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    Album Of The Week Album Of The Week  - 21/02/2026 - Track 4 The next track I have selected from this week's album is one of the shorter, more direct songs on From Here To Eternity. Holy Smoke, initially from the 1990 album No Prayer For The Dying the song takes a well aimed swipe at televison evangelists and those who use faith as a money making exercise. Album Of The Week  - 21/02/2026 - Track 3 The third track I have selected From Fear To Eternity is the song The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Bree. Taken from the 2006 album A Matter Of Life And Death, the song was the lead single from the album. At over 7 minutes this may have seemed a strange choice but the album only featured one song under 5 minutes and Bree is an incredibly strong track. To stoke interest the band created a website with a backstory about the fctional character of Benjamin Bree. Album Of The Week  - 21/02/2026 - Track 2 My second selection from Fear To Eternity is the track El Dorado, ...
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   Album Of The Week 2026 - Archive Album Of The Week - 03/01/2026 Dark Fields - Show of Hands We kick off 2026 with a band that have made a massive impact on my music listening, the Devon based folk duo, Show of Hands, who comprise of singer/songwriter/musician Steve Knightley and the multi-instrumentalist and folk legend Phil Beer, formerly of the Albion Band. This week’s album, Dark Fields, is the fourth of my 32 Show of Hands albums to be selected as my album of week and its an album that has a special memory, as I bought it at a gig we attended at the Exeter Phoenix soon after Julie & I started following them. Dark Fields, released in 1997, is actually the bands 6 th  album although the first 3 were cassette only and are now long out of print. Therefore, Dark Fields is the third main release album and continued the success and acclaim Show of Hands had garnered from their previous 2 albums. In 1996, Show of Hands surprisingly booked the Royal Albert Hall and even...
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