(Tbw3ENz }nL7T'$> 专辑名称:I Never Thought This Day Would Come
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歌手姓名:Duke Special
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w/kt3Lw 发行日期:2008年10月17日
I= &stsH 专辑流派:Indie
.dav8n* 推荐指数:4星
RS^lKJ1 U L>3x9 专辑介绍:
hy`?E6=9+ 43@{JK9G From Illinois to Culleybacky, Co Antrim, Duke Special (aka
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HbxL:~:}J selling Songs from the Deep Forest .
|g//g\dd ]]*7\ :cb I Never Thought . . . resonates with equal amounts of musical
D/Mi^5H) cajoling and lyrical honesty. The mood throughout is rather
*#C+iAF|)' more sombre. Just check out the song titles ( Mockingbird Wish
lk( }- Me Luck , Those Proverbs We Made in the Winter Must End , Why
v~^{{O Does Anybody Love? , By the Skin of My Teeth , Nothing Comes
h"/<?3{ Easy , Nothin' You Can Do Can Bring Me Around ). Still, the
Zd')57{ music is several steps above even Special's fastidious
;t|Ii8Ne methods.
@9lUSk^9 P9vA7[ Not even the ska-driven jauntiness of Digging an Early Grave
#':fkIYe' can take away from the overall sense of morbidity and
{62n7'U{ foreboding that, curiously, never threatens to spoil the
z&fwE$Nm listening pleasure. This could be because Wilson has, over the
fP(d8xTx2y course of three albums, engineered the knack of mixing
m+Rv+_R dispiriting topics with a surefooted musical approach that
K[!&b0O never undermines the content.
s[w6FXt ;oc&Hb Some people don't get Duke Special. They are put off by his
IWY;=" appearance, which resembles a blend of Catweazle, a Grafton
"t~ Street busker and the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang
;oy-#p>N% Bang . They're also confused by his music, which owes as much
HxIIO[h to burlesque and music hall as it does to pop. Those put off
Y9&,t\ q by such superficialities miss the most important aspect of
rl#p".4q Wilson's shtick: his forensic attention to detail.
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(w}H]LQ a guy who matches the lost art of the popular song with the
P7{gfiB found sound of swirling pop/rock and symphony orchestras. With
}#n;C{z2e a bit of Bridie Gallagher thrown in for good Irish measure
orjj'+;X (that'll be the title track, then).
LyAn&h} njWL U! 曲目列表:
Z\k&gio5C^ `pGa~!vl 1. Mockingbird Wish Me Luck
.%L?J E 2. Sweet, Sweet Kisses
.8by"?** 3. Those Proverbs We Made In The Winter Must End
;,?KI$K 4. Diggin' An Early Grave
t},/}b 5. I Never Thought This Day Would Come (And Now It Won't Go Away)
%>g3~yl 6. Why Does Anybody Love
`#;e)1 7. Flesh And Blood Dance
m>MB7,C;N 8. I Don't Feel It
.~l=zu 9. Let Me Go (Please, Please, Please!)
1f":HnLRM 10. By The Skin Of My Teeth
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B#?O 11. Nothing Comes Easy
''0fF_P 12. Nothin' You Could Do Can Bring Me Round