a r t i s t : Show of Hands
t i t l e : Cold Frontier
d a t e : 2001
l a b e l : Hands on Music
g e n r e : Folk
r l s. d a t e : Aug/2008
t r a c k s : 14
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 71,1 MB
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Show of Hands consists of songwriter Steve Knightley and
multi-instrumentalist Phil Beer. The seeds for the band were
planted when the two were teenagers playing in their hometown
of Exeter, Great Britain. The two played together in various
pubs in clubs around Europe, often to disastrous results, and
they eventually stopped performing together when high school
ended. Knightley went to college while Beer dove right into
the music industry. The two stayed apart through the '80s, but
found each other both living in the same area, and decided to
begin playing shows together again. By 1991, they realized
they still worked well together, and began to play under the
Show of Hands name. Their first recordings were self-recorded
efforts that were released on cassette tape (these have since
been re-released onto CD under the title Backlog) and they
managed to break into the folk festival circuit through their
efforts. They also formed a separate band, Alianza, which was
made up of the two men and three Chilean musicians who had
been exiled. This was only a short-lived project, but it
opened their eyes to world music. They began to put together a
collection of exotic instruments, writing many songs that
utilized these new discoveries. They also started releasing
CDs independently, and drafted producer Gerard O'Farrell into
the fold as their sound engineer. He eventually became their
manager, and produced the album that finally got them noticed
by the British press, 1996's Lie of the Land. They built a
huge following from this new exposure, leading their following
tour to include venues such as London's Royal Albert Hall. A
live album from that specific performance became a big
success, and this moment in the spotlight led to several more
successful independent releases. The band still even plays the
English countryside, where they first started playing together
years before. ~ Bradley Torreano, All Music Guide
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01-Cold Frontier [04:15]
02-Are We Alright [03:11]
03-Come by [04:59]
04-Northwest Passage [03:55]
05-Widecombe Fair [03:28]
06-Things I Learnt this Year [03:49]
07-You're Mine [04:00]
08-Windchanges [03:24]
09-Don't Look Now [02:43]
10-Sally Free and Easy [05:14]
11-Yeovil Town [03:57]
12-Cold Heart of England [03:24]
13-The Streets of Forbes [03:37]
14-The Flood [05:55]
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55:51 min