o1]1I9 L`^v"W() 专辑名称:I Never Thought This Day Would Come
dwzk+@]8 歌手姓名:Duke Special
V-i:t,*lk( 唱片公司:Universal
Hpp;dG 发行日期:2008年10月17日
#?\|)y4i 专辑流派:Indie
W$" >\A0% 推荐指数:4星
_ @|_`5W OW> >6zM 专辑介绍:
iqXsDgkr aO\@5i_r From Illinois to Culleybacky, Co Antrim, Duke Special (aka
dUceZmAl Peter Wilson) has fashioned a follow-up to his multi-platinum
DshRH>7s8 selling Songs from the Deep Forest .
.8|5;!`WB '+S!>Lqb I Never Thought . . . resonates with equal amounts of musical
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gp{P _ more sombre. Just check out the song titles ( Mockingbird Wish
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hJ Jo+NNN Does Anybody Love? , By the Skin of My Teeth , Nothing Comes
AlgVsE%Va Easy , Nothin' You Can Do Can Bring Me Around ). Still, the
VD=F{|^ music is several steps above even Special's fastidious
rIH+X2x methods.
mP)im]H o`ODz[04 Not even the ska-driven jauntiness of Digging an Early Grave
qRZLv7X*j can take away from the overall sense of morbidity and
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cC,gd\}M listening pleasure. This could be because Wilson has, over the
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MP 8s} dispiriting topics with a surefooted musical approach that
@eDL j} never undermines the content.
?[O Sy.6 !un_JZD Some people don't get Duke Special. They are put off by his
pC)S9Kl appearance, which resembles a blend of Catweazle, a Grafton
QV%eTA Street busker and the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang
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j7Lw(AJ to burlesque and music hall as it does to pop. Those put off
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!r0 z3^*N Wilson's shtick: his forensic attention to detail.
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H*dQT y, a guy who matches the lost art of the popular song with the
rMUQh~a/ found sound of swirling pop/rock and symphony orchestras. With
`qbsDfq@ a bit of Bridie Gallagher thrown in for good Irish measure
s0'Xih sw6 (that'll be the title track, then).
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