Covers 2 (Show of Hands album)

Covers 2
Studio album by Show of Hands
Released 1 November 2010
Recorded 2010
Genre Folk
Label Hands on Music
Show of Hands chronology

Arrogance Ignorance and Greed
(2009)
Covers 2
(2010)
Live in Somerset (Steve Knightley)
(2011)
Backog 2
(2011)

Covers 2 is a studio album by British folk duo Show of Hands, released in 2010. It is the second album of cover versions.[1]

Tour

The album was promoted through a small tour in November 2010. The tour featured covers as like on the album and other tracks. The tour was supported/opened by Texan guitarist Rodney Branigan.

Notes

The album was recorded in seven days at Riverside Studios, Exeter by engineer/producer Mark Tucker. The album features a new recording of the band's previous album's award winning title track, now entitled "AIG 2", subtitled "the 'lite' version". Also, the band's previous album featured a different recording of the "Secret World" Peter Gabriel cover.

Track listing

Original artists written next to the song title

  1. "You Stay Here" - Richard Shindell
  2. "Youngstown" – Bruce Springsteen
  3. "Dakota" – Stereophonics
  4. "Boys of Summer" – Don Henley
  5. "The Devil’s Right Hand" – Steve Earle
  6. "Tunnel of Love" – Dire Straits
  7. "Secret World" – Peter Gabriel (Another cover version on Arrogance Ignorance and Greed)
  8. "2-4-6-8 Motorway" – Tom Robinson
  9. "King of El Paso" – Boz Scaggs
  10. "Cocaine Blues" – Rev. Gary Davis
  11. "First and Last" – Roscarrock
  12. "No Woman, No Cry" – Bob Marley
  13. "AIG 2" the ‘lite’ version, Show of Hands (Differently titled re-recording of "Arrogance, Ignorance & Greed")

References

  1. "Covers 2". Show of Hands. Retrieved 2011-08-03.