The Works (Phil Beer album)

1996 studio album by Phil Beer

The Works

Studio album by

Phil Beer

Released| 1996 / 7 September 1998 (See Release date section)
Recorded| 1998 or 1989
Genre|

* Folk music
* instrumental

Label| HTD
Phil Beer chronology
| Hard Hats
(1994)  | The Works
(1996)  | Ridgeriders
(1999)

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The Works was Phil Beer's third studio album, believed to have been released in 1998 (though some sources suggest earlier copies may have been released in 1996[1]) by HTD, who also released his previous album Hard Hats. It features instrumentals.[2]

## Release date

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The entire album was re-released as CD2 of Hard Works in 2008.[3] This compilation stated the album was from 1989 when he was touring with The Rolling Stones in the Steel Wheels era. This was confusing as the album seems to be released on 7 September 1998, and sources such as Allmusic[4] even state so. It is possible that the 1998 release date marks a re-issue. Some sources suggest a release of the album occurred in 1996, this seems to lean more credence to the notion that the 1998 release date marks a re-issue.

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
The Living Tradition| (favourable)[5]

The Living Tradition said The Works was a "good showcase" for Beer's talents: "Phil is not an acoustic fiddle player as everything is pre-amped to get the sound he wants. In fact he has recorded this himself. There's a good mix of tunes, some traditional, some written by Phil himself, going back some twenty years."[5]

## Track listing

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1. "General Ward"
2. "Tobins"
3. "Starling"
4. "Swanne River"
5. "Staten Island"
6. "Soldiers Joy"
7. "Haste to the Wedding"
8. "Mohawk"
9. "Cap Sizun"
10. "Thomas"
11. "Morris"
12. "Chasing the Jack"
13. "Michael Turner's Waltz"
14. "Gypsy Mouth"
15. "Jig"
16. "Banish Misfortune"
17. "Lost in Space"
18. "Altan"
19. "Teetotallers"
20. "Flash Company"
21. "Jenny on the Shore"
22. "Bull"
23. "Rocky Road Mylor"

### Hard Works version

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In Hard Works, the album remains intact but every two separate tracks from the original appears as one track on Hard Works, three tracks of Hard Works even contains what was three separate tracks in The Works. This totals 10 tracks.

1. "General Ward / Tobins / The Starling"
2. "Swannee River / Staten Island / Soldier's Joy"
3. "Haste to the Wedding / The Mohawk / The Cap Sieun"
4. "Thomas Morris / Chasing the Jack"
5. "Michael Turner's Waltz"
6. "Gypsy Moth / Jig / Banish Misfortune"
7. "Lost in Space / Altan / Teetotalers"
8. "Flash Company"
9. "Jenny on the Shore / The Bull"
10. "Rocky Road to Mylor"

## References

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1. ^ "the albion band cd in CDs | eBay". www.ebay.ie. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
2. ^ Hard Works, Talking Elephant, 1 December 2008, retrieved 4 June 2018
3. ^ iWeb. "Phil Beer - Hard Works (2CD) at propermusic.com". Propermusic.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
4. ^ "AllMusic - Record Reviews, Streaming Songs, Genres & Bands".
5. ^ a b Beeby, Dave. "Phil Beer – The Works". The Living Tradition (review). No. 18.

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Phil Beer

Studio albums|

* Mandoline
* Hard Hats
* The Works
* The Fiddle Collection
* Ridgeriders
* Mandorock
* Once in a Blue Moon
* Rhythm Methodist
* Plays Guitar and Fiddle. Sings a Bit.

Live albums|

* "Ridgeriders" In Concert
* Beer and Sandland Live 2003
* Mandorock 2000 Live

Compilations|

* Hard Works

Downes and Beer|

* Life Ain't Worth Living (in the Old-Fashioned Way)
* Dance Without Music
* Live in Concept
* Live at Nettlebed

See also|

| Albums|

* Roll On Dreamer
* Exposed
* No Going Back
* Sentinel
* Get Lucky
* Yuletracks
* Steel Wheels
* Alianza
* Exposed (DVD)
* Show of Hands discography

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Other|

* Show of Hands
* Paul Downes
* The Albion Band
* Johnny Coppin
* Alianza
* Trowbridge Village Pump Festival

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* t
* e

Show of Hands

* Steve Knightley
* Phil Beer

Studio albums|

* Show of Hands
* Tall Ships
* Out for the Count
* Beat about the Bush
* Lie of the Land
* Dark Fields
* Folk Music
* Covers
* Cold Frontier
* The Path
* Country Life
* Witness
* Arrogance Ignorance and Greed
* Covers 2
* Backlog 2
* Wake the Union
* Centenary: Words & Music of the Great War
* The Long Way Home

Live albums|

* Show of Hands Live
* Live at the Royal Albert Hall
* Cold Cuts
* As You Were
* Live at Exeter Phoenix

Compilations|

* Roots: The Best of Show of Hands

Solo albums|

* Mandoline
* Hard Hats
* The Works
* Track of Words
* Mandorock
* Once in a Blue Moon
* Rhythm Methodist
* Cruel River

Related albums|

* Alianza
* The Fiddle Collection
* Ridgeriders
* "Ridgeriders" In Concert
* Beer and Sandland Live 2003
* Western Approaches
* Mandorock 2000 Live

See also|

* Paul Downes
* Miranda Sykes
* Trowbridge Village Pump Festival
* Alianza

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