Covers (Show of Hands album)

Covers is a studio album released in 2000 by English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands. This album differs from the other studio albums by Show of Hands in that all of the tracks are cover versions and the album contains no Steve Knightley compositions.

The cover featured of "The Downeaster 'Alexa'" was featured again on their best-of album, Roots.

A sequel, Covers 2, was released ten years later. The band said in 2007 of Covers

Straight performances - no multi tracking or overdubbing. We moved into Chudleigh Town Hall for two days, set up a small PA and came out on the other end with the finsihed production. The object of this time was to reveal to some of our contemporary musical influences.

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Track listing

1. "Wond'ring Aloud" (Ian Anderson) – 2:08
2. "Rigging It Up Duncannon" (Tom Robinson) – 3:16
3. "Willin'" (Lowell George) – 3:37
4. "No Song To Sing" (Mike Chapman) – 4:49
5. "Corinna Corinna" (Bob Dylan) – 3:01
6. "The Setting" (Ralph McTell) – 3:35
7. "The Downeaster 'Alexa'" (Billy Joel) – 3:08
8. "Fake Plastic Trees" (Thom Yorke) – 4:47
9. "Is Your Love In Vain" (Bob Dylan) – 3:00
10. "Courting Is A Pleasure" (Trad arr. Nic Jones) – 4:59
11. "Roaring Water Bay" (John Richards) – 3:52
12. "Don't Give Up" (Peter Gabriel) – 5:17
13. "Waterloo Sunset" (Ray Davies) – 3:56

Credits

• Steve Knightley - vocals, mandocello, guitar
• Phil Beer - vocals, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, mandocello

References