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* [[Miloco Studios|The Garden]] (London)

* [[Miloco Studios|The Garden]] (London)

* [[Miloco Studios|The Pool]] (London)

* [[Miloco Studios|The Pool]] (London)

* Count Brigante’s Mountain ([[Ibiza]], Spain)<ref name=CD_credits />

* Count Brigante’s Mountain ([[Ibiza]], Spain)

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| genre = [[Indie pop]]<ref name=ind_rev>{{cite news | newspaper=[[The Independent]] | date=13 August 2011 | title=Album: Baxter Dury, Happy Soup (Regal) | url=https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-baxter-dury-happy-soup-regal-2337185.html | access-date=8 September 2025}}</ref>

| length = {{Duration|m=35|s=57}}

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””’Happy Soup””’ is the third studio album by the English musician [[Baxter Dury]], released on 15 August 2011 through [[Regal Recordings]]. It was produced by Dury and Craig Silvey, with additional production by Cameron Craig.

””’Happy Soup””’ is the third studio album by the English musician [[Baxter Dury]], released on 15 August 2011 through [[Regal Recordings]]. It was produced by Dury and Craig Silvey, with additional production by Cameron Craig.

== Background and recording ==

Dury began recording the album in [[Ibiza]], Spain<ref name=tele_rev /> at Count Brigante’s Mountain, continuing in London at [[Miloco Studios|The Garden]] and [[Miloco Studios|The Pool]] and at another studio called The Kilburn Love Cabin.<ref name=CD_credits /> He had decided to retain Craig Silvey as his producer, whom he had worked with for his first two albums ”Len Parrot’s Memorial Lift” (2002)<ref name=mw>{{cite magazine | magazine=[[Music Week]] | date=13 August 2011 | last=Christophers | first=Simon | title=Album: Baxter Dury – Happy Soup (Regal) | page=20 | publisher=Intent Media | issn=0265-1548 | publication-place=Ashford, Kent, England | url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2011/2011-08-13-Music-Week.pdf | access-date=11 September 2025}}</ref> and ”Floor Show” (2005).<ref>{{cite web |title=Floor Show / Baxter Dury / Credits |url=https://tidal.com/album/2204467/credits |publisher=[[Tidal (service)|Tidal]] |access-date=6 December 2025}}</ref> Before its release, Silvey had also worked on records for bands including [[Arcade Fire]], [[Arctic Monkeys]], and [[the Horrors]].<ref name=tele_rev /> ”Happy Soup” marks Dury’s first album on a major record label.<ref name=line_rev>{{cite magazine | magazine=[[The Line of Best Fit]] | date=30 August 2011 | last=Wisgard | first=Alex | title=Baxter Dury – ‘Happy Soup’ | url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/baxter-dury-happy-soup-65956 | access-date=8 September 2025}}</ref>

== Promotion and singles ==

== Promotion and singles ==

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| rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine | magazine=[[Record Collector]] | title=Happy Soup {{!}} Baxter Dury | last=Staunton | first=Terry | date=6 August 2011 | issue=392 | url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/happy-soup | access-date=8 September 2025}}</ref>

| rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine | magazine=[[Record Collector]] | title=Happy Soup {{!}} Baxter Dury | last=Staunton | first=Terry | date=6 August 2011 | issue=392 | url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/happy-soup | access-date=8 September 2025}}</ref>

| rev9 = ”[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]”

| rev9 = ”[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]”

| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] | title=Baxter Dury: Happy Soup, CD review | last=Perry | first=Andrew | date=18 August 2011 | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/8708537/Baxter-Dury-Happy-Soup-CD-review.html | access-date=8 September 2025}}</ref>

| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] | title=Baxter Dury: Happy Soup, CD review | last=Perry | first=Andrew | date=18 August 2011 | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/8708537/Baxter-Dury-Happy-Soup-CD-review.html | access-date=8 September 2025}}</ref>

| rev10 = ”[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]”

| rev10 = ”[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]”

| rev10score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine | last=Mulholland | first=Garry | title=Baxter Dury – Happy Soup (Regal) | magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] | date=18 August 2011 | page=82 | issn=1368-0722 | issue=172 (September 2011) | publisher=[[TI Media|IPC Media]] | publication-place=London}}</ref>

| rev10score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine | last=Mulholland | first=Garry | title=Baxter Dury – Happy Soup (Regal) | magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] | date=18 August 2011 | page=82 | issn=1368-0722 | issue=172 (September 2011) | publisher=[[TI Media|IPC Media]] | publication-place=London}}</ref>

2011 studio album by Baxter Dury

Happy Soup
Released 15 August 2011
Studio
Genre Indie pop[1]
Length 35:57
Label Regal
Producer
  1. “Claire”
    Released: 1 July 2011
  2. “Trellic”
    Released: 17 October 2011
  3. “Isabel”
    Released: 19 December 2011

Happy Soup is the third studio album by the English musician Baxter Dury, released on 15 August 2011 through Regal Recordings. It was produced by Dury and Craig Silvey, with additional production by Cameron Craig.

