The Bus Driver's Prayer & Other Stories

~ Release by Ian Dury (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

Error on this release swaps the titles of tracks 8 and 9 on the Digital Stores.

Have a Word is 3:57
London Talking is 1:15

Note this error also appears elsewhere like YouTube. Need to listen to lyrics to tell them apart.

Annotation last modified on 2025-05-04 10:35 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1That's Enough of That
recorded at:
Liquidator Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1991 until 1992)
recording of:
That’s Enough of That (from 1991 until 1992)
writer:
Ian Dury, Mick Gallagher (UK hammond organ player) and Merlin Rhys-Jones
4:50
2Bill Haley's Last Words
recording of:
Bill Haley’s Last Works
writer:
Ian Dury, Mick Gallagher (UK hammond organ player) and Merlin Rhys-Jones
3:13
3Poor Joey
recorded at:
Liquidator Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1991 until 1992)
recording of:
Poor Joey (from 1991 until 1992)
writer:
Ian Dury and Mick Gallagher (UK hammond organ player)
13:50
4Quick Quick Slow
recorded at:
Liquidator Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1991 until 1992)
recording of:
Quick Quick Slow (from 1991 until 1992)
writer:
Ian Dury and Mick Gallagher (UK hammond organ player)
3:15
5Fly in the Ointment
recorded at:
Liquidator Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1991 until 1992)
recording of:
Fly in the Ointment (from 1991 until 1992)
writer:
Ian Dury and Mick Gallagher (UK hammond organ player)
2:56
6O'Donegal
recorded at:
Liquidator Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1991 until 1992)
recording of:
O’Donegal (from 1991 until 1992)
writer:
Ian Dury and Mick Gallagher (UK hammond organ player)
3:53
7Poo-Poo in the Prawn
recorded at:
Liquidator Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1991 until 1992)
recording of:
Poo-Poo in the Prawn (from 1991 until 1992)
writer:
Ian Dury and Mick Gallagher (UK hammond organ player)
13:18
8London Talking
recorded at:
Liquidator Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1991 until 1992)
recording of:
London Talking (from 1991 until 1992)
writer:
Ian Dury and Mick Gallagher (UK hammond organ player)
1:15
9Have a Word
recorded at:
Liquidator Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1991 until 1992)
recording of:
Have a Word (from 1991 until 1992)
writer:
Ian Dury, Mick Gallagher (UK hammond organ player) and Merlin Rhys-Jones
3:57
10D'orine the Cow
recorded at:
Liquidator Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1991 until 1992)
recording of:
D’Orine the Cow (from 1991 until 1992)
writer:
Ian Dury and Mick Gallagher (UK hammond organ player)
3:18
11Your Horoscope
recorded at:
Liquidator Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1991 until 1992)
recording of:
Your Horoscope (from 1991 until 1992)
writer:
Ian Dury and Mick Gallagher (UK hammond organ player)
4:01
12No Such Thing as Love
recorded at:
Liquidator Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1991 until 1992)
recording of:
No Such Thing as Love (from 1991 until 1992)
writer:
Ian Dury and Merlin Rhys-Jones
3:38
13Two Old Dogs Without a Name
recorded at:
Liquidator Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1991 until 1992)
recording of:
Two Old Dogs Without a Name (from 1991 until 1992)
writer:
Ian Dury and Mick Gallagher (UK hammond organ player)
4:43
14Amerind
4:24
15I Believe
33:27
16Cowboys
24:32
17One Love
3:32
18Grape and Grain
5:32
19The Writer
5:11
20Whale
5:04
21Itinerent Child
recording of:
Itinerant Child
lyricist:
Ian Dury
composer:
Chaz Jankel (English musician and songwriter)
4:56

Credits

Release

phonographic copyright (℗) by:Demon Music Group Ltd. (for release labels, use “Demon Music Group”; subsidiary of BBC Studios Distribution) (in 1992)
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