Album Of The Week Album Of The Week - 11/07/2026 - Track 4 My latest selection from The Hitmen is a song that originally appeared on the 1981 concept album, La Folie. The song, Tramp, is a Stranglers song very much in their signature sound and it was initially going to be the 3rd single from the album, looking to build on the commercial success of its predecessor, Golden Brown. The decision was overturned after Jean Jaques Burnel want the title track, La Folie, released instead and although a good song, a 6 minute song spoken solely in French was never going to hit the higher reaches of the charts. As such, Tramp remained an album track but one of the best tracks from the La Folie album. Album Of The Week - 11/07/2026 - Track 3 My third selection from the week's album comes from the highly experimental concept album, The Gospel According To The Meninblack, an album that delved into UFO's, alien visitation and control and biblical themes that suggested extra-terrestrial for...
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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...