x)j/ :G^"e 专辑名称:I Never Thought This Day Would Come
1$);V,DK! 歌手姓名:Duke Special
('T4Db 唱片公司:Universal
zwMQXI'k83 发行日期:2008年10月17日
$[j-C9W 专辑流派:Indie
O|?Z~ 推荐指数:4星
&aY/eD ylkpYd 专辑介绍:
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MhHr*!N"} From Illinois to Culleybacky, Co Antrim, Duke Special (aka
tDEXm^B2Sv Peter Wilson) has fashioned a follow-up to his multi-platinum
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~*@H selling Songs from the Deep Forest .
;:AG2zE! )\um"l*\c I Never Thought . . . resonates with equal amounts of musical
,D:iQDG^ cajoling and lyrical honesty. The mood throughout is rather
jAA'hA more sombre. Just check out the song titles ( Mockingbird Wish
tU9rCL:P Me Luck , Those Proverbs We Made in the Winter Must End , Why
^:qpa5^" Does Anybody Love? , By the Skin of My Teeth , Nothing Comes
dK:l&R Easy , Nothin' You Can Do Can Bring Me Around ). Still, the
JCM)N8~i music is several steps above even Special's fastidious
-;sJ25( methods.
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;[?J5X, can take away from the overall sense of morbidity and
7'-)/Pk foreboding that, curiously, never threatens to spoil the
9c"0~7v listening pleasure. This could be because Wilson has, over the
zzulVj* course of three albums, engineered the knack of mixing
d [\>'> dispiriting topics with a surefooted musical approach that
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& never undermines the content.
2AdX)iF@ V_NjkyI Some people don't get Duke Special. They are put off by his
7yY1dR<Y appearance, which resembles a blend of Catweazle, a Grafton
^AovkK(p Street busker and the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang
Wwn5LlJ^ Bang . They're also confused by his music, which owes as much
j zxf"X- to burlesque and music hall as it does to pop. Those put off
?3]h~(= by such superficialities miss the most important aspect of
*D,v>( Wilson's shtick: his forensic attention to detail.
wo,""=l e1f^:C So forget the gender-skewing dreadlocks and eyeliner. Here is
V/
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tEi@p;Z> found sound of swirling pop/rock and symphony orchestras. With
eLHa9R{)B a bit of Bridie Gallagher thrown in for good Irish measure
=2ATqb"$w (that'll be the title track, then).
X}65\6 \GjXsR*b5 曲目列表:
UDIac;vT &5kjjQ*HB 1. Mockingbird Wish Me Luck
,g<>`={kK+ 2. Sweet, Sweet Kisses
[# H8= 3. Those Proverbs We Made In The Winter Must End
z1}tC\9'% 4. Diggin' An Early Grave
@O @|M' 5. I Never Thought This Day Would Come (And Now It Won't Go Away)
aT`02X 6. Why Does Anybody Love
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2u I`$A: 8. I Don't Feel It
;X9MA=b 9. Let Me Go (Please, Please, Please!)
n@yd{Rc 10. By The Skin Of My Teeth
,M+h9_&0? 11. Nothing Comes Easy
2WbZ>^:Nsk 12. Nothin' You Could Do Can Bring Me Round