The Long Way Home (Show of Hands album) explained

The Long Way Home
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Show of Hands
Cover:	Show of Hands - The Long Way Home (Official Album Cover).png
Released:	15 January 2016
Recorded:	2015
Genre:	Folk
Label:	Hands on Music
Prev Year:	2014
Next Title:	Battlefield Dance Floor
Next Year:	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

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".

The Daily Telegraph ranked the album at number 8 in their list of "The Best Folk Albums of 2016."^[4]

Track listing

Taken from album notes:^[5]

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Show of Hands - Steve Knightley and Phil Beer - Acoustic Music - Folk Music - English Folk Music. showofhands.co.uk. 11 February 2016.
2. Web site: Official Albums Chart Top 100. officialcharts.com. 11 February 2016.
3. Web site: Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50. officialcharts.com. 11 February 2016.
4. News: The best folk music albums of 2016. The Telegraph. 19 January 2016. Chilton. Martin.
5. Album Notes