| Dark Fields | ||||
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| Released | 15 December 1997 | |||
| Studio | Airfield Studios, St Merryn, Cornwall, England | |||
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| Length | 60:12 | |||
| Label | Hands on Music HMCD03 | |||
| Producer | Show Of Hands and Gerard O’Farrell | |||
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Dark Fields is the sixth studio album by English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands, released in 1997 on their own label Hands on Music. The album follows the duo's 1996 performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London, a performance which raised their profile. A live album of the performance was released as Live at the Royal Albert Hall in August, becoming the band's best selling album. The duo followed the success with Dark Fields.
Recorded in St Merryn, Dark Fields features Knightley's characteristic West Country-focused lyrics and a "live" sound carried over from their previous studio release Lie of the Land (1995). The album was released in May 1997, received positive reviews from critics. The band also released a single from the album, "Crazy Boy", which was the band's first single.