The Rhythm and the Blues

The Rhythm and the Blues
The Rhythm and the Blues
Studio album by Jimmy Barnes
Released	28 August 2009
Recorded	2008−09
Genre	Soul, rock
Label	Liberation
Producer	Don Gehman
Jimmy Barnes chronology

Released28 August 2009

Recorded2008−09

GenreSoul, rock

LabelLiberation

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The Border Mail	^[1]

The Rhythm and the Blues is the thirteenth solo studio album by Australian rock musician Jimmy Barnes, released through Liberation Music on 28 August 2009. The album was produced by Don Gehman in Los Angeles and peaked at number one on the Australian Albums Chart for two weeks.^[2] The Rhythm and the Blues was Barnes' ninth solo album (thirteenth including his Cold Chisel records) to reach number one on the ARIA Charts, an all-time record for an Australian artist.^[3]

The album was touted as a sequel to Barnes' previous works Soul Deep and Soul Deeper... Songs From the Deep South.^[4] It features cover versions of tracks from throughout the late 1940s to the 1960s, with songs by the likes of Ray Charles, Little Richard, Ike & Tina Turner, Bo Diddley, Stevie Wonder and Nina Simone.^[5]

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Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[7]	Platinum	70,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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Studio albums	Bodyswerve For the Working Class Man/Jimmy Barnes Freight Train Heart Two Fires Soul Deep Heat Flesh and Wood Psyclone Love and Fear Soul Deeper... Songs from the Deep South Double Happiness Out in the Blue The Rhythm and the Blues Rage and Ruin 30:30 Hindsight Soul Searchin' Och Aye the G'nu My Criminal Record Flesh and Blood Blue Christmas Defiant
Live albums	Barnestorming Raw Modus Operandi
Compilations	Barnes Hits Anthology Best of the Soul Years
Memoirs	Working Class Boy Working Class Man
Films	Working Class Boy Working Class Boy (soundtrack)
Singles	"No Second Prize" "Promise Me You'll Call" "Daylight" "I'd Die to Be with You Tonight" "Working Class Man" "Ride the Night Away" "Good Times" "Too Much Ain't Enough Love" "Driving Wheels" "I'm Still on Your Side" "Waitin' for the Heartache" "When a Man Loves a Woman" "Last Frontier" "Lay Down Your Guns" "Let's Make It Last All Night" "Little Darling" "When Your Love is Gone" "I Gotcha" "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" "(Simply) The Best" "Sweat It Out" "Stand Up" "Stone Cold" "Right by Your Side" "The Weight" "Still Got a Long Way to Go" "Change of Heart" "Lover Lover" "Sit on My Knee" "Gonna Take Some Time" "Bird on the Wire" "Shutting Down Our Town"
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