Editing Dexys Midnight Runners (section)

====''Let the Record Show: Dexys Do Irish and Country Soul''====
On St. Patrick's Day (Thursday, 17 March) 2016, Dexys announced the release of their fifth studio album, ''[[Let the Record Show: Dexys Do Irish and Country Soul]]'', which was subsequently released on 100%/[[Warner Music Group|Warner Music]] on 3 June 2016. The album features interpretations of Irish folk standards plus songs written by contemporary musicians.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/nme/92359 |title=Dexys announce new album |newspaper=New Musical Express |date=17 March 2016 |access-date=19 March 2016 |archive-date=20 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320121232/http://www.nme.com/news/nme/92359 |url-status=live }}</ref>  The pre-release videos included on Dexys' Facebook page featured three band members: Rowland, Lucy Morgan, and Sean Read, whom Rowland described as the "nucleus" of the current version of Dexys.<ref name="rhinopr">{{cite web |url=https://media.rhino.com/press-release/dexys-new-album-let-record-show-dexys-do-irish-and-country-soul-available-june-3 |title=The Dexys New Album "Let the Record Show: Dexys Do Irish and Country Soul" Available June 3" |publisher=[[Rhino Records]] |date=6 March 2016 |access-date=3 April 2016 |archive-date=14 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414023234/http://media.rhino.com/press-release/dexys-new-album-let-record-show-dexys-do-irish-and-country-soul-available-june-3 |url-status=live }}</ref> The album also includes guest violinist [[Helen O'Hara]], recording with the band for the first time in 30 years. Rowland said that the idea for the album dated back to 1984–85, at which time the album would have been called ''Irish'' and featured only traditional Irish songs as interpreted by Dexys.<ref name="rhinopr" /> O'Hara, in fact, had released such an album in 1998, entitled ''A Night in Ireland'', which includes three of the same songs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dexys.org/id15.html |title=New Dexys Album out in June |author=Dexys News |publisher=dexys.org |access-date=9 April 2016 |archive-date=6 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506131842/http://www.dexys.org/id15.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  According to Rowland, "the brief [has] expanded from solely consisting of Irish songs, to songs I've always loved and wanted to record", such as "[[You Wear It Well]]", "[[To Love Somebody (song)|To Love Somebody]]", and "[[Both Sides, Now]]".<ref name="rhinopr" />

Dexys made its only two live appearances of 2016 to support this release: one at a private reception at the Embassy of Ireland in London on 6 June and one at Rough Trade East in London on 3 June.<ref name="iw2016">{{cite web|url=http://www.theirishworld.com/dexys-announce-special-performances/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526111519/http://www.theirishworld.com/dexys-announce-special-performances/ |archive-date=26 May 2016 |title=Dexys announce special London performances |website=[[The Irish World (London)|The Irish World]] |url-status=dead |date=25 May 2016|access-date=30 June 2016}}</ref>  They also performed two songs on the ITV program ''[[Weekend (TV programme)|Weekend]]'' on 11 June.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/DexysOfficial/status/741994102632423424 |title=If you missed Dexys on the Weekend show yesterday then you can now watch back online |author=Dexys |date=12 June 2016 |access-date=12 March 2017 |archive-date=17 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417050548/https://twitter.com/DexysOfficial/status/741994102632423424 |url-status=live }}</ref>  For these three performances, O'Hara temporarily rejoined Dexys in place of Morgan, who was unavailable.<ref name="iw2016" />

The album entered the UK Official Albums Chart Top 100 at number 10 and remained there for one week.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/dexys-midnight-runners-let-the-record-show-dexys-do-irish-and/ |title=Let the Record Show - Dexys Do Irish and Country Soul by Dexys Midnight Runners |website=Official Charts |publisher=The Official UK Charts Company |access-date=3 August 2023}}</ref>