Pointless host Alexander Armstrong covers Fields Of Gold on his new album Upon A Different Shore - watch

We love a quiz at Official Charts, especially BBC's Pointless - so you can imagine our excitement when its host Alexander Armstrong hit the Official Albums Chart last year with his debut collection.

Now the actor/comedian/presenter/singer is back with a follow up, called Upon A Different Shore. Once again he's tackling all manner of covers, from Paul Simon to Pink Floyd to Kygo's Firestone. 

Ahead of the album's release this week (October 28), we've got a video preview/teaser of his take on Sting's Fields Of Gold. Watch below: 

Nailed it! 

Alexander said of the album: "We had the idea to create beautiful soundscapes with textures of orchestra, acoustic instruments, voice and choirs to take the listener to somewhere quite magical…a different shore! On paper it looks like madness, but in reality I’m thrilled with the results."

The full album tracklisting appears below: 

1. Upon A Different Shore (Drayton/Cliffe) 
2. MacArthur Park (Jimmy Webb) 
3. The Vagabond (Vaughn Williams) 
4. Long Ago Forgotten (Caroline Dale) 
5. Fields Of Gold (Sting) 
6. Studies In English Folksong #2 (Vaughn Williams) 
7. Scarborough Fair / Canticle (Trad arr. Paul Simon) 
8. Golden Brown (The Stranglers) 
9. Firestone (Kygo) 
10. Sunday (Sondheim) 
11. Between The Sunset And The Sea (Caroline Dale) 
12. Without A Song (Youmans/Rose/Eliscu) 
13. The Day Thou Gavest (Ellerton/Scholefield) 
14. Hymn Song (Skellern) 
15. High Hopes (Gilmour/Samson) 
16. The Parting Glass (Armstrong’s Goodnight) (Trad.)

Find out where Upon A Different Shore lands on the Official Chart on Friday, October 4.