) .-(-6=R K@sP~(' 专辑名称:I Never Thought This Day Would Come
yFU2'pB 歌手姓名:Duke Special
v6P~XK}G 唱片公司:Universal
uU ?37V 发行日期:2008年10月17日
;Jbc'V'fm 专辑流派:Indie
d! QD vO 推荐指数:4星
FSwgPIO> J ]Gc 专辑介绍:
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~_v n#^?X From Illinois to Culleybacky, Co Antrim, Duke Special (aka
spU!t-n67 Peter Wilson) has fashioned a follow-up to his multi-platinum
`m@] selling Songs from the Deep Forest .
27*(oT jgo<#AJ/E I Never Thought . . . resonates with equal amounts of musical
nT@6g|! cajoling and lyrical honesty. The mood throughout is rather
R%)2(\ more sombre. Just check out the song titles ( Mockingbird Wish
~^%0V<*-} Me Luck , Those Proverbs We Made in the Winter Must End , Why
d#vSE.& Does Anybody Love? , By the Skin of My Teeth , Nothing Comes
$&xuVBs Easy , Nothin' You Can Do Can Bring Me Around ). Still, the
s#+"5&!s music is several steps above even Special's fastidious
n?ZL"!$ methods.
E~<(i': \tiUEE|k Not even the ska-driven jauntiness of Digging an Early Grave
[xZ/ZWb/ can take away from the overall sense of morbidity and
"RV`L[(P*k foreboding that, curiously, never threatens to spoil the
+7i7`'9pd listening pleasure. This could be because Wilson has, over the
J8GXI :y course of three albums, engineered the knack of mixing
nJtEUVMt dispiriting topics with a surefooted musical approach that
%k3NT~ never undermines the content.
SE,o7_k'S :rz9M@7 Some people don't get Duke Special. They are put off by his
d]O_E4X* appearance, which resembles a blend of Catweazle, a Grafton
{h/OnBwG Street busker and the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang
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Bang . They're also confused by his music, which owes as much
QHHW(InG< to burlesque and music hall as it does to pop. Those put off
e-[>( n/[ by such superficialities miss the most important aspect of
YMc8Q\*B Wilson's shtick: his forensic attention to detail.
D~G5]M,}$ 82j'MgGP So forget the gender-skewing dreadlocks and eyeliner. Here is
!GlnQ`T a guy who matches the lost art of the popular song with the
2Pbe~[ found sound of swirling pop/rock and symphony orchestras. With
1vB-M6( a bit of Bridie Gallagher thrown in for good Irish measure
|HrM_h<X (that'll be the title track, then).
cU7rq j_ lp,\]] 曲目列表:
`d75@0: +O)]^"TG 1. Mockingbird Wish Me Luck
1a<]$tZk 2. Sweet, Sweet Kisses
ao)Ck3] 3. Those Proverbs We Made In The Winter Must End
M6J/mOVx5 4. Diggin' An Early Grave
cvKV95bn 5. I Never Thought This Day Would Come (And Now It Won't Go Away)
o[o:A|n 6. Why Does Anybody Love
3rxo,pX94 7. Flesh And Blood Dance
fs&,w 8. I Don't Feel It
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nMApPl 9. Let Me Go (Please, Please, Please!)
U);OR 10. By The Skin Of My Teeth
6MuWlCKF8 11. Nothing Comes Easy
x;Gz6| 12. Nothin' You Could Do Can Bring Me Round