u|$HA>F[ 8irTGA 专辑名称:I Never Thought This Day Would Come
X{!,j} 歌手姓名:Duke Special
R'B_YKHBY 唱片公司:Universal
J7{D6@yLS 发行日期:2008年10月17日
o+}1M 专辑流派:Indie
X~o;jJC 推荐指数:4星
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snkMxc6c[ 专辑介绍:
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NF |[j=? From Illinois to Culleybacky, Co Antrim, Duke Special (aka
4,QA {v Peter Wilson) has fashioned a follow-up to his multi-platinum
$/Q\B(X3 selling Songs from the Deep Forest .
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9+$z|K a $'U?% I Never Thought . . . resonates with equal amounts of musical
p8.JJt^ cajoling and lyrical honesty. The mood throughout is rather
525^/d6v more sombre. Just check out the song titles ( Mockingbird Wish
N|)e {|k Me Luck , Those Proverbs We Made in the Winter Must End , Why
N&k\X]U Does Anybody Love? , By the Skin of My Teeth , Nothing Comes
Z)(#D($- Easy , Nothin' You Can Do Can Bring Me Around ). Still, the
jYAm}_?No music is several steps above even Special's fastidious
ZWuNl!l> methods.
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mhU=^/X can take away from the overall sense of morbidity and
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foreboding that, curiously, never threatens to spoil the
qPDRB.K|} listening pleasure. This could be because Wilson has, over the
Xs$a^zZ course of three albums, engineered the knack of mixing
T&S=/cRBK} dispiriting topics with a surefooted musical approach that
G1zP^ogk never undermines the content.
e9:pS WA-n Rd;t}E$ Some people don't get Duke Special. They are put off by his
PW"?*~& appearance, which resembles a blend of Catweazle, a Grafton
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Street busker and the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang
M54czo=l Bang . They're also confused by his music, which owes as much
~LFM,@ to burlesque and music hall as it does to pop. Those put off
L*6<h by such superficialities miss the most important aspect of
^P [#YO Wilson's shtick: his forensic attention to detail.
A`(Cuw-o n?q+:P So forget the gender-skewing dreadlocks and eyeliner. Here is
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v7&m; a guy who matches the lost art of the popular song with the
4UW)XLu6T7 found sound of swirling pop/rock and symphony orchestras. With
6=Q6J a bit of Bridie Gallagher thrown in for good Irish measure
!]mo.zDSW5 (that'll be the title track, then).
Q9p2.!/C1 <]oPr1 曲目列表:
4V]xVma 5?(dI9A"K 1. Mockingbird Wish Me Luck
i,Jz7OX 2. Sweet, Sweet Kisses
(A}c22qe 3. Those Proverbs We Made In The Winter Must End
I-J%yutB 4. Diggin' An Early Grave
EXW?)_pg 5. I Never Thought This Day Would Come (And Now It Won't Go Away)
M,{; xf 6. Why Does Anybody Love
0$yHO2 f 7. Flesh And Blood Dance
gLo&~|=L- 8. I Don't Feel It
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eo!+UFZbY 10. By The Skin Of My Teeth
8QKu 11. Nothing Comes Easy
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