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''The Path'' is the tenth studio album by English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands, released in April 2003. The album was conceived as an "instrumental journey" around the South West Coast Path, a 630-mile coastline path opened in 1978 in the duo's native West Country, and a celebration of the coastline's "sights and sounds".〔celebration of the sights and sounds of the West Country coast line.〕 It is the band's only completely instrumental album. This album is a project between Show Of Hands and The South West Coast Path Team, as part of the latter's celebrations for the Silver Jubilee of the path. As such the album is endorsed by The National Trust, the RSPB and the English Heritage Commission, and the music is ambient instrumentals inspired by different locations around the coastline.〔http://www.showofhands.co.uk/about/history/〕 The packaging features the logos for The National Trust, English Heritage and The Countryside Agency. Describing the Coast Path, the duo noted that "the full 630 mile adventure around the coastline of the southwest peninsula has now become the region's most popular attraction. From the Exmoor National Park to Poole harbour there is no better way to enjoy our dramatic coastline, its wildlife, history and culture," and the duo hoped that, with the album, listeners would be inspired to discover - or rediscover its "endless fascination".〔Album liner notes〕 The tracks are named after locations on the path. The track "Port Isaac" is a somewhat instrumental version of their earlier track "Cousin Jack", about miners of the Cornish diaspora departing from Port Isaac, which featured on their album ''Dark Fields'' (1997). Both tracks later featured on the band's retrospective compilation ''Roots: The Best of Show of Hands'' (2007), with "Port Isaac" representing the sole contribution from ''The Path'' on the compilation. In July 2012, music from ''The Path'' featured in several themed videos on a new interactive official website for the South West Coast Path, which attracts some 400,000 hits a year.〔http://www.spiralearth.co.uk/news/story.asp?nid=6371〕 ==Track listing== #"Foreland Point" (Steve Knightley) – 4:09 #"Braunton Burrows" (Paul Downes) – 2:27 #"Buck's Mills" (Matt Clifford) – 2:31 #"Port Isaac" (Knightley) – 4:29 #"Carbis Bay" (Phil Beer – 2:46 #"Land's End" (Knightley) – 3:13 #"Lamorna Cave" (Downes) – 3:08 #"Pendennis Castle" (Beer) – 2:27 #"Charlestown" (Clifford) – 1:46 #"Rame Head" (Knightley) – 3:32 #"Hallsands" (Clifford) – 2:31 #"Paignton" (Knightley) – 1:28 #"The Exe Estuary" (Knightley) – 3:11 #"Lyme Regis" (Beer) – 1:18 #"Golden Cap" (Knightley/Beer) – 4:56 #"The Foreland - Reprise" (Knightley) – 1:29 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「The Path (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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