C!W0L`r 5Tq*]ZE 专辑名称:I Never Thought This Day Would Come
8QQh1q2 歌手姓名:Duke Special
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q< 57 唱片公司:Universal
!uqp?L^; 发行日期:2008年10月17日
%'.3t|zH 专辑流派:Indie
zQaD&2 q 推荐指数:4星
C{OkbE"Vym s%^@@Dk 专辑介绍:
puox^ $) m$c5! From Illinois to Culleybacky, Co Antrim, Duke Special (aka
'+7"dHLC; Peter Wilson) has fashioned a follow-up to his multi-platinum
Ih)4.lLcKn selling Songs from the Deep Forest .
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4OFv#$[ cajoling and lyrical honesty. The mood throughout is rather
%{ory5 more sombre. Just check out the song titles ( Mockingbird Wish
#|=Q5"wU Me Luck , Those Proverbs We Made in the Winter Must End , Why
-lm)xpp1 Does Anybody Love? , By the Skin of My Teeth , Nothing Comes
hRZYvZ3 Easy , Nothin' You Can Do Can Bring Me Around ). Still, the
8~y&" \ music is several steps above even Special's fastidious
ew<_2Xy"< methods.
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u9N/9 can take away from the overall sense of morbidity and
}!V-FAL foreboding that, curiously, never threatens to spoil the
UHR%0ae listening pleasure. This could be because Wilson has, over the
Lr0:yo course of three albums, engineered the knack of mixing
Y-lTPR<Eq dispiriting topics with a surefooted musical approach that
G%viWWTY never undermines the content.
(@V_47o b*1yvkX5 Some people don't get Duke Special. They are put off by his
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m~-O}i~) Street busker and the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang
1@n'6!]6O Bang . They're also confused by his music, which owes as much
B[9y<FB+ to burlesque and music hall as it does to pop. Those put off
5&qBG@Hw] by such superficialities miss the most important aspect of
KkCsQ~po Wilson's shtick: his forensic attention to detail.
wlgR =l D!&]jkUN So forget the gender-skewing dreadlocks and eyeliner. Here is
F ESl#.} a guy who matches the lost art of the popular song with the
/h8100 found sound of swirling pop/rock and symphony orchestras. With
r+;k(HMY}[ a bit of Bridie Gallagher thrown in for good Irish measure
iP6?[pl8 (that'll be the title track, then).
NuW6~PV hR~&}sxN 曲目列表:
]A%~bQ7 \}W ! 1. Mockingbird Wish Me Luck
/}9)ZYMx 2. Sweet, Sweet Kisses
)YW"Zo8~!1 3. Those Proverbs We Made In The Winter Must End
Wg,7k9I 4. Diggin' An Early Grave
wsB 5. I Never Thought This Day Would Come (And Now It Won't Go Away)
.q1y)l-^Z 6. Why Does Anybody Love
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a(X V~o 8. I Don't Feel It
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U9jdb9 | 10. By The Skin Of My Teeth
{.ypZ8JU 11. Nothing Comes Easy
5+yy:#J] 12. Nothin' You Could Do Can Bring Me Round