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    Album Of The Week Album Of The Week - 02/05/2026 - Track 6 My final selection from I, Assassin is the closing track on the standard release of the album. We Take Mystery (To Bed) is probably the most anthemic song of the album with a very catch bass line, guitar and a soaring Numan synth. Lyrically, its a story of betrayal of how a love interest sold her story to the press. Its a very strong song to end an album which has stood well in the impressive Gary Numan back catalogue. Album Of The Week - 02/05/2026 - Track 5 My penultimate selection from I, Assassin is the Music For Chameleons, released as the A side to yesterday's selection, Noise Noise. One of 3 singles taken from the album, the edited release reached number 19 in the UK singles chart and continued Numan's impressive run of commercial success. Album Of The Week - 02/05/2026 - Track 4 I am delving into the CD release of I Assassin for my next selection with one of the 7 additional songs. Noise Noise was originall...
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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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