1QoW/X'>. =xI;D,@S 专辑名称:I Never Thought This Day Would Come
VBhUh~:Om 歌手姓名:Duke Special
ai!u+L 唱片公司:Universal
]M?i:A$B 发行日期:2008年10月17日
qmrT dG 专辑流派:Indie
aacy5E 推荐指数:4星
LF dvz0 U&^q#[' 专辑介绍:
&jqaW2 QS#@xhH From Illinois to Culleybacky, Co Antrim, Duke Special (aka
(,|,j(=] Peter Wilson) has fashioned a follow-up to his multi-platinum
Bx?3E^!T selling Songs from the Deep Forest .
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(v]%kXy/G cajoling and lyrical honesty. The mood throughout is rather
"hIYf7r## more sombre. Just check out the song titles ( Mockingbird Wish
X=)V<2WO Me Luck , Those Proverbs We Made in the Winter Must End , Why
CoN[Yf3\ Does Anybody Love? , By the Skin of My Teeth , Nothing Comes
oi #B7 Easy , Nothin' You Can Do Can Bring Me Around ). Still, the
;_}pIO music is several steps above even Special's fastidious
bWe2z~dP methods.
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can take away from the overall sense of morbidity and
#xIg(nG foreboding that, curiously, never threatens to spoil the
q;{(o2g listening pleasure. This could be because Wilson has, over the
}\a#e^-xQ+ course of three albums, engineered the knack of mixing
6N/(cUXJ dispiriting topics with a surefooted musical approach that
pbMANZU[ never undermines the content.
:.:^\Q0 ZrN(Mp Some people don't get Duke Special. They are put off by his
.$U,bE appearance, which resembles a blend of Catweazle, a Grafton
N_Us6X Street busker and the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang
&PMQ]B Bang . They're also confused by his music, which owes as much
k+QGvgP[4@ to burlesque and music hall as it does to pop. Those put off
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Aztrq Wilson's shtick: his forensic attention to detail.
|Ajd$+3 UP](1lAf So forget the gender-skewing dreadlocks and eyeliner. Here is
9*" a guy who matches the lost art of the popular song with the
o/AG9|()4 found sound of swirling pop/rock and symphony orchestras. With
- H?c4? 5 a bit of Bridie Gallagher thrown in for good Irish measure
Ah2@sp,z (that'll be the title track, then).
;c 7I "?@z V,r~%p 曲目列表:
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f+e"`80$*C 3. Those Proverbs We Made In The Winter Must End
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Vgm*5a6t 6. Why Does Anybody Love
6,t6~Uo/ 7. Flesh And Blood Dance
ay8]"sa 8. I Don't Feel It
k*1Lr\1 9. Let Me Go (Please, Please, Please!)
VEps|d3,, 10. By The Skin Of My Teeth
<) * U/r 11. Nothing Comes Easy
9p_?t'&>q 12. Nothin' You Could Do Can Bring Me Round