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    Album Of The Week Album Of The Week  - 21/02/2026 From Fear To Eternity (The Best Of 1990-2010) – Iron Maiden   For the second time in 3 weeks we find ourselves back in my Iron Maiden collection with their 2011 release, From Fear To Eternity. This album covers 8 studio albums released during the 20 year period as described in the album title which includes Brave New World as featured as my album of week only two weeks ago. In total there are 23 songs in a double album format covering a very productive period for the band including plenty of 6 minute plus epics. What I find very interesting about the collection is how it documents the progression of the band over this key 20 period and the incorporation of more progressive elements into their music alongside their trademark traditional heavy metal offerings. The period of this compilation has selections from No Prayer For The Dying from 1990 and Fear Of The Dark from 1992, the last 2 albums with Bruce Dickinson on...
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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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