Cold Frontier

Cold Frontier
Studio album by Show of Hands
Released	19 May 2001
Recorded	On location in Countess Wear, Devon
Genre	Folk
Length	55:50
Label	Hands on Music (HMCD13)
Producer	Show of Hands and Mick Dolan
Show of Hands chronology
Covers (2000) Cold Frontier (2001) Cold Cuts (2002)

Cold Frontier is a 2001 studio album by English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands. It was recorded early in 2001 in Countess Wear, Devon.

"Are We Alright" was re-recorded for their best of album, Roots: The Best of Show of Hands. The song itself has become a live staple of the duo. Steve Knightley considers this one of the band's better but lesser-known albums (under-rated)

The album has been greatly received with positive reviews.

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Knightley, except where noted.

1. "Cold Frontier" – 4:15
2. "Are We Alright" – 3:10
3. "Come By" – 4:58
4. "Northwest Passage" (Stan Rogers) – 3:54
5. "Widecombe Fair" – 3:27
6. "Things I Learnt This Year" – 3:49
7. "You're Mine" – 3:59
8. "Windchanges" – 3:23
9. "Don't Look Now" – 2:43
10. "Sally Free And Easy" (Cyril Tawney) – 5:13
11. "Yeovil Town" – 3:57
12. "Cold Heart Of England" – 3:24
13. "The Streets Of Forbes" (Trad arr. Knightley/Phil Beer) – 3:37
14. "The Flood" – 5:55

Credits

• Steve Knightley - vocals, cuatro, guitar, mandocello, concertina
• Phil Beer - vocals, cuatro, fiddle, guitar, mandocello, mandolin, viola
• Paul Downes - mandocello, backing vocals (track 6)
• John Redmond - bodhran, backing vocals (track 6)
• Paul Wilson - melodeon, backing vocals (track 6)