) | 1978 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Billy Bentley" (as Kilburn and the High Roads featuring Ian Dury) | 1978 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Wotabunch! |
| "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" (with the Blockheads) | 1978 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 79 | Non-album single |
| "Inbetweenies" (with the Blockheads; Continental Europe-only release) | 1979 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Do It Yourself |
| "Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3" (with the Blockheads) | 1979 | 3 | 65 | — | — | 20 | 27 | — | — | 24 | — | Non-album singles |
| "I Want to Be Straight" (with the Blockheads) | 1980 | 22 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Sueperman's Big Sister" (with the Blockheads) | 1980 | 51 | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Laughter |
| "Spasticus Autisticus" | 1981 | — | 50 | — | — | — | 48 | — | — | — | 32 | Lord Upminster |
| "Funky Disco (Pops)" (Spain and Australia-only release) | 1981 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Lord Upminster |
| "Ban the Bomb" (New Zealand-only release) | 1982 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.000 Weeks' Holiday |
| "Really Glad You Came" | 1983 | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.000 Weeks' Holiday |
| "Very Personal" (with the Music Students) | 1984 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.000 Weeks' Holiday |
| "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" (with the Blockheads; Paul Hardcastle remix) | 1985 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Profoundly in Love with Pandora" | 1985 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Average" (by Box of Frogs featuring Ian Dury) | 1986 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Strange Land (by Box of Frogs) |
| "Burning Beds Salsa" (with Pia Frankenberg) | 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Apples" | 1989 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Apples |
| "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" (with the Blockheads; The Flying remix) | 1991 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Apples |
| "Itinerant Child" (with the Blockheads) | 1997 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mr. Love Pants |
| "Mash It Up Harry" (with the Blockheads) | 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mr. Love Pants |
| "Sex & Drugs & Rock'n'Roll" (with the Blockheads; Klubbheads remix) | 1999 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Y2K the Bug Is Coming" (with Jim's Super Stereoworld and Fuzz Townshend) | 1999 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Drip Fed Fred" (Madness featuring Ian Dury) | 2000 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Wonderful (by Madness) |
| "Dance Little Rude Boy" (with the Blockheads) | 2002 | — | — | — | — | — | 98 | — | — | — | — | Ten More Turnips from the Tip |
| "One Love" (with the Blockheads) | 2002 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ten More Turnips from the Tip |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |||||||||||||