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    Album Of The Week Album Of The Week  - 21/02/2026 - Track 6 The final selection from this weeks album could be a case of leaving the best until last. When The Wild Wind Blows is taken from The Final Frontier album of 2010 and is 11 minute epic fit to close any Iron Maiden album. The song is based on the graphic novel and animated novel When The Wind Blows which tells the story of an elderly English couple dealing the aftermath of a nuclear attack. In this version though the ending has been altered to give it a level of Shakespearean tragedy. For me, this song encapsulates everything I love about Iron Maiden, the narrative storytelling coupled with the complex yet melodic and powerful delivery from the band, the perfect song to wrap up this excellent compilation. Album Of The Week  - 21/02/2026 - Track 5 My penultimate selection from this excellent Iron Maiden compilation is the song No More Lies. Taken from the Dance Of Death album from 2003 this song is again th...

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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...