I8*_\Ez t>nx#ErS 专辑名称:I Never Thought This Day Would Come
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M'i 歌手姓名:Duke Special
cJ[gCS 唱片公司:Universal
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5>X0tT 发行日期:2008年10月17日
&y\7pAT\ 专辑流派:Indie
=$kSvCjP 推荐指数:4星
>;wh0dBe lVb{bO9-O 专辑介绍:
o03Y w)* 4MM /i} From Illinois to Culleybacky, Co Antrim, Duke Special (aka
xWC*DKV Peter Wilson) has fashioned a follow-up to his multi-platinum
tk]>\}% selling Songs from the Deep Forest .
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"Bo9k ?$v*_*:2h I Never Thought . . . resonates with equal amounts of musical
nF"NXYa cajoling and lyrical honesty. The mood throughout is rather
zDD more sombre. Just check out the song titles ( Mockingbird Wish
t=(d, kf Me Luck , Those Proverbs We Made in the Winter Must End , Why
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\H Does Anybody Love? , By the Skin of My Teeth , Nothing Comes
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x Easy , Nothin' You Can Do Can Bring Me Around ). Still, the
td!YwN* music is several steps above even Special's fastidious
'QOV! D methods.
+,q#'wSQG r"4&.&6 Not even the ska-driven jauntiness of Digging an Early Grave
D~Rv"Hh can take away from the overall sense of morbidity and
M&SY2\\TB foreboding that, curiously, never threatens to spoil the
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y1 listening pleasure. This could be because Wilson has, over the
Xh?J"kjof course of three albums, engineered the knack of mixing
P0c6?K6 j dispiriting topics with a surefooted musical approach that
/Z1>3=G by never undermines the content.
bMGU9~CeJ ?mbI6fYv Some people don't get Duke Special. They are put off by his
3gQ2wP*K appearance, which resembles a blend of Catweazle, a Grafton
W<\*5oB%H Street busker and the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang
(.~,I+Cz' Bang . They're also confused by his music, which owes as much
^!7|B3` to burlesque and music hall as it does to pop. Those put off
:F.eyA|#@G by such superficialities miss the most important aspect of
WNp-V02l Wilson's shtick: his forensic attention to detail.
7<zI'^l %df[8eX{ So forget the gender-skewing dreadlocks and eyeliner. Here is
9Itj@ps a guy who matches the lost art of the popular song with the
seS) `@n found sound of swirling pop/rock and symphony orchestras. With
yv(\5)XF a bit of Bridie Gallagher thrown in for good Irish measure
5;[h&jH (that'll be the title track, then).
+kM*BCPYE (i@B+c 曲目列表:
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n_S)9C'= 2. Sweet, Sweet Kisses
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4. Diggin' An Early Grave
b\^9::oY 5. I Never Thought This Day Would Come (And Now It Won't Go Away)
lk%W2N5 6. Why Does Anybody Love
u;H5p\zAzz 7. Flesh And Blood Dance
qAirH1# 8. I Don't Feel It
!--A" 9. Let Me Go (Please, Please, Please!)
#2Z\K>L 10. By The Skin Of My Teeth
RrRE$g 11. Nothing Comes Easy
BLcsIyq 12. Nothin' You Could Do Can Bring Me Round