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Z(K 专辑名称:I Never Thought This Day Would Come
j!a&l 歌手姓名:Duke Special
j*_#{niy: 唱片公司:Universal
<|:$_&( 发行日期:2008年10月17日
b28C( 专辑流派:Indie
=&vRT;6 推荐指数:4星
83{v_M d,t'e? 专辑介绍:
w)gMJX/0yw Zor Q2> From Illinois to Culleybacky, Co Antrim, Duke Special (aka
Uql7s:!,U Peter Wilson) has fashioned a follow-up to his multi-platinum
hx@E, selling Songs from the Deep Forest .
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k Qexv_:C I Never Thought . . . resonates with equal amounts of musical
;3sJ7%`v cajoling and lyrical honesty. The mood throughout is rather
p,#**g: more sombre. Just check out the song titles ( Mockingbird Wish
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I* Me Luck , Those Proverbs We Made in the Winter Must End , Why
yrR,7vJ Does Anybody Love? , By the Skin of My Teeth , Nothing Comes
gUv`G Easy , Nothin' You Can Do Can Bring Me Around ). Still, the
@X#e music is several steps above even Special's fastidious
4iZ7BD methods.
1${Cwb/F mRY~)<!4& Not even the ska-driven jauntiness of Digging an Early Grave
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r6LndQs can take away from the overall sense of morbidity and
@jH8x!5u: foreboding that, curiously, never threatens to spoil the
Vu1X@@z listening pleasure. This could be because Wilson has, over the
0D48L5kH#' course of three albums, engineered the knack of mixing
{K+]^M dispiriting topics with a surefooted musical approach that
]_P!+5]< never undermines the content.
[ncOtDE EX^j^#N Some people don't get Duke Special. They are put off by his
HESORa; appearance, which resembles a blend of Catweazle, a Grafton
Ue)8g# Street busker and the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang
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AD2 Bang . They're also confused by his music, which owes as much
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