Jude The Unsinkable released October 20, 2023 is the 23rd studio album from Judie Tzuke. Her last solo album was released in 2017, but she has been active touring since lockdown, including a collaboration with Beverley Craven and Julie Fordham for the spectacular Woman to Woman project. Her empire is a family affair with original band member and husband Paul Muggleton contributing musically and producing, and their daughters Tallula and Bailey providing backing vocals. This album has a host of musicians who have worked with Judie over the years, including Bob Noble and David P Goodes and recent song-writing partners Chaz Thorogood and Ben Mark.
The album’s first track is a companion piece to the first track on the previous album (Women Overboard from Peace Has Broken Out). In Women Overboard we find our heroine on the edge of despair, represented by a melancholic soundscape washing underneath the vocal, which showcases all of the emotional power of Judie’s voice. Unsinkable is more optimistic, defiance in the face of adversity. Although the cadence of the song is similar, there is a lighter touch to it and it is lifted further by Ben Mark’s intense electric guitar solo.
This may also be the first time that there have been overtly political lyrics in Judie’s songs, that feature particularly on Idiot Kings and Sanctuary. The overwhelming message in the first half of the album is of battening down the hatches and braving it out as the challenges of recent events threaten the human spirit.
Artist: Judie Tzuke
Album: Jude The Unsinkable
Year: 2023
Label: Big Moon Records
Style: Classic Rock, Melodic Rock
Format: mp3/320, flac (tracks, 44kHz/16bit)
Tracklist
01. Unsinkable 3:13
02. Idiot Kings 3:14
03. Sanctuary 4:02
04. Deadlock 4:02
05. White Picket Fence 5:21
06. Evergreen 5:12
07. Rituals 3:39
08. Sunflowers 4:12
09. I See You 3:54
10. Old Movies 3:38
11. You’ve Got To Be In It 3:46
12. Keeper Of The Sun 4:13
Judie Tzuke – Jude The Unsinkable (2023) mp3+flac
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