Happy Soup Last updated September 18, 2025
2011 studio album
Happy Soup Released 15 August 2011 Studio Genre Indie pop [ 2] Length 35 :57 Label Regal Producer "Claire" "Trellic" "Isabel"
Happy Soup Baxter Dury , released on 15 August 2011 through Regal Recordings . It was produced by Dury and Craig Silvey, with additional production by Cameron Craig.
On 1 July 2011, "Claire" was officially released as the album's lead single, [ 3] following a series of unofficial releases on Dury's MySpace page, first as a demo in 2008 [ 4] and later with "The Sun" in early 2010. [ 5] In a collaboration between EMI Records (Regal's then-parent label) and MetFilm School , ten students were chosen to make a video for each of the album's ten tracks with only lyrics as a starting point, and whomever produced Dury's favourite video was to be awarded £1,000 in cash. DIY magazine separately premiered each video chronologically from 26 to 30 September. [ 6] [ 7] Following Happy Soup ' s [ 8] both "Trellic" and "Isabel" were released as singles on 17 October [ 6] [ 9] and 19 December, [ 10] respectively.
Release Happy Soup was released on 15 August 2011 through Regal Recordings , roughly six years after his previous album Floor Show (2005). [ 8] It charted at no. 100 and 89 in Wallonia and France, respectively. [ 11] [ 12]
Critical reception The review aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave Happy Soup a weighted average rating of 7.0 out of 10 from a sample of 14 critical reviews. [ 13]
Track listing All tracks are written by Baxter Dury , with additional writers noted. [ 1]
Happy Soup track listingTitle Add. writers1. "Isabel" Ben Gallagher Madelaine Hart Mike Moore 3:46 2. "Claire" 3:36 3. "Leak at the Disco" 5:13 4. "Afternoon" Neary 2:37 5. "Happy Soup" 3:46 6. "Trellic" Moore 2:55 7. "Picnic on the Edge" 2:31 8. "Hotel in Brixton" 3:54 9. "The Sun" Gallagher 3:10 10. "Trophies" 4:29 Total length: 35:57
Personnel Credits adapted from the CD liner notes. [ 1]
Baxter Dury – vocals, keyboards (all tracks); guitar (3) Madelaine Hart – backing vocals (1–7), vocals (8–10) Mike Moore – lead guitar (1, 3), keyboards (1, 5), glockenspiel (1), guitar (5–7, 10) Mark Neary – bass (2, 4–5, 8–10) Billy Fuller – bass (1, 3, 6–7) Adam Gammage – drums (1, 3, 6–7) Damon Reece – drums (2, 8–9) Jamie Morrison – drums, percussion (5, 10); glockenspiel, xylophone (10) Adrian Utley – rhythm guitar (2), guitar (9) Ben Gallagher – rhythm guitar (1) Technical and design
Baxter Dury – production Craig Silvey – production (except 5, 10), mixing Cameron Craig – production (5, 10) Count Brigante – engineering (2, 9) George Marino – mastering Tom Beard – photography Alex Cowper – design, art direction References 1 2 3 Dury, Baxter (2025). Happy Soup (CD liner notes). Regal Recordings . REG164CD. ↑ "Album: Baxter Dury, Happy Soup (Regal)" . The Independent . 13 August 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2025 . ↑ "Baxter Dury unveils first single from new album 'Happy Soup' – audio" . NME . 22 May 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2025 . ↑ "Baxter Dury posts new song online" . NME . 30 July 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2025 . ↑ Wilkinson, Matt (22 March 2010). "Baxter Dury announces London gig and ticket details" . NME . Retrieved 17 September 2025 . 1 2 "Watch: Baxter Dury – Isabel" . DIY . 26 September 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2025 . ↑ "Watch: Baxter Dury – Trophies" . DIY . 30 September 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2025 . 1 2 Pearlman, Mischa (16 August 2011). "Baxter Dury Happy Soup Review" . BBC . Retrieved 8 September 2025 . ↑ "Key Releases: October 17 – Singles" (PDF) . Music Week . London: Intent Media. 14 October 2011. p. 30. ISSN 0265-1548 . Retrieved 16 September 2025 . ↑ "Product – Key Releases: December 19 – Singles" (PDF) . Music Week . London: Intent Media. 18 November 2011. p. 41. ISSN 0265-1548 . Retrieved 16 September 2025 . 1 2 "Ultratop.be – Baxter Dury – Happy Soup" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 September 2025. 1 2 "Lescharts.com – Baxter Dury – Happy Soup" . Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 September 2025. 1 2 "Baxter Dury – Happy Soup" . AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 8 September 2025 . ↑ Monger, James Christopher. "Happy Soup Review" . AllMusic . Retrieved 10 September 2025 . ↑ Ross, Becky (14 August 2011). "Baxter Dury – Happy Soup" . DIY . Retrieved 8 September 2025 . ↑ Simpson, Dave (11 August 2011). "Baxter Dury: Happy Soup – review" . The Guardian . Retrieved 8 September 2025 . ↑ Murphy, Lauren (5 August 2011). "Baxter Drury – Happy Soup Regal Recordings" . The Irish Times . Retrieved 8 September 2025 . ↑ Clark, Pete (12 August 2011). "CDs of the week: Jay-Z and Kanye West and Nero – Baxter Dury: Happy Soup (Regal)" . The London Evening Standard . Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2025 . ↑ Murphy, John (August 2011). "Baxter Dury – Happy Soup" . MusicOMH . Archived from the original on 27 August 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2025 . ↑ Morrice, Amy (9 August 2011). "Album Review: Baxter Dury – 'Happy Soup' . NME . Retrieved 8 September 2025 . ↑ Staunton, Terry (6 August 2011). "Happy Soup | Baxter Dury" . Record Collector . No. 392. Retrieved 8 September 2025 . ↑ Perry, Andrew (18 August 2011). "Baxter Dury: Happy Soup, CD review" . The Telegraph . Retrieved 8 September 2025 . ↑ Mulholland, Garry (18 August 2011). "Baxter Dury – Happy Soup (Regal)". Uncut . No. 172 (September 2011). London: IPC Media . p. 82. ISSN 1368-0722 . ↑ "Our 100 Best Albums of the Year" . Les Inrockuptibles (in French). 23 December 2021. p. 3. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2025 . ↑ "Florence + The Machine named Q's album of 2011 – listen now" . Q . 8 December 2021. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2025 . This page is based on this
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