The Long Way Home (Show of Hands album)

The Long Way Home
Studio album by
Show of Hands
Released15 January 2016
Recorded2015
GenreFolk
LabelHands on Music
Show of Hands chronology
Centenary: Words & Music of the Great War
(2014) 		The Long Way Home
(2016) 		Battlefield Dance Floor
(2019)

The Long Way Home is the seventeenth studio album by the folk duo Show of Hands. It was released on 15 January 2016, although copies were available at dates on the autumn tour in 2015.[1]

It reached number 70 on the UK Albums Chart,[2] and number 9 in the UK Independent Albums Chart.[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Acoustic Magazine(favourable)[4]
Bright Young Folk(favourable)[5]
The Daily Telegraph[6]
Fatea Records(favourable)[7]
Folk Radio(favourable)[8]
Folk Worlds(favourable)[9]
fRoots(favourable)[10]
The Guardian[11]
Louder Than War(8/10)[12]
Songwriting Magazine[13]

Acoustic Magazine says the album shows the duo "continuing to build an astonishing legacy" and "returning to their roots". They concluded that it "skillfully weaves all the coherent folk themes together to a coherent whole".[4]

The Daily Telegraph ranked the album at number 8 in their list of "The Best Folk Albums of 2016."[6]

Track listing

Taken from album notes:[14]

  1. Breme Fell At Hastings (Steve Knightley)
  2. Hallows Eve (Chris Hoban)
  3. Hambledon Fair (Trad Arr. Knightley) Tune - Portsdown Hill (Knightley)
  4. The Long Way Home (Knightley)
  5. Keep Hauling (Andrew Cadie)
  6. 'Twas On One April's Morning (Trad Arr. Knightley/Phil Beer) Tune - Isca Rose (Knightley)
  7. Sweet Bella (Knightley)
  8. The Old Lych Way (Hoban)
  9. Walk With me (When The Sun Goes Down) (Knightley)
  10. Virginia (Trad Arr. Knightley/Beer)
  11. John Harrisons' Hands (Dick Gaughan/Brian McNeil)
  12. Mesopotamia (Knightley)

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[15] 70
UK Independent Albums Chart[3] 9

References

  1. ^ "Show of Hands - Steve Knightley and Phil Beer - Acoustic Music - Folk Music - English Folk Music". showofhands.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  4. ^ a b "First review for The Long Way Home album…. - Show of Hands". showofhands.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  5. ^ "The Long Way Home - Show Of Hands". brightyoungfolk.com. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  6. ^ a b Chilton, Martin (19 January 2016). "The best folk music albums of 2016". The Telegraph.
  7. ^ "FATEA - Reviews". fatea-records.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Show of Hands: The Long Way Home – Album Review - Folk Radio UK". Folk Radio UK. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  9. ^ "FolkWords Reviews". folkwords.com. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  10. ^ "Album of The Week – Show of Hands -The Long Way Home". celticmusicradio.net. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  11. ^ Robin Denselow (14 January 2016). "Show of Hands: The Long Way Home review – folk heroes embrace love and history". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  12. ^ "Show Of Hands: The Long Way Home - album review". Louder Than War. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  13. ^ "'The Long Way Home' by Show Of Hands (Album)". Songwriting Magazine. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  14. ^ Album Notes
  15. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 January 2016.