Allbarone: not a delicious aperitivo hour offering, nor a remote coastal Italian village, but the tongue-in-cheek nickname of that sticky mainstay of UK high streets: All Bar One. Leave it to Baxter Dury — “lurid and gritty”, master of the deadpan, synth-accompanied strut — to turn it into an album. Call him the Prince of Tears, call him Mr Maserati, call him Mr W4: in all his guises, Baxter Dury nails the modern condition like no-one else.
Country: UK
Label: Heavenly