\P]w^ I|lz;i}$ 专辑名称:I Never Thought This Day Would Come
*vFVXJo 歌手姓名:Duke Special
_ngyai1 唱片公司:Universal
kf+]bV 发行日期:2008年10月17日
hK"hMyH^ 专辑流派:Indie
S (](C 推荐指数:4星
U>6MT@\ zu&5[XL 专辑介绍:
{.$5:<8aC qd"1KzQWO From Illinois to Culleybacky, Co Antrim, Duke Special (aka
GwxxW Peter Wilson) has fashioned a follow-up to his multi-platinum
kA?a} selling Songs from the Deep Forest .
'/U[ ui0{ )ALPMmlRs I Never Thought . . . resonates with equal amounts of musical
$u_0"sUV cajoling and lyrical honesty. The mood throughout is rather
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PTQm4TN more sombre. Just check out the song titles ( Mockingbird Wish
TSqfl/UI Me Luck , Those Proverbs We Made in the Winter Must End , Why
y:(OZ%g Does Anybody Love? , By the Skin of My Teeth , Nothing Comes
,80qwN, Easy , Nothin' You Can Do Can Bring Me Around ). Still, the
$Z6g/bD`E music is several steps above even Special's fastidious
~4h<nc methods.
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$2qZds[ can take away from the overall sense of morbidity and
w naP? |/ foreboding that, curiously, never threatens to spoil the
)=l~XV listening pleasure. This could be because Wilson has, over the
z(2pl} course of three albums, engineered the knack of mixing
O=UXe]D dispiriting topics with a surefooted musical approach that
O*{<{3 never undermines the content.
F8M&.TE_3 :)VO,b~r Some people don't get Duke Special. They are put off by his
aTS\NpK& appearance, which resembles a blend of Catweazle, a Grafton
a0I+|fR Street busker and the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang
m3W:\LTTp Bang . They're also confused by his music, which owes as much
't:$Lx to burlesque and music hall as it does to pop. Those put off
WLl_;BgN by such superficialities miss the most important aspect of
~!UC:&UKo Wilson's shtick: his forensic attention to detail.
<knf^D<" _5TSI'@.4 So forget the gender-skewing dreadlocks and eyeliner. Here is
Fj Rt' a guy who matches the lost art of the popular song with the
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found sound of swirling pop/rock and symphony orchestras. With
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S_; 5mb+b 8K+(CS>xvO 曲目列表:
8B#;ffkmN ^b|Z<oF 1. Mockingbird Wish Me Luck
)9/.K'o,dy 2. Sweet, Sweet Kisses
ZK:dhwer 3. Those Proverbs We Made In The Winter Must End
od~^''/b 4. Diggin' An Early Grave
Q{%2Npvq 5. I Never Thought This Day Would Come (And Now It Won't Go Away)
vByt_X 6. Why Does Anybody Love
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W|@7I@@$" 9. Let Me Go (Please, Please, Please!)
/$NDH]a 10. By The Skin Of My Teeth
oCtg{*vp 11. Nothing Comes Easy
&O|!w& 12. Nothin' You Could Do Can Bring Me Round