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    Album Of The Week Album Of The Week - 18/04/2026 - Track 5 I have left the best to last for my final selection from Hope Bleeds with one of Gary Numan's rarer songs. The track, Ancients, was originally released on the 2003 Hybrid album as one of the brand new tracks for the project. For me this is a real Numan classic and a highlight from this excellent set. Album Of The Week - 18/04/2026 - Track 4 My penultimate selection from Hope Bleeds is a song from his middle period, one of the few that makes it into his live set. The track, My Breathing, from the album Strange Charm is one of the longer Numan songs and one that fits perfectly into his more industrial sound. Album Of The Week - 18/04/2026 - Track 3 My third selection from Hope Bleeds is a track that initially appeared on Numan's turn around album, Sacrifice. This live version of the song Bleed is actually based on the 2003 version that was remixed by Sulpher, a project that involves Numan's guitarist at the time, ...
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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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