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''Roots'', subtitled ''The Best of Show of Hands'' is a "best-of"/"greatest hits" album by British folk duo Show of Hands released in 2007,〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/articles/2007/10/02/show_of_hands_best_of_feature.shtml〕〔http://www.allmusic.com/album/roots-the-best-of-show-of-hands-mw0001643954〕 the year of their 20th anniversary as an official collaboration (prior to 1987 they had collaborated several times without the name Show of Hands). The album has two discs designed to be the best of the band's career. ''Short Stories'' (disc one) features some of the band's most popular songs whilst ''Longdogs'' (disc two) aimed to feature one track from each of their albums voted for in a poll on the duo's forum Longdogs. The album received positive reviews such as in Living Tradition,〔http://www.livingtradition.co.uk/webrevs/hmcd28.htm〕 and Spiral Earth.〔http://www.spiralearth.co.uk/reviews/the-best-of-show-of-hands.asp〕 ==Background== A previous best-of album, entitled ''Show of Hands'', was released in 2000 by Track Records. This album was also a double album featuring recordings of 25 of their tracks recorded during a soundtrack in 1999, some previously released on ''Anglicana''. Comparing ''Roots'' and ''Show of Hands'', they feature almost entirely different songs than each other, and all different versions of those the same. Some of the song were re-recorded for this album and a lot of the tracks were recorded live (see Inclusion section.) Despite being a best of album, some of the songs also segued into the next, ala ''Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd''. "Roots" is also represented in its mix form as seen its music video form. Of the duo's twelve studio albums at the time, all but their third ''Out for the Count'' were represented in some form. ''Short Stories'' had its tracks picked by the duo whilst disc two ''Longdogs'' had its songs picked by the duo's forum Longdogs,〔http://www.showofhands.co.uk/2007/05/19/roots-%E2%80%93-the-best-of-show-of-hands/〕 achieved by each of their albums (including live albums) where each of their studio and live albums bar ''Cold Cuts'' had a poll where the winner from each poll made it onto ''Longdogs''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roots: The Best of Show of Hands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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