title: Sense of Occasion
text: # Sense of Occasion
  
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  Sense of Occasion is the twenty-fourth studio album by British folk-rock veterans Fairport Convention, released in February 2007.
  
  ## Overview
  
  The title comes from the fact that 2007 marks the 40th anniversary of the band (although only one member, Simon Nicol, remains from the original line-up).
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "Keep on Turning the Wheel" (Chris Leslie) – 4:18
  * "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" (Andy Partridge) – 4:14
  * "The Bowman's Return" (Ric Sanders) – 4:14
  * "South Dakota to Manchester" (Leslie) – 4:12
  * "Spring Song" (Leslie) – 4:37
  * "Polly on the Shore" (Music: Dave Pegg; Lyrics: Dave Swarbrick, Trevor Lucas) – 5:03
  * "Just Dandy" (Sanders) – 2:56
  * "Tam Lin" (Traditional; arranged by Swarbrick) – 7:30
  * "In Our Town" (Leslie) – 3:35
  * "Edge of the World" (Leslie) – 4:08
  * "Hawkwood's Army" (Pete Scrowther) – 4:24
  * "The Vision" (Bob Miller, John Flanagan) – 4:21
  * "Your Heart and Mine" (Sanders) – 3:40
  * "Untouchable" (Glenn Tilbrook, Christopher Braid) – 4:28
  * "Galileo's Apology" (PJ Wright) – 3:04
  * "Best Wishes" (Steve Ashley) – 3:41
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### Fairport Convention
  
  * Ric Sanders – violin
  * Simon Nicol – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, twelve-string guitar
  * Gerry Conway – vocals, drums, percussion, harmonium
  * Dave Pegg – vocals, bass guitar
  * Chris Leslie – vocals, mandolin, bouzouki, violin
  