It's a Pleasure (album)

It's a Pleasure
Studio album by Baxter Dury
Released	20 October 2014
Studio	Tickle Rooms Dan Carey's Studio ICP 290 Ladbroke State of Ark
Length	33:31
Label	PIAS
Producer	Baxter Dury Mike More
Baxter Dury chronology
Happy Soup (2011) It's a Pleasure (2014) Prince of Tears (2017)
Singles from It's a Pleasure
"Pleasure" Released: 9 July 2014 "Palm Trees" Released: 16 September 2014 "Other Men's Girls" Released: 12 February 2015

It's a Pleasure is the fourth studio album by English musician Baxter Dury. The majority of the album was produced by Dury and Mike More, ^[1] and it was released on 20 October 2014. ^[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	6.2/10 [3]
Metacritic	70/100 [4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
The Line of Best Fit	7/10 [2]
musicOMH	[6]
NME	[7]
Record Collector	[8]

It's a Pleasure received a score of 70/100 on the review aggregator website Metacritic based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". ^[4] Another aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave the album 6.2/10 based on a different sample of 7 critical reviews. ^[3]

In a four star review for Record Collector , Jamie Atkins described It's a Pleasure as a "record [that] appears to be the distilled essence of Dury: world-weary songs full of hooks, absolutely no filler, and chock-a-block with memorable lyrics." ^[8] Christopher Monk, writing for musicOMH , was slightly less positive, stating "there is the sense that this is a very good EP nestled within a merely good album." ^[6]

Rating the album 7/10 for The Line of Best Fit , Laurence Day believed the album to be a display of Baxter Dury's evolution since his previous studio venture Happy Soup (2011), adding "Dury's not exactly ecstatic about much, but his newfound nonchalant devil-may-care attitude is refreshing." ^[2]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Baxter Dury; all music is composed by Dury and Mike More, with additional composers noted. ^[1]

It's a Pleasure track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Pleasure"		2:22
2.	"Palm Trees"	Fabienne Débarre	4:20
3.	"Other Men's Girls"	Débarre	3:45
4.	"Police"	Débarre	3:05
5.	"Lips"		3:05
6.	"Whispered"	Ben Gallagher	4:17
7.	"Petals"	Gallagher	2:26
8.	"White Men"	Débarre	3:55
9.	"Wintery Kisses"	Débarre	2:25
10.	"Babies"		3:51
Total length:			33:31

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the It's a Pleasure LP. ^[1]

• Baxter Dury – vocals, keyboards, drums (track 4)
• Mike More – guitars, bass (1, 5, 7, 8), backing vocals (4, 7), percussion (7), keyboards (8)
• Fabienne Débarre – backing vocals (except 7), keyboards (except 1, 4), vocals (8)
• Mark Neary – bass (2, 3, 4, 6, 10)
• Adam Gammage – drums (3, 6, 9, 10)
• Adam Falkner – drums (8)
• Drew McConnell – bass (9)
• Damon Reece – drums (2)
• Patrick Walden – guitar (9)

Technical and design

• Baxter Dury – production (except 2)
• Mike More – production (except 2, 8)
• Craig Silvey – production (3, 6, 9, 10), mixing
• Dan Carey – production (2)
• Cameron Craig – production (8)
• Ryan Smith – mastering
• Margaux Ract – photography, design, art direction

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [9]	59
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [10]	163
French Albums (SNEP) [11]	42
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [12]	44

References

1. Dury, Baxter (2014). It's a Pleasure (LP notes). PIAS. PIASL026LP.
2. Day, Laurence (14 October 2014). "Baxter Dury – It's a Pleasure". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 11 May 2025.
3. "Baxter Dury – It's a Pleasure". Any Decent Music?. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
4. "It's a Pleasure by Baxter Dury". Metacritic . Retrieved 10 May 2025.
5. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "It's a Pleasure – Baxter Dury | AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 10 May 2025.
6. Monk, Christopher (25 October 2014). "Baxter Dury – It's a Pleasure". musicOMH . Retrieved 11 May 2025.
7. Carson, Dan (18 October 2014). "Baxter Dury – It's a Pleasure". NME . Retrieved 10 May 2025.
8. Atkins, Jamie (5 October 2014). "It's a Pleasure| Baxter Dury". Record Collector . Retrieved 11 May 2025.
9. "Ultratop.be – Baxter Dury – It's a Pleasure" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
10. "Ultratop.be – Baxter Dury – It's a Pleasure" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
11. "Lescharts.com – Baxter Dury – It's a Pleasure". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
12. "Baxter Dury | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart . Retrieved 10 May 2025.

External links

• It's a Pleasure at Discogs (list of releases)