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| Tunes | ||||
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| Released | 2005 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Label | Fellside Recordings | |||
| Producer | Jon Boden, John Spires and Ben Ivitsky | |||
| Spiers and Boden chronology | ||||
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Tunes is the third album by folk duo Spiers and Boden. [1]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Sportsman's Hornpipe" | 5:02 |
| 2. | "Monkey-Cokey" | 4:34 |
| 3. | "The Old Lancashire Hornpipe/The 3rd Beekeeper" | 3:35 |
| 4. | "Dee-Light" | 4:19 |
| 5. | "Flapjack & Firesticks/The Minor Rigged Ship" | 3:46 |
| 6. | "Stoney Steps Hornpipe" | 2:34 |
| 7. | "Cuckoo's Nest" | 3:48 |
| 8. | "Cheshire Waltz" | 4:27 |
| 9. | "Fireside Polka/Rampant" | 2:59 |
| 10. | "Union" | 3:09 |
| 11. | "Dearest Dickie" | 2:51 |
| 12. | "Blow The Winds" | 4:43 |
| 13. | "The Shropshire Miner" | 1:55 |
| 14. | "Trunkles" | 3:01 |
| 15. | "Sportsman's Hornpipe (Slight Return)" | 1:30 |
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