| Handsome | ||||
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| Studio album by Kilburn and the High-Roads | ||||
| Released | June 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1974 | |||
| Studio | Pye Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 40:10 | |||
| Label | Dawn (Pye) | |||
| Producer | Hugh Murphy | |||
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| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Record Collector | [4] |
Handsome is the debut album of the Ian Dury rock group Kilburn and the High-Roads, released in June 1975 by Dawn Records.
The band had apparently originally wanted to call the album No Hand Signals, but the idea was rejected by Dawn.[5] The photo on the back cover displayed a Chuck Berry style duckwalk, which is said to be the inspiration for the Madness group's 'nutty train' on the front cover of their album (and single) One Step Beyond....[6][7]
- ^ "Music - Discography - 1974". iandury.co.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Kilburn & the High Roads". Punk Music Catalogue. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Handsome at AllMusic
- ^ Humphries, Patrick (7 September 2016). "Handsome (Expanded Edition) - Kilburn & The High Roads". Record Collector. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ Canty, Ian (15 August 2016). "Kilburn And The High Roads: Handsome – Album Review". Louder Than War. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ Simpson, Dave (25 November 2014). "Suggs and Mike Barson of Madness: how we made One Step Beyond". Retrieved 29 October 2021 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ Beaumont, Mark (30 April 2021). "Seven secrets from new Madness docuseries 'Before We Was We' - No-one knows the origin of the 'Nutty Train'". NME. Retrieved 29 October 2021.