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Baxter Dury

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2011 - Isabel

2011 - Claire

2006 - Love in the Garden

2002 - Gingham Smalls 2 / Lucifer's Grain

2001 - Oscar Brown

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1 Male

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London

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Indie

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1971 to Present...

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Track	Last.FM Listens	Loves
Claire	104,168	4 users
Cocaine Man	110,965	4 users
Isabel	117,891	4 users
Trellic	88,042	4 users
Palm Trees	64,547	3 users
Leak at the Disco	68,039	1 users

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Baxter Dury grew up in a chaotic flat known as "Catshit Mansions" with his father Ian Dury — an upbringing that may well have contributed to the distinctive blend of bone-dry humour, seedy London observations and raw autobiographical honesty that characterises his music.

Over two decades he has delivered low-key, sardonic music — late-night London snapshots, shuffling basslines, comedown disco tunes, all run through with a seedy bleakness and a warm love of humanity. His deadpan vocals and debauched storytelling are balanced against subtle chamber pop arrangements and a nervy, new wave-inspired approach.

His fifth album Prince of Tears (2017) was hailed as a lovelorn, unvarnished masterpiece. Then came the ninth and perhaps finest: Allbarone (2025), made in collaboration with super-producer Paul Epworth, and his most compelling album in almost a decade — bitter, funny and deeply groovy all at once. It's rare to hear of an artist making the best work of their career on their ninth album.

On stage he is a masterful entertainer who blends anxiety and a fear of intimacy with a conspicuous, warm love for his audience. The son of Ian Dury has long since earned the right to stand in his own light.