Underworld – Barbara Barbara we face a shining future (The 59) #355

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Underworld – Barbara Barbara we face a shining future (2016)

Jem of Jemtunes, born in 1959, has now turned 59. So ‘The ’59’ celebrates 59 years of cracking tunes with a few albums from each year – 1959 through 2018. Currently we’re at year 58 – 2016.

Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future was the ninth studio album by Underworld, released on 18 March 2016.

It earned the band a 2017 Grammy Award nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Album.

Rick Smith came up with the title of the album from his father. Rick’s mother’s name is Barbara; she told Rick’s father that she was fearful of the future without him, and Rick’s father apparently replied…

Barbara, Barbara, we face a shining future.

The artwork was created by art design collective group Tomato.

The Pretty Reckless – Who you selling for (The 59) #354

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The Pretty Reckless – Who you selling for (2016)

Jem of Jemtunes, born in 1959, has now turned 59. So ‘The ’59’ celebrates 59 years of cracking tunes with a few albums from each year – 1959 through 2018. Currently we’re at year 58 – 2016.

Who You Selling For was the third studio album from The Pretty Reckless, released on October 21, 2016, by Razor & Tie.

The album reached number 13 on the US Billboard 200 and number 23 on the UK Albums Chart.

Its lead single, “Take Me Down”, topped the Billboard US Mainstream Rock chart in October 2016. The album also spawned the singles “Oh My God” (probably my own favourite number of the year) and “Back to the River”

The Rolling Stones – Blue and lonesome (The 59) #353

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The Rolling Stones – Blue and lonesome (2016)

Jem of Jemtunes, born in 1959, has now turned 59. So ‘The ’59’ celebrates 59 years of cracking tunes with a few albums from each year – 1959 through 2018. Today we’ve reached year 58 – 2016.

Blue & Lonesome is a covers album by the Rolling Stones—their 23rd British and 25th American studio album—released on 2 December 2016.

It’s the band’s first album to feature only cover songs (all blues numbers), and their first studio release since 2005’s ‘A Bigger Bang’, with the 11-year gap being the longest between two Rolling Stones albums.

It won the album won Album of the Year at the 2017 Jazz FM Awards. 

 

Dave Gilmour – Rattle that lock (The 59) #352

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Dave Gilmour – Rattle that lock (2015)

Jem of Jemtunes, born in 1959, has now turned 59. So ‘The ’59’ celebrates 59 years of cracking tunes with a few albums from each year – 1959 through 2018. Currently we’re at year 57 – 2015.

Rattle That Lock was the fourth solo studio album by Pink Floyd singer and guitarist David Gilmour. It was released in September 2015, on the Columbia label.

To support the album, Gilmour completed short tours of Europe in September and October 2015 and South America in December 2015, with a similar tour of the United States and Canada following in March and April 2016.

The artwork for the album was created by Dave Stansbie from The Creative Corporation under the direction of Aubrey Powell, who has worked with David Gilmour and Pink Floyd since the late 1960s.

Florence & the Machine – How big, how blue, how beautiful (The ’59) #351

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Florence & the Machine – How big, how blue, how beautiful (2015)

Jem of Jemtunes, born in 1959, has now turned 59. So ‘The ’59’ celebrates 59 years of cracking tunes with a few albums from each year – 1959 through 2018. Currently we’re at year 57 – 2015.

How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful was the third studio album by Florence and the Machine, released on 29 May 2015 by Island Records.

After returning from a year-long hiatus from music, front woman Florence Welch returned to configure songs that dealt with personal conflicts and struggles. In comparison to albums one and two, this was much more refined and stripped-down instrumentally, and incorporated a mixture of musical influences including folk, blues and gospel.

The album debuted at No.1 on the UK Albums Chart with 68,788 copies sold in its first week, becoming the band’s third consecutive album to hit the top spot.

Four singles were released from it—”What Kind of Man”, “Ship to Wreck”, “Queen of Peace” and “Delilah”. The album earned the band five Grammy Award nominations, in addition to being shortlisted for the 2015 Mercury Prize.

Enter Shakiri – The Mindsweep (The 59) #350

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Enter Shakiri – The Mindsweep (2015)

Jem of Jemtunes, born in 1959, has now turned 59. So ‘The ’59’ celebrates 59 years of cracking tunes with a few albums from each year – 1959 through 2018. Currently we’re at year 57 – 2015

The Mindsweep was the fourth studio album from Enter Shikari, released on 19 January 2015 through Ambush Reality, PIAS Recordings and Hopeless Records. It was recorded in 2014 with producer Dan Weller.

