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Album Of The Week Album Of The Week - 15/08/2026 - Track 5 My final selection from this week's album is the song Only Just Once. In keeping with the intensity and power of the album this is a strong offering to close Heretics & Lullibies, which is without doubt a top quality doom metal album. Album Of The Week - 15/08/2026 - Track 4 My penultimate selection from Heretic & Lullabies is the track…
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…
Album Of The Week 2025 - Archive Album Of The Week - 04/01/2025 Century Child - Nightwish To kick off 2025 we have the third of my 18 Nightwish albums to be selected, the album, Century Child being the bands 4 th studio album, released in 2002. By the time this album came out in 2002, Nightwish were already well established on the metal scene and were big selling artists, especially in their…
Album Of The Week 2024 - Archive Album Of The Week - 06/01/2024 Losing Streak – Less Than Jake The first album of 2024 comes from American ska/punk band Less Than Jake and their 1996 release, Losing Streak. This is the second selection from Less Than Jake following 1998’s Hello Rockview which was my album of the week for 01/04/2023. Not including their 1995 compilation release, Losing Streak is…
Album Of The Week - 2023 Archive Album Of The Week - 07/01/2023 Reveal – R.E.M. The first selection of 2023 see’s us going back to R.E.M. with their 12 th studio album and the fourth selected as my album of the week, the 2001 release, Reveal. By the time of this release the band has settled as a trio and this was their second album following the departure of drummer Bill Berry. The band though…
Album Of The Week 18/12/2021 - Traiveller's Joy by Emily Smith My new album of the week is Traivellers's Joy by Scottish folk musician Emily Smith. She first came to my attention via the BBC Radio 2 Folk Show, an excellent weekly program which has introduced me to some outstanding folk music. Traivellers Joy came out in 2011 and its one of three of her albums I have, she writes lovely melodic folk…
Album Of The Week Selections 15/08/2026 - Heretics & Lullabies - Frayle (2025) 08/08/2026 - The Awakening - Worhol (2017) 01/08/2026 - Until Dawn - Elvellon (2018) 25/07/2026 - The Definitive Collection - Hans Zimmer (2014) 18/07/2026 - Draconian Times MMXI - Paradise Lost (2011) 11/07/2026 - The Hit Men (The Complete Singles 1977-1991) - The Stranglers (1997) 04/07/2026 - Around The Sun - R.E.M.…
