#e9XU:9@g ^AUQsRA7PZ 专辑名称:I Never Thought This Day Would Come
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#' 歌手姓名:Duke Special
!A_KCM:Ym 唱片公司:Universal
\nQEvcH 发行日期:2008年10月17日
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^*_ 专辑流派:Indie
Z \- 推荐指数:4星
_g"su# b|` 专辑介绍:
uQWd`7 ^^)\|kW? From Illinois to Culleybacky, Co Antrim, Duke Special (aka
gti=GmL(L Peter Wilson) has fashioned a follow-up to his multi-platinum
$ g#d1u0q selling Songs from the Deep Forest .
ZPY84)A_} e9B$"_ &2 I Never Thought . . . resonates with equal amounts of musical
!|Y&h0e cajoling and lyrical honesty. The mood throughout is rather
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"n<u(m8E Me Luck , Those Proverbs We Made in the Winter Must End , Why
+,9Muf h Does Anybody Love? , By the Skin of My Teeth , Nothing Comes
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Easy , Nothin' You Can Do Can Bring Me Around ). Still, the
^}GR!990 music is several steps above even Special's fastidious
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yhyh\. [3W+h1 Not even the ska-driven jauntiness of Digging an Early Grave
uRw%`J4H can take away from the overall sense of morbidity and
Fd9Z7C foreboding that, curiously, never threatens to spoil the
7|?Ht] listening pleasure. This could be because Wilson has, over the
6r,zOs-I] course of three albums, engineered the knack of mixing
q.lh dispiriting topics with a surefooted musical approach that
'wTJX> never undermines the content.
WF<*rl +Nka,C^O" Some people don't get Duke Special. They are put off by his
;!>>C0s" appearance, which resembles a blend of Catweazle, a Grafton
/3~}= b Street busker and the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang
OL#RkD Bang . They're also confused by his music, which owes as much
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]}AyDy6C by such superficialities miss the most important aspect of
v8A{q Wilson's shtick: his forensic attention to detail.
QOF'SEq"k E__A1j*gd So forget the gender-skewing dreadlocks and eyeliner. Here is
83"C~xe?p4 a guy who matches the lost art of the popular song with the
hM`*-+Zb found sound of swirling pop/rock and symphony orchestras. With
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C6b(\#g( XecU& 曲目列表:
_Hq)mF N;e*eMFE 1. Mockingbird Wish Me Luck
#.\X%! 2. Sweet, Sweet Kisses
gH/k}M7tA# 3. Those Proverbs We Made In The Winter Must End
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CB?H`R pC. 9. Let Me Go (Please, Please, Please!)
(fWQ?6[ 10. By The Skin Of My Teeth
y]f| U-f:~ 11. Nothing Comes Easy
px_%5^zRQ 12. Nothin' You Could Do Can Bring Me Round