Reasons to Be Cheerful: The Very Best of Ian Dury & The Blockheads

Compilation by Ian Dury & the Blockheads

Released 1999

Charley Charles
drums (drum set) [2-4, 6-7, 9, 11, 13-15, 17-18]
Chaz Jankel
arranger [8], electric guitar [6], guitar [2, 4, 8-9, 11, 14, 16-17], keyboard [2, 4, 8-9, 11, 13-14, 16-17], performer [1], piano [3], producer [7, 15-16, 18]
Davey Payne
flute [8], saxophone [1-4, 7-9, 11, 13-15, 17-18]
Ed Speight
guitar [2, 4, 9, 11, 14, 17]
Geoff Castle
Moog [2, 4, 9, 11, 14, 17]
Ian Dury
lead vocals [1-4, 6-9, 11, 13-18]
Ian Dury & the Blockheads
producer [8]
John Turnbull
guitar [3, 8, 13]
Jon Bailey
engineer [8]
Laurie Latham
engineer [2, 4, 9, 11, 14], mix [8], producer [2-4, 9, 11, 14, 17], recording [7, 15, 18]
Lowell “Sly” Dunbar
drums (drum set) [16]
Mick Gallagher
Hammond organ [3], keyboard [8]
Norman Watt-Roy
bass guitar [2, 4, 7-9, 11, 14-15, 17-18], electric bass guitar [3, 6, 13]
Peter Jenner
engineer [2, 4, 9, 11, 14], producer [2, 4, 9, 11, 14, 17]
Rick Walton
engineer [2, 4, 9, 11, 14], producer [2, 4, 9, 11, 14, 17]
Robert “Robbie” Shakespeare
bass guitar [16]
Rupert Coulson
engineer [8]
Steve Monti
drums (drum set) [8]
Steven Stanley
producer [16]
The Breezeblocks
background vocals [8]
Tyrone Downie
clavinet [16], piano [16], sampler [16]