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Allbarone

Baxter Dury

Allbarone

Ninth album of electro-tinged pop from the son of Ian Dury produced by Paul Epworth (Mumford & Sons, Glass Animals, Royal Blood)

ADM rating[?]

8.1

Label
Heavenly Recordings
UK Release date
12/09/2025
US Release date
12/09/2025
  1. 10.0 |   The Skinny

    It’s not often you’ll hear of an artist making the best work of their career by their eighth album. However, with Baxter Dury's latest effort Allbarone, this couldn’t be truer
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  2. 10.0 |   The Arts Desk

    Laugh-out-loud observations with a subversive lyrical twist are Dury's stock in trade
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  3. 9.0 |   Uncut

    Things are really supercharged here by Epworth's electronic touch. It's a highly potent and undeniably successful combination. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Same old boots, maybe, but significantly racier kecks. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   Record Collector

    His most compelling album in almost a decade. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    It's a potent start, but Allbarone gets better, deeper, more engaging and – crucially – stranger with each track, with Dury’s half-muttered speak-song voice mutating into more and more enticingly contorted shapes with each successive track
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  7. 8.0 |   Far Out

    This is a record that wants you to dance, even through its more poignant and observant lyrics, being evidently clear on ‘Schadenfreude’
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  8. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    Arguably the rawest and truest manifestation of Baxter Dury yet
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  9. 8.0 |   All Music

    This record plays like his shot for glory, and with tracks as hooky and well-constructed as "Mockingjay" or the title track, there's no reason he shouldn't hit the big time
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  10. 7.8 |   Beats Per Minute

    Allbarone is the next destination for Dury as an experimental artist; he’s successfully been able to capture something new with his twist on hyperpop. The result is an intriguing effort that catapults him into the future realms of pop
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  11. 7.0 |   Northern Transmissions

    Allbarone is Baxter Dury’s most hypnotic and groovy record yet, fusing his sardonic wit with club-ready beats. Distinct, contemporary, and utterly Dury, the artist’s ninth album proves he’s far from running out of ideas
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