The Dead Daisies – Revolucion (The 59) #349

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The Dead Daisies – Revolucion (2015)

Jem of Jemtunes, born in 1959, has now turned 59. So ‘The ’59’ celebrates 59 years of cracking tunes with a few albums from each year – 1959 through 2018. Currently we’re at year 57 – 2015.

In late Feb 2015, The Dead Daisies became the first western rock band to play Cuba since the Obama administration reopened trade ties and made history as part of a cultural exchange as guests of the Cuban Ministry of Culture, Cuban Institute of Music and the Cuban Rock Agency.

This tour saw Lowy, Fortus, Mendoza, and Reed joined by returning bassist Darryl Jones and new drummer Brian Tichy, in addition to which vocalists John Corabi and Bernard Fowler also joined the band.  During their visit, they jammed in studio with Cuban musicians, played an energetic sold out show at Havana’s Maxim Rock Club, visited young Cuban musicians at the National Institute of Music and finished with a performance at the Concert for Peace (Roc Por La Paz) in front of over 6,000 fans. It was an unforgettable week as the band members immersed themselves in Cuban culture.

In April 2015 the band officially announced Corabi would remain with the band as they headed for Sydney, Australia, to complete the recording of their second album, Revolución which was released on Spitfire records on 31 August.

Red Sky Mary – River Child (The ’59) #348

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Red Sky Mary – River Child (2015)

Jem of Jemtunes, born in 1959, has now turned 59. So ‘The ’59’ celebrates 59 years of cracking tunes with a few albums from each year – 1959 through 2018. Currently we’re at year 57 – 2015.

Here’s what Graham Finney from Voltbeat had to say about ‘River Child’ when he reviewed it in June 2015.

New Hampshire rockers Red Sky Mary are about as true to the classic rock ethos as they could possible get without physically being transported back to the ’70s rock heydays. From KISS to AC/DC to The Beatles, River Child is a veritable feast of classic rock and will have something in it for all you classic rockers out there.

Promising the swagger of the ’70s rock scene, River Child comes racing out of the starting gate with the rather appropriately name “All Hell’s Breaking Loose”. With the sleaze of KISS and the gasoline fueled stomp of AC/DC, Red Sky Mary couldn’t have started their first full-length album in a finer way and sets out their intentions in belting style.

From that point, while the rest of the album doesn’t quite match that opener for balls-out swagger, there are plenty of moments, like “Too Much,” where you might find it hard to resist the urge to stomp around your room like a young Angus Young. Basically, if you grew up listening to the scratchy, hissy rock albums of the ’70s, River Child is like all your favourite rock classics rolled into one ten-track album.

Elsewhere, the more serene “I Will Wait For You” is a superb way to bring the tempo of the album down but, for the most part, River Child is the kind of natural slice of classic rock that sounds unspoiled by modern technologies and certainly sits head and shoulders above the rest of the tosh that is churned out under the banner of “classic” rock.

Mark Ronson – Uptown Special (The ’59) #347

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Mark Ronson – Uptown Special (2015)

Jem of Jemtunes, born in 1959, has now turned 59. So ‘The ’59’ celebrates 59 years of cracking tunes with a few albums from each year – 1959 through 2018. Today we’ve reached year 57 – 2015.

Dedicated to the late Amy Winehouse and released in January 2015, Uptown Special was the fourth and final studio album from record producer and DJ, Mark Ronson.

It became Ronson’s first number one on the UK Albums Chart (with his previous two albums charting at number two), and reached number two on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and number five on the US Billboard 200.

The lead single – “Uptown Funk” – had its beginning out of a jam in Bruno’s studio in LA with Mars drumming, Jeff Bhasker on synths and Ronson on bass. After they got the basic groove, Philip Lawrence joined and they wrote the lyrics to the first verse. They finished the song in Toronto, six months later. It rose to No.1 on the UK Singles Chart, marking Ronson’s first number one song as an artist and producer; as well as peaking at No.1 on the Irish Singles Chart and the Billboard 100.

Royal Blood (The ’59) #346

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Royal Blood (2014)

Jem of Jemtunes, born in 1959, has now turned 59. So ‘The ’59’ celebrates 59 years of cracking tunes with a few albums from each year – 1959 through 2018. Currently we’re at year 56 – 2014

Royal Blood’s self-titled debut studio was released by Warner Bros. on 25 August 2014 in the UK..

It was nominated for the 2014 Mercury Prize for best album and was a huge commercial success, debuting at number one on the UK Albums Chart and, as verified by the Official Charts Company, the fastest-selling British rock debut album in the UK in the three previous years. It also charted worldwide, reaching top 10 positions in Ireland, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand.