H\Y.l,^ Qi&!IG 专辑名称:I Never Thought This Day Would Come
/j0<x^m/ 歌手姓名:Duke Special
e-ljwCD 唱片公司:Universal
3=o3VGZP 发行日期:2008年10月17日
%ErLL@e 专辑流派:Indie
Gx|$A+U 推荐指数:4星
jF<Y,(C\ NN\% X3ri" 专辑介绍:
lf4-Ci*X kUUN2 From Illinois to Culleybacky, Co Antrim, Duke Special (aka
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<T)9mJYr selling Songs from the Deep Forest .
ctTg-J2. L}h?nWm8 I Never Thought . . . resonates with equal amounts of musical
~%qHJ4C cajoling and lyrical honesty. The mood throughout is rather
>~){KV1~ more sombre. Just check out the song titles ( Mockingbird Wish
W#P)v{K Me Luck , Those Proverbs We Made in the Winter Must End , Why
``nuw7\C: Does Anybody Love? , By the Skin of My Teeth , Nothing Comes
UA!-YTh Easy , Nothin' You Can Do Can Bring Me Around ). Still, the
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music is several steps above even Special's fastidious
\L}Soe' methods.
zy(sekX; k:Da+w_'1 Not even the ska-driven jauntiness of Digging an Early Grave
Om0Z\GP= can take away from the overall sense of morbidity and
@.yp IE\ foreboding that, curiously, never threatens to spoil the
[c+[t3dz listening pleasure. This could be because Wilson has, over the
"9!ln course of three albums, engineered the knack of mixing
Dkayk dispiriting topics with a surefooted musical approach that
EA7 8& never undermines the content.
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y1mlW Street busker and the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang
y#F( xm+L Bang . They're also confused by his music, which owes as much
cgNK67"( to burlesque and music hall as it does to pop. Those put off
v(W$\XH by such superficialities miss the most important aspect of
^ b{0|: Wilson's shtick: his forensic attention to detail.
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-%E+Yl{v So forget the gender-skewing dreadlocks and eyeliner. Here is
3Wa^:8N a guy who matches the lost art of the popular song with the
mDEO$:A found sound of swirling pop/rock and symphony orchestras. With
-|\V' a bit of Bridie Gallagher thrown in for good Irish measure
{f((x1{HZx (that'll be the title track, then).
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7hw= 曲目列表:
Wz)s# _Jx.?8 1. Mockingbird Wish Me Luck
St7ZyN1 2. Sweet, Sweet Kisses
qa)X\0 3. Those Proverbs We Made In The Winter Must End
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4. Diggin' An Early Grave
}xcA`w3u2? 5. I Never Thought This Day Would Come (And Now It Won't Go Away)
dYrw&gn 6. Why Does Anybody Love
-"Wp L2qD 7. Flesh And Blood Dance
LX[<Wh_X( 8. I Don't Feel It
L:nZ_O; 9. Let Me Go (Please, Please, Please!)
pUutI|mt/ 10. By The Skin Of My Teeth
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J.W0F# ? 12. Nothin' You Could Do Can Bring Me Round