- folk
- 78 min
- 34 tracks
- Mighty Village Records
Centenary: Words & Music of the Great War is a studio album released in 2014 to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of World War I. The unique project is a double album by English folk duo Show of Hands; the first disc features war poems recited by Jim Carter and Imelda Staunton set to the duo's music, whilst the second disc features songs inspired by the War, sung instead by Show of Hands' lead singer Steve Knightley.
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- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
- contemporarynostalgic
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Tracks
- 1Anthem For Doomed Youth / The Flowers Of The Forest1:24
- 2Lamplight / The Sunshine Of Your Smile1:60
- 3Concert Party: Busseboom / It's A Long Way To Tipperary1:37
- 4A Girl's Song / Goodbye-ee1:56
- 5I Have A Rendezvous With Death / Keep The Home Fires Burning1:22
- 6The Lads In Their Hundreds / Isca Rose1:37
- 7To Victory / Hanging On The Old Barbed Wire & The Menin Gate2:16
- 8Who's For The Game / Love Will Make The World Go Round1:06
- 9The Silent One / Pack Up Your Troubles (In Your Old Kit Bag)1:37
- 10Requiem For The Dead Of Europe / Roses Of Picardy1:17
- 11The General / Bombed Last Night1:12
- 12Break Of Day In The Trenches / Fred Karno's Army1:27
- 13The Call / The Padre1:30
- 14Dulce Et Decorum Est / Landsend2:23
- 15Trench Poets / When This Bloody War Is Over1:39
- 16To An Athlete Dying Young / If You Were The Only Girl In The World1:49
- 17August 1914 / The Hallsands1:21
- 18The Soldier Addresses His Body / I Wore A Tunic1:38
- 19An Irish Airman Foresees His Death / Cain McSlainte1:01
- 20Slumber Song / Silent Night1:40
- 21The Soldier / Thaxted1:22
- 22For The Fallen / Coming Home & Bonnie Light Horsemen3:33
- 1The Gamekeeper3:48
- 2Goodbyee / If You Were The Only Girl In The World / The Lovely Nymph3:24
- 3The Lads In Their Hundreds3:28
- 4The Padre4:14
- 5Coming Home3:34
- 6It's A Long Way To Tipperary1:40
- 7The Sunshine Of Your Smile3:07
- 8Silent Night3:10
- 9Love Will Make The World Go Round2:30
- 10Goodbye 'Til The Next Time3:17
- 11The Blue Cockade6:08
- 12Requiem3:20
34 tracks, 78 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Jim Carter, Imelda Staunton, Show of Hands
- Label
- Mighty Village Records
- Released
- 2014
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
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