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{{Infobox album
| name       = The Works
| type       = Album
| artist     = [[Spiers and Boden]]
| cover      = Workscover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 11 July 2011
| recorded   = December 2010 – early 2011
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Folk music|Folk]]
| length     = 52:09
| label      = Navigator Records
| producer   = Andy Bell
| prev_title = [[Vagabond (Spiers and Boden album)|Vagabond]]
| prev_year  = 2008
| next_title =
| next_year  =
}}
'''''The Works''''' is the sixth album by folk duo [[Spiers and Boden]]. It was made to celebrate 10 years working together. It features re-recorded tracks from their previous albums. The album also features a number of special guests.<ref>
{{cite AV media notes
| title       = The Works
| others      = Spiers and Boden
| year        = 2011
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1410825713 |title=Navigator Records: Bella Hardy – Songs Lost & Stolen (& more) :: Proper Music Distribution |publisher=MyNewsletterBuilder |date= |accessdate=2012-03-15}}</ref> It peaked at number 32 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.<ref>{{cite web |title=THE WORKS by SPIERS & BODEN |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/spiers-boden-the-works/ |website=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=14 November 2024}}</ref>
==Track listing==
#"Tom Padget"
#"[[Ebernoe Horn Fair|Horn Fair]]"
#"Gooseberry Bush/Laudanum Bunches"
#"The Birth of Robin Hood"
#"The Cheshire Waltz"
#"[[Brown Adam]]"
#"Rochdale Coconut Dance"
#"[[Rolling Down to Old Maui|Old Maui]]"
#"Haul Away"
#"Bold Sir Rylas"
#"[[The Maid Freed from the Gallows|Prickle-Eye Bush]]"
==Personnel==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Personnel
! Instruments
! Tracks
|-
| [[Jon Boden]]
| vocals, [[fiddle]], guitar, [[Stomp Box]]
| All
|-
| [[John Spiers]]
| vocals, [[Diatonic button accordion|melodeon]], [[concertina]]
| All
|-
| [[Nancy Kerr]]
| vocals, [[fiddle]]
| Tom Padget, Old Maui
|-
| [[James Fagan (musician)|James Fagan]]
| vocals, [[Bouzouki]]
| Tom Padget, Old Maui
|-
| [[Sam Sweeney]]
| Percussion, [[fiddle]]
| Tom Padget, The Birth of Robin Hood, The Cheshire Waltz, Haul Away
|-
| [[Hannah James and Sam Sweeney|Hannah James]]
| [[clogging]], [[accordion]]
| Tom Padget, The Birth of Robin Hood
|-
| [[Maddy Prior]]
| vocals
| Horn Fair, Bold Sir Rylas
|-
| [[Martin Carthy]]
| guitar
| Gooseberry Bush/Laudanum Bunches, Prickle-Eye Bush
|-
| [[Eliza Carthy]]
| vocals, [[fiddle]]
| The Birth of Robin Hood, Haul Away, Bold Sir Rylas
|-
| [[Andy Cutting]]
| [[Diatonic button accordion|melodeon]]
| The Cheshire Waltz, Bold Sir Rylas
|-
| [[Martin Simpson]]
| guitar
| Horn Fair, Brown Adam
|-
| [[Fay Hield]]
| vocals
| Old Maui, Haul Away, Bold Sir Rylas, Prickle-Eye Bush
|-
| [[Ian Giles (singer)|Ian Giles]]
| vocals
| Old Maui, Haul Away, Bold Sir Rylas, Prickle-Eye Bush
|-
| Peter Coe
| vocals
| Old Maui, Haul Away, Bold Sir Rylas, Prickle-Eye Bush
|-
| David Kosky
| [[Tenor Banjo]]
| Haul Away
|}
==Limited edition==
500 copies of the album have been made to celebrate their 10th anniversary, these have been available to purchase at some concerts on the 2011 Spring tour. The sleeve notes on the album are written by [[Colin Irwin (journalist)|Colin Irwin]], it is not known if regular edition will also contain the same ones.
==References==
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[[Category:Spiers and Boden albums]]
[[Category:2011 albums]]