Background and recording

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Dury began recording the album in Ibiza, Spain[2] at Count Brigante’s Mountain, continuing in London at The Garden and The Pool and at another studio called The Kilburn Love Cabin.[3] He had decided to retain Craig Silvey as his producer, whom he had worked with for his first two albums Len Parrot’s Memorial Lift (2002)[4] and Floor Show (2005).[5] Before its release, Silvey had also worked on records for bands including Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, and the Horrors.[2] Happy Soup marks Dury’s first album on a major record label.[6]

On 1 July 2011, “Claire” was officially released as the album’s lead single,[7] following a series of unofficial releases on Dury’s MySpace page, first as a demo in 2008[8] and later with “The Sun” in early 2010.[9] 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.[10][11] Following Happy Soup‘s release in August 2011,[12] both “Trellic” and “Isabel” were released as singles on 17 October[10][13] and 19 December,[14] respectively.

Happy Soup was released on 15 August 2011 through Regal Recordings, roughly six years after his previous album Floor Show (2005).[12] It charted at no. 100 and 89 in Wallonia and France, respectively.[15][16]

The review aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave Happy Soup a weighted average rating of 7.0 out of 10 from a sample of 14 critical reviews.[17]

All tracks are written by Baxter Dury, with additional writers noted.[3]

Happy Soup track listing
Title Add. writers
1. “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

Credits adapted from the CD liner notes.[3]

  • 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
  1. ^ “Album: Baxter Dury, Happy Soup (Regal)”. The Independent. 13 August 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Perry, Andrew (18 August 2011). “Baxter Dury: Happy Soup, CD review”. The Telegraph. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  3. ^ a b c Dury, Baxter (2025). Happy Soup (CD liner notes). Regal Recordings. REG164CD.
  4. ^ Christophers, Simon (13 August 2011). “Album: Baxter Dury – Happy Soup (Regal)” (PDF). Music Week. Ashford, Kent, England: Intent Media. p. 20. ISSN 0265-1548. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  5. ^ “Floor Show / Baxter Dury / Credits”. Tidal. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  6. ^ Wisgard, Alex (30 August 2011). “Baxter Dury – ‘Happy Soup’“. The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  7. ^ “Baxter Dury unveils first single from new album ‘Happy Soup’ – audio”. NME. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  8. ^ “Baxter Dury posts new song online”. NME. 30 July 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  9. ^ Wilkinson, Matt (22 March 2010). “Baxter Dury announces London gig and ticket details”. NME. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  10. ^ a b “Watch: Baxter Dury – Isabel”. DIY. 26 September 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  11. ^ “Watch: Baxter Dury – Trophies”. DIY. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  12. ^ a b Pearlman, Mischa (16 August 2011). “Baxter Dury Happy Soup Review”. BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  13. ^ “Key Releases: October 17 – Singles” (PDF). Music Week. London: Intent Media. 14 October 2011. p. 30. ISSN 0265-1548. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  14. ^ “Product – Key Releases: December 19 – Singles” (PDF). Music Week. London: Intent Media. 18 November 2011. p. 41. ISSN 0265-1548. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  15. ^ a b “Ultratop.be – Baxter Dury – Happy Soup” (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  16. ^ a b “Lescharts.com – Baxter Dury – Happy Soup”. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  17. ^ a b “Baxter Dury – Happy Soup”. AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  18. ^ Monger, James Christopher. “Happy Soup Review”. AllMusic. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  19. ^ Ross, Becky (14 August 2011). “Baxter Dury – Happy Soup”. DIY. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  20. ^ Simpson, Dave (11 August 2011). “Baxter Dury: Happy Soup – review”. The Guardian. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  21. ^ Murphy, Lauren (5 August 2011). “Baxter Drury – Happy Soup Regal Recordings”. The Irish Times. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  22. ^ 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.
  23. ^ Murphy, John (August 2011). “Baxter Dury – Happy Soup”. MusicOMH. Archived from the original on 27 August 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  24. ^ Morrice, Amy (9 August 2011). “Album Review: Baxter Dury – ‘Happy Soup’“. NME. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  25. ^ Staunton, Terry (6 August 2011). “Happy Soup | Baxter Dury”. Record Collector. No. 392. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  26. ^ Mulholland, Garry (18 August 2011). “Baxter Dury – Happy Soup (Regal)”. Uncut. No. 172 (September 2011). London: IPC Media. p. 82. ISSN 1368-0722.
  27. ^ “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.
  28. ^ “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.
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