Released 15 January 2016 Artist Show of Hands Label Hands On Music | Recorded 2015 Release date 15 January 2016 Genre Folk music | |
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Show of hands breme the long way home
The Long Way Home is the seventeenth studio album by the folk duo Show of Hands. It was released on 15 January 2016, although copies were available at dates on the autumn tour in 2015.
Contents
- Show of hands breme the long way home
- Show of hands exmouth 2015 1 the long way home
- Reception
- Track listing
- Songs
- References
It reached number 70 in the UK Album Chart, and number 9 in the UK Independent Albums Chart.
Show of hands exmouth 2015 1 the long way home
Reception
Acoustic Magazine says the album shows the duo "continuing to build an astonishing legacy" and "returning to their roots". They concluded that it "skillfully weaves all the coherent folk themes together to a coherent whole".
The Daily Telegraph ranked the album at number 8 in their list of "The Best Folk Albums of 2016."
Track listing
Taken from album notes:
- Breme Fell At Hastings (Steve Knightley)
- Hallows Eve (Chris Hoban)
- Hambledon Fair (Trad Arr. Knightley) Tune - Portsdown Hill (Knightley)
- The Long Way Home (Knightley)
- Keep Hauling (Andrew Cadie)
- 'Twas On One April's Morning (Trad Arr. Knightley/Phil Beer) Tune - Isca Rose (Knightley)
- Sweet Bella (Knightley)
- The Old Lych Way (Hoban)
- Walk With me (When The Sun Goes Down) (Knightley)
- Virginia (Trad Arr. Knightley/Beer)
- John Harrisons' Hands (Dick McGaughan/Brian McNeil)
- Mesopotamia (Knightley)
Songs
1Breme Fell at Hastings3:35
2Hallows' Eve3:19
3Hambledon Fair4:03
References
The Long Way Home (Show of Hands album) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA