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2016 studio album by Show of Hands From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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| The Long Way Home | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 15 January 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2015 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Label | Hands on Music | |||
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It reached number 70 on the UK Albums Chart,[2] and number 9 in the UK Independent Albums Chart.[3]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| 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]
Taken from album notes:[14]
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Albums (OCC)[15] | 70 |
| UK Independent Albums Chart[3] | 9 |
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