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    Album Of The Week                                                                    Album Of The Week - 22/08/2026 Monster – R.E.M.   We return to my REM collection again this week with their 9 th studio album and the 8 th to be selected as my album of the week. Released in 1994, Monster, was a real departure in approach for a band, that by then, had built such a solid creative and commercial foundation they could explore and expand upon their trademark sound and style. In that regard, Monster highlights this perfectly with a record that was a huge stylistic shift from their highly successful previous releases of Out Of Time and Automatic For The People, albums that had endorsed the band as one of the leading alternative rock bands of the time. Whereas more recent releases had seen the ba...
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Album Of The Week 2026 - Archive

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